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Kautilya was the Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta founded the Mauryan Empire with his help. Arthashastra was written by him. It is the most important source for writing the history of the Mauryans and … Read more
600 BC was the age of the emergence of bigger political entities known as Mahajanapadas. The contemporary source such as the Buddhist text Anguttaria & Jain text Bhagatisutra provides the name of 16 Mahajanapadas of … Read more
Role of Social–Religious Reform Movement The socio–religious reformers of 19th century such as Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Keshav Chandra Sen & Debendranath Tagore played a very important role in creating the circumstances leading to the … Read more
In the earlier section, we discussed definitions of history and historiography and its importance. Now in this section, we will find more details about historiography and archaeological sources which is the architect of the Historiography. … Read more
Carbon Dating revealed: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has determined that the Asurgarh fortified village in Odisha’s Kalahandi district is the oldest among the main fortified sites in the state. It was constructed in … Read more
The earliest example of pillar architecture comes from the Harappan civilization. Two kinds of pillars having found at the Harappan settlement. One is a stone pillar having measurement that was found at Dholavira (Gujarat). This … Read more
In the history of Indian architecture, the rock-cut cave architecture enjoyed a place of great significance because these monuments were out of the live rock (stone is not separated from the hill) over centuries. A … Read more
The history of Indian art begins with Buddhism. The founder of Buddhist art in India was the greatest Maurya ruler Ashoka. The Buddhist art is represented in the forms of the Stupas, the Viharas, the … Read more
The key feature of any empire or territorial ruling is their military expedition, political and administration mechanism, and economy of reign. Gupta’s ruling is used to term as the Golden Era of Indian history. In … Read more
Indian history had seen various mighty and famous rulers. Those kings or dynasties wasn’t only famous due to their large military expedition or larger size of the kingdom but due to their firm administration over … Read more