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The Hathigumpha Inscription is a seventeen-line Prakrit inscription inscribed in Brahmi script in a cave called Hathigumpha near Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It was inscribed by the Jain king Kharavela of the Kalinga kingdom during the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. The Hathigumpha Inscription contains a biographical narrative of a ruler from ancient India’s eastern area, among … Read more
Foreign Travellers Period of Stay Description Megasthenes 302 B.C. – 298 B.C. He was the ambassador of Seleucus. He visited India during the supremacy of Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta was known to the Greeks as Sandrocottus. He was also the author of the book ‘Indica’. Deimachos 320-273 BC Greek Ambassador Come as ambassador to Bindusāra or … Read more
Indus Valley civilization developed between 2500 B.C. to 1750 B.C. as per Radio Carbon dating. Indus Civilization is also called as Harappan Civilization because the first excavated site is Harappa. It belongs to the Bronze Age . It extended from Manda (Jammu) in North to Daimabad in South. Major Settlements are in the Ghaggar-Hakra belt. … Read more
Inscriptions study is called epigraphy and the study of the old writing used in inscriptions and other old records is called palaeography. Inscriptions were carved on seals, stone pillars, rocks, copper plates, temple walls and bricks or images. In the country as a whole, the earliest inscriptions were recorded on stone. But in the early … Read more
Gautama Buddha and Buddhism Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha was a contemporary of Mahavira. According to tradition he was bom in 563 BC. in a Shakya kshatriya family in Lumbini in Nepal near Kapilavastu, which is identified with Piprahwa and-close to the foothills of Nepal. Gautama’s father seems to have been the elected ruler of Kapilavastu … Read more
Temples in India is important topic for IAS prelims exam. While studying temples in India, the focus should be- Location of the temple (town, state, river, hill), the main deity, style of architecture, a period of construction, world heritage sites, and patrons. In this article, we will cover most temples in detail. Vijayeshwar and Chakradhar … Read more
Ajanta Caves are located at 107 km from Aurangabad district of Maharashtra State, India. It is a World Heritage monument, evolved during the period from 2nd Century B.C. to 6th Century A.D. Discovery Of Ajanta Caves A British Army’s young Captain Smith was on private tiger hunting expedition in summer of 1819. As he came … Read more
Sources Two major sources of information regarding the Pushyabhuti dynasty are the Harshacharita, a prose biography written by Banabhatta, court poet of king Harshavardhana, and the account of the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang. Story The Pushyabhutis initially had their base in the area around Sthanishvara (modern Thanesar in Punjab). The fourth king of the line was … Read more