Ancient Indian Languages We do not have much information about the Ancient Indian Harrappan Languages. But the literary tradition of Ancient India clearly goes back more than 3000 years, and during this period was dominated by Sanskrit, first in its Vedic and later in its classical form. By the time Panini’s Grammar had…
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Ancient Indian Economy The economy of Ancient India was mainly dependent on agriculture. Agriculture was the chief occupation of the ancient Indian people. More and more people engaged themselves in agricultural enterprises. As a result not only the existing agricultural lands, forest and west lands too were cultivated. People were encouraged to do…
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Ancient Indian Art (Crafts and Guilds of Ancient India) The Ancient India people also got themselves engaged in many a new professions such as art and handicrafts. During the reigns of the Sakas and the Kushanas there were art and handicrafts on many metals like gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and lead. Though…
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Ancient Indian Art and Architecture The relics of Ancient Indian art and architecture concern predominantly religious themes. Many of these were made possible through the patronage of wealthy merchants, guilds and some royal donations. Buddhist religious architecture consisted of Viharas, monasteries, Stupas and Chaitya halls. Viharas or monasteries were the places where the…
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Alexander’s Invasion in India Alexander was born in 356 B.C. in Macedonia, a kingdom of Greece. Philip, his Father, was the ruler of Macedon. He received his education from Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher. After the death of his father, Alexander ascended the throne at the age of twenty only. Within a few…
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Administrative System of King Harshavardhana Harshavardhana followed the traditional monarchical system of administration which had existed in India during the earlier imperial periods. His time having been nearer to the Gupta Age, the various features of the imperial Gupta administration influenced Harshavardhana’s administration to a very large extent. Yet, there were new innovations…
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99 words on MudraRakshasa The political drama written by Vishakhadatta in the fifth century A.D. in the Gupta period is another important work on the Mauryan period. It describes in detail as to how Chandragupta Maurya got the help of Kautilya and overthrew the Nanda dynasty. Side by side we get a glimpse of…
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Sapinda Marriage | Cousin Marriage in Hinduism Sapinda Marriage refers to the cousin marriages in Hinduism. The Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 does not allow Sapinda marriage. A marriage between a boy and a girl is not legally valid if they are ‘sapindas”. But it permits the Sapinda marriages where such marriage is customary. Sapinda…
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Monogamy in Hinduism | Hindu Monogamy Hindu Monogamy The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 strictly prohibits the Hindus to practice polygamy. Monogamy is the law and practice of the Hindu society. Monogamy is a form of marriage when one man only marries one woman. Ever since the Vedic times in India, monogamy has been the…
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Marriage and its Importance in Hinduism What is Marriage? Mating is preponderantly a psychophysical phenomenon involving the pairing off of individuals of opposite sex under the influence of the sexual drive. But all mating are not marriages. Marriage is something else. When mating gets social approval and when it controls the relations of…
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