History of Asia

• Republics in Ancient India

  Initially the British historians believed that India has always been ruled by autocratic kings, Indians have been used to autocracy since ancient times. But in 1903 AD Reese Davids It became clear from the discoveries of ancient India that republics existed along with monarchies in ancient India. Ka

• Rise of Magadha:Contribution of Haryanka, Shishunag and Nanda Dynasty

  The Magadha Mahajanapada has been the center of political rise, fall and socio-religious awakening since ancient times. 6th century BC One of the sixteen Mahajanapadas of Magadha was a powerful and organized monarchy during the Buddha period. Its capital was Giriwarj. This kingdom extended to the Ga

• Mauryan Dynasty:Historical Sources and Origins

  Shunga Dynasty :Pushyamitra Shunga in 326 BC In AD, when Sikandars armies were engaged in destructive wars in various states of Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar were ruled by King Dhanananda of the Nanda dynasty. A crisis had arisen for the country due to Alexanders invasion. Dhananand was fortunate

• Jain Ethics

  Sravakas and Shramanas are two categories of ethics in the Jain tradition. For the completion of spiritual development, Shravak or Grihasthadharma (Shravakachar) is the first and Shramana or Munidharma (Shramanachar) is the latter. The foundation of Shramana Dharma is strengthened on Grihastha Dharm

• Prehistoric Cultures in India :The Mesolithic Period and the Neolithic Period

  The Mesolithic Period ) Mesolithic period in India was discovered in 1867 AD when C.L. Carlyle Surveyed the Vindhya region and discovered the small litholiths made with a special technique. Tools made by Mesolithic humans were called Microstone-tools or dwarf tools. The raw materials used in the Pa

• Indus Valley Civilization

  Chalcolithic Cultures The most important feature of Neolithic culture is the development of rural life with knowledge of non-metallic tools and agriculture. It is believed that the first metal used by humans in tools was copper and its first use was around 5000 BC. done in. The period in which man u

• The Main Elements of the Indus Valley Civilization

  Indus Valley Civilization  The Harappan civilization, one of the oldest river valley civilizations of the world, developed along the Indus and Ghaggar (ancient Saraswati) rivers. After the prehistoric era, man conquered nature and the environment by using his experience, discretion and power, as a r

• Art and Religious Life in Indus Valley Civilization

  In the Indus civilization, various forms of art also flourished. The developed form of various aspects of Harappan art is reflected in the construction of sculptures, seals, beads, pottery, etc. and the paintings engraved on them, apart from the cities, buildings found from different sites of this c

• Copper-Stone Cattle Cultivator Cultures

  After the decline of the Harappan Civilization, many rural cultures came into existence outside the Indus region. Since the people of these pastoral-cultivating cultures used stone and copper tools together, this period was called Chalcolithic pastoral-cultivating culture Having said. In post-Harap

• Iron-user Cultures

  The transition from stone to metal was gradual and slow. Man learned to use copper, gold, silver and lastly iron. Earlier people liked gold, but later they started using copper and bronze which were shiny as well as strong metals. In North India, after stone, copper axes, spear heads, etc. were made

• ऋग्वैदिक संस्कृति (Rigvedic Culture)

  वैदिक काल प्राचीन भारतीय संस्कृति का वह कालखंड माना जाता है, जब वेदों की रचना हुई थी। इस कालखंड की संस्कृति को वैदिक संस्कृति कहा जाता है क्योंकि इसकी जानकारी के प्रमुख स्रोत वैदिक साहित्य ही हैं। वैदिक साहित्य का सर्वेक्षण (Survey of Vedic literature) वैदिक साहित्य के अंतर्गत ऋक्, यजुष्, साम, और अ

• Post-Vedic Culture 1000–500 BC

  The Samhita texts other than the Rik-Samhita, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, the Upanishads were composed around BC. 1000 to 500 BC is believed. It is clear from the perusal of later Vedic literature that the Aryans, moving from the Saptsaindhav region to the east, conquered the plains of the rivers

