History of Gujarat from Vedic age to Gupta Period

History of Gujarat from Vedic age to Gupta Period A BRIEF PROFILE Gujarat, on the western coast of India, has experienced the advent of a man and is fortunate in having a rich heritage of historical records among the states of Indian Subcontinent. The history of Gujarat is very ancient and dates back to pre-historic … Read more

The mahajanapadas for Uttar Pradesh upper sub-ordinate exam

The literal meaning of Mahajanapadas is great kingdoms. They flourished in the north/north western parts of India before the rise of Megasthenes. Whereas Avantipura who was the king of Surasena was one of the first desciples of Buddha, and it gained prominence evr since then in Mathura. The geographical locattion of this kingdom among the sixteen … Read more

Mahajanapadas and rise of Magadhan Empire

Mahajanapadas  The literal meaning of Mahajanapadas is great kingdoms. They flourished in the north/north western parts of India before the rise of Megasthenes. Whereas Avantipura who was the king of Surasena was one of the first desciples of Buddha, and it gained prominence evr since then in Mathura. The geographical locattion of this kingdom among the … Read more

Indian History -Political, Economