Why Alexander Invaded India Alexander the Great decided to launch an invasion of India after inflicting the finishing blow on Emperor Darius III of Persia. Historical writers have given detailed accounts of conquests of Alexander the Great in India. But they didn’t tell us about the reasons that provoked Alexander to invade India.…
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Who were the Aryans and Where Aryans came from? The word Aryan is usually taken to mean a race but actually it is the name of a language than the people. Hence according to the famous German scholar Max Mueller the term Aryan meant language rather than race. The people who spoke this…
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Who was called the ‘Eastern Chalukyas’? Answer : During the course of his military exploits Pulakeshin II set up his younger brother, Kubja Vishnuvardhan, as Viceroy of the newly conquered areas of Pistapura (roughly the Andhra country) in A.D. 631. This was the beginning of the dynasty of the Eastern Chalukyas. Vishnuvardhan was…
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Who was called the Western Chalukyas? Answer: The Western Chalukyas were a fraction of the Chalukyas of Badami. In the later half of the tenth century A.D. (A.D. 973) a prince named Tailapa II founded this dynasty after defeating the Rashtrakutas. Tailapa II made Manyakheta his capital. He defeated Paramara Murja, the king…
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Who was Skandagupta? Skandagupta Skandagupta was a king of Gupta Dynasty. He came upon the throne after the death of his father, Kumaragupta. He ruled from 455 A.D. to 467 A.D. He successfully resisted the Huna attack and saved India from foreign clutches. Dr. R.C. Majumdar rightly remarked of him as a ‘Savior…
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Who was Chandragupta Vikramaditya? Chandragupta Vikramaditya Chandagupta Vikramaditya (also known as Chandragupta II) was the son and successor of Gupta Emperor Samudragupta. The period of Chandragupta Vikramaditya is generally regarded as ” Golden Age of Indian History”. Early Life Chandragupta Vikramaditya was another powerful ruler of Gupta Empire who patronized the famous ‘Nav…
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Who was Amoghavarsha? Amoghavarsha was probably the best remembered of the Rashtrakuta kings. His long reign (814- 80) was not so eventful and militarily rather insignificant. But his reign was distinguished for royal patronage of the Jain religion. The Arab Merchant, Suleiman, pays him complements and says that he was one of the…
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When was the Valmiki Ramayana written? When was the Valmiki Ramayana written? Like all ancient events, works and personages, Ramayana also cannot be dated back correctly. We do not know precisely as to when this epic poem was composed. Our problem becomes still difficult when Sanskrit scholars pronounce that first 7 chapters of…
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What is Vedas? What was the nature of worship of the Aryans? Vedas The oldest literature of the Aryan is known collectively as Vedas, which means ‘knowledge’—the best of the knowledge in Hindu eyes. For most people, Vedas are four, the earliest of them being the Rig Veda, parts of which were originally…
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Western Satraps of Ujjaini The western Satraps of Ujjaini belonged to the Kardamaka line, the earliest member of which was Yasmalika. The name Yasmalika is a Scythian name. The Kardamaka Kshatrapas of Ujjaini were the greatest rivals of the later Satavahana Empire. In Bana’s Harsha Charita Yasamalika has been described as a Saka King,…
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