• ई.पू. छठी शताब्दी में बौद्धिक आंदोलन (Intellectual Movement in the Sixth Century BC)

  ई.पू. छठी शताब्दी प्राचीन भारत के इतिहास में एक सीमा-चिन्ह है क्योंकि इस काल में एक ओर उत्तर भारत में विशाल साम्राज्यों की नींव पड़ रही थी तो दूसरी ओर उत्तर-पूर्वी भारत के मध्य गंगा क्षेत्र में पुरातन जीवन-दर्शन के विरोध में अनेक नवीन धार्मिक संप्रदायों और दर्शनों का प्रादुर्भाव हुआ। जैन एवं बौद्ध ग्

• Geographical Introduction of India

• भारत में प्रागैतिहासिक संस्कृतियाँ :पुरापाषाण काल (Prehistoric Cultures in India :The Paleolithic Period)

  मानव सभ्यता का विकास अकस्मात् अथवा त्वरित नहीं, वरन् क्रमिक और मंद गति से हुआ तथा इसे विकास की आधुनिक अवस्था तक पहुँचने के लिए कई चरणों से गुजरना पड़ा है। सभ्यता के विकास की इस दीर्घकालीन अवधि को तीन कालों में विभाजित किया गया है- प्रागैतिहासिक काल, आद्यैतिहासिक काल एवं ऐतिहासिक काल। ‘प्रागैतिहास’ श

• Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna II (Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna II, 880-914 AD)

  After Amoghavarsha his son Krishna II around 880 AD Rashtrakuta sat on the throne. She auspicious and Famine Varsha Along with this, he assumed the traditional titles like Vallabhraj, Sri Prithvivallabh, Parambhattaraka, Maharajadhiraja and Parameshwara. Marital Relationship: In the history of the R

• Rashtrakuta Ruler Indra III (Rashtrakuta Ruler Indra III, 914-929 AD)

  Krishna II was followed by his grandson Indra III (914-929 AD) as the king, because his karahad and Devali copper plates show that his son Jagattunga had died during his lifetime. Although the ceremonial coronation of Indra III in February, 915 AD at Kurundak shrine It was done, but probably before

• राष्ट्रकूट शासक अमोघवर्ष द्वितीय, गोविंद चतुर्थ और अमोघवर्ष तृतीय (Rashtrakuta Rulers Amoghavarsha II, Govind IV and Amoghavarsha III, 929-939 AD)

  अमोघवर्ष द्वितीय ( 929-930 ई.) इंद्र तृतीय के पश्चात् उसका ज्येष्ठ पुत्र अमोघवर्ष द्वितीय 928 ई. के आसपास मान्यखेट के राष्ट्रकूट वंश का राजा हुआ। गोविंद चतुर्थ के सांगली लेख में अमोघवर्ष द्वितीय का नाम नहीं मिलता है। इस आधार पर फ्लीट का अनुमान है कि अमोघवर्ष द्वितीय ने शासन नहीं किया था। किंतु कई प

• Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna III (Rashtrakuta Ruler Krishna III, 939-967 AD)

  Political History of Rashtrakuta Dynasty  After Amoghavarsha III, his eldest son and crown prince Krishna III ascended the throne of Rashtrakuta dynasty in 939 AD. At the time of his accession, he assumed the title of Akalvarsha. Apart from this, he Vallabhnarendra , Prithvivallabh, Samastbhuvanasra

• Fall of Rashtrakuta Dynasty:Khotig, Karka II and Indra IV (Fall of Rashtrakuta Dynasty:Khotig, Karka II and Indra IV)

  Political History of Rashtrakuta Dynasty  Khottig ( 967-972 AD) According to the Karhad inscription (Saka Samvat 894) after the death of Krishna III, the son of Amoghavarsha III, born from Kundakdevi, and Krishna IIIs younger brother, Khottig, belonged to the Rashtrakuta dynasty around 967 AD. Sitt