The Mauryan Empire is considered one of the most significant periods in Indian history. The Lion Capital of Asoka at Sarnath, is the emblem of India.The Arthashastra talks about the principles of governance and lays down rules of administration. It also discusses in detail the role of the ...
The Rajputs always insisted that they were of the kshatriya caste and they were divided into clans. The Rajput kings belonged to ordered family, which connected them with either the sun-family (surya-vamshi) or the moon-family (chandra-vamsha) of ancient Indian kings. However, there were ...
When Alexander invaded India in 326 BC, he crossed the Indus river and defeated the Indian rulers in battle. Noteworthy of the Indians’ attempts at war, was the use of elephants, something that the Macedonians had never seen before. Alexander then took over the lands of the defe...
Badami is located in Bagalkot district of Northern part of Karnataka. The place is world famous for the cave temples built during the Chalukya period. Read More Reach us on and share your feed back on contact us Popular pages Indian art,Indian architecture,Religions of India,culture of India...
he killed 30000 of its citizens. He plundered the Indian treasures of the Moghal Emperors, taking with him the famous jewel-encrusted Peacock Throne and the Koh-i Noor diamond. In 1740 Nader had Tamasp II and his two infant sons put to death. Then he invaded Transoxania. He resumed war...
The Gupta Empire was founded by Chandragupta I, or Chandragupta Maurya. Before his rule, the subcontinent was ruled by a number of different polities, including both kingdoms and republics. When Alexander the Great invaded India in 326, the northwestern regions were thrown into chaos.Rise...
Lead in pseudo-coinage from early Indian kingdoms is isotopically different from the rest, which attests to a limited Indian contribution to the Achaemenid treasuries. Studies of Iron Age hoards from the Levant leave open the possibility that the making of the Persian mix may have predated the...
The app comprises of ages of India starting from BC to latest time period until British Rule. You will have all kinds of kingdoms, cultures, places etc covered in this app. To name a few, Ashok The King, Rajput, Mohals, Sultans, Chera, Chola, Pandya, Gupta, Gaurav, Pallava Kings etc...
being), thereby replacing the ancestor worship that was adhered to previously in the kingdoms. This new religious doctrine, therefore, implied more prestige for the kings. Empires in the Archipelago that copied such Indian concepts were found on the islands of Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra, and Bali...
While the Pallavas, like the Achaemenids and Parthians, were religiously tolerant, the devotion of some Pallava kings to Shaivism went so far that they went to the extent of demolishing Jain temples: "According to the Periyapurāṇam, the saint Tirunāvukkaraśar (also called Appar),...