Pallava Architecture The caves and temples of the Pallava days have a very refined stone-cutting and engraving. The temples of Kanchi are the best examples of the art of architecture of the Pallavas. The five chariots of Mahabalipuram have been named after the five Pandavas which are Shiva temples. The Sahadeva, Dharma Raja…
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Paleolithic, Mesolithic and the Neolithic Age in India There are evicence of Paleolithic, Mesolithic and the Neolithic Age in India . Traces of the existence of mankind in the form of stone tools are used to have been found in all parts of Asia including India. It seems a curious confidence that all the…
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Pala Dynasty (Pala Empire) Background: After Sasanka for more than a century Bengal suffered from internal anarchy and external aggression creating lawlessness and confusion. In order to restore peace and good government powerful chieftains of Bengal placed Gopala, a popular chief, on the throne of Bengal (about 750 A.D.). Founder: Gopala-I was the…
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Neolithic Stone Age Civilization in India Era or Period of Neolithic Age is also known as New Stone Age. Numerous polished celts (ordinary & shouldered), pot-sherds of kiln-baked painted pottery have been discovered from the different In India, Neolithic sites of Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Chotonagpur, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Mysore, Gujarat, Madras, and…
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Mysore Kingdom After the fall of the Vijaynagar Empire, the Kingdom of Mysore emerged as an independent state. Later on, it accepted nominal over lordship of the Mughals. But it took advantage of the defeat of the Mughals at the hands of Nadir Shah and asserted its independence. Both Hyder Ali and his…
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Mir Jafar (Nawab of Bengal) Mir Jafar was the Nawab of Bengal. He was Najafi Dynasty. He was born in 1691. Mir Jafar sat on the throne of Bengal by paying large amounts of money to Company and its higher officials. He allowed them tax-free trade in Bengal. Eventually the British usurped all military,…
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Literary and Archaeological Sources of Medieval Indian History The literary works of Persian and Arab people are the most important sources of history of the medieval period (the Sultanate period). These Persian and Arabic works can be divided into three broad categories such as – the chronicles, the travel stories and the modern…
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List of Paleolithic Sites in India Paleolithic Sites in India Kuliana and Kamarpara, Burhabalang, Brahmani and Mahanadi valley sites are located in Orissa, India. Sohan valley (a tributary of the Indus) site is located near the city of Rawalpindi, Pakisthan. Giddalur, Nagarjunakonda sites in Andhra Pradesh, India. Manjankaranai site, Vadamadurai and Attirampakkam sites, Guddiyan mountain…
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Kshatrapas (Satraps) The Sakas called their local governors or rulers as Satraps or Kshatrapas. This was derived from a Persian term meaning Provincial governor. The Sakas followed the system of stationing two Satrips, one senior and one junior, in every province. The senior satrap was called Mahakshatrapa and the junior as Kshatrapa. The…
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King Menander (Milinda) Strabo calls Menander, the greatest of the Indo-Greek Kings. According to Milinda Panha, a Buddhist text, King Menander was a mighty Yavana King of Sakala, modern Sialkot in the Punjab. The dialogue was between Menander and an erudite Buddhist scholar and monk named Nagasena. Menander was an intelligent and acute questioner…
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