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Showing posts with label Indian History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian History. Show all posts

Gandhi Circuit

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Gandhi Circuit is started by Government of Gujarat to retrace the important places related to Mahatma Gandhi's life. Kirti Mandir,...

How Buddhist texts were prepared and preserved

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The Buddha (and other teachers) taught orally – through discussion and debate. Men and women (perhaps children as well) attended these disc...

Types of Marriages in ancient indian literature and society

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Types of Marriages in ancient indian literature : Endogamy refers to marriage within a unit – this could be a kin group, caste, or a g...

Major Periods in Early Indian Archaeology

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2 million BP (BEFORE PRESENT) Lower Palaeolithic 80000 Middle Palaeolithic 35000 Upper Palaeolithic ...

Rise of magadha

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Magadha became the most important mahajanapada in about two hundred years. Many rivers such as the Ganga and Son flowed through Magadha. ...

A closer look of Inamgaon

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Inamgaon is a site on the river Ghod, a tributary of the Bhima. It is a megalithic site. It was occupied between 3600 and 2700 years ago. He...

Some Important Dates in Ancient Indian History

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Some Important Dates in Ancient Indian History Cotton cultivation at Mehrgarh (about 7000 years ago) Beginning of cities (about 4700 year...

Harappan towns in Gujarat

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Harappan cities of Gujarat, India City of Dholavira : located on Khadir Beyt in the Rann of Kutch. Dholavira was divided into three par...

The Earliest cities in subcontinent

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The Earliest cities in subcontinent These cities were found in the Punjab and Sind in Pakistan, and in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and t...

A closer look of Mehrgarh

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Beginning of settlement at Mehrgarh (about 8000 years ago). This site is located in a fertile plain, near the Bolan Pass, which is one of th...

Some important archaeological sites in India

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Some important archaeological sites in India Many sites were located near sources of water, such as rivers and lakes. Bhimbetka (in pr...

Sites of grain and bones of domesticated animals

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Grain and Bones Sites Wheat, barley, sheep, goat, cattle Mehrgarh (in present day-Pakistan) Ri...

Domestication of plants and animals

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Domestication was a gradual process that took place in many parts of the world. It began about 12,000 years ago. Virtually all the plant and...

Paleolitic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods

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Palaeolithic period (old stone age): The Palaeolithic period extends from 2 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago. This long stretch ...

What are BC, AD, CE, BCE and BP ?

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BC   stands for Before Christ AD stands for Anno Domini meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’ (i.e. Christ). Sometimes CE is used instead o...

The Kandhahar bi lingual inscription of Ashoka

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The Kandhahar bi lingual inscription of Ashoka This inscription was written in two different scripts and languages, Greek (top) and Aram...