[Ancient History] Religions and Religious Movements in India

Reformers all over the world protested against the existing social and religious evils and attempted to reconstruct a new socio-religious order.

Confucius in China, Zoroaster in Iran and Permanides in

[Ancient History] State Formation and Urbanization - From Mahajanapadas to the Nandas (BC 600 to BC 321)

Economic Background :

• After AD 800 iron came to be used widely in almost all the areas in India. But till AD

[Ancient History] Vedic and Later Vedic Age

Founders or creators of the Vedic Culture.

Aryans immigrant people.

First arrival in India is dated between 2000 and 1500BC.

[Ancient History] Prehistoric India - India during the Pre-historic Period

The history of human settlements in India goes back to prehistoric times and no written records are available for the prehistoric India. However, plenty of archaeological remains are found in different

[Ancient History] Pre-historic Cultures of India

Dr. Primrose: first to discover pre-historic implements (stone knives and arrow-heads) in 1842 at Lingsugur in raichur dist, Knk.

John Evans: first to publish an account of worked flints discovered on bed of river

[Ancient History] Important Places in Ancient India

1. AIHOLE near Badami with rock cut and structural temples of Western Chalukya period, is favous for the temples of Vishnu, Ladkhan and Durga. It furnish examples of a well developed Deccan style

[Ancient History] Nalanda and Taxila Universities in Ancient Period

Taxila University :

The world's first university was established at Takshasila or Taxila (northwest region of India) in approximately 700 B.C. The Universities in ancient India were entirely residential. It was considered

[Ancient History] Indus Valley Civilization

• The earliest reference to the presence of an ancient site at Harappa was recorded by C.Masson in 1826(Published in 1842).

• A.Burnes also reported the existence of a ruined citadel on the river-side of the town in

[Ancient History] Literature in Ancient India

Important Ancient Sanskrit Literature :
 

Work	Category	Author (date)	Notes
Mahabharata	Epic	Vyasa

[Ancient History] Information Sources for Ancient India

Indian Literary Sources :

Source	Author	Language	Date	Notes
Veda Samhitas	Various	Sanskrit	1st m. BCE	Gives account of life of people in addition to philosophy, religion etc

[Ancient History] Sciences in Ancient India

Work	Subject	Author	Notes
Vedanga Jyotisha	Astrology	Lagadha (1st c. BCE)	Describes rules for tracking motion of sun and moon