History

Some important changes during Gupta period: Some important administrative posts were now hereditary. One person held many offices. Important men had lot of say in the local administration. There were

Harshvardana was ruler of Thanesar nearly 1400 years ago.His court poet was Banabhatta who wrote his biography Harshcharita in Sanskrit. Xuan Zang spread lot of time at Harsha's court and left a detai

Prashasti is an inscription of a special kind.Prashasti is a sanskrit word meaning in praise of. Emperor Samudragupta's prashasti praised the king in glowing terms."As a warrior,as a king who won vict

The French revolution changed the entire history of France. The revolution brought it to a different stage. However, French revolution didn’t just happen. Many short terms as well as long term cause

The Harappan people achieved great accuracy in measuring length, mass and time. The people of Indus valley civilization were among the first to develop a system of uniform weights and measures. Their

The chief male deity was the pasupati Shiva and the chief female deity was the Mother Goddess.Pasupati is found sitting in yogic posture on a low throne and having three faces and two horns. He was sh

·         Though most of the Harappan pottery is plain yet a substantial part is treated with a red slip and black painted decoration. ·         They are uniformly sturdy and well ba

Mohan das Karam chand Gandhi (Oct 2, 1869-Jan 30,1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of Indian independence movement.He was the pioneer of satyagraha the resistance of tyranny through mas

There are several ways of finding out about the past.The two most common sources are inscription and manuscripts. Manuscripts are the books written long ago.These were written by hand on palm leaf or

Archaeologists study the remains of buildings made of stone and brick,painting and sculpture. They also explore and excavate to find tools,weapons,pots ,pans,ornaments and coins. Archaeologists also l

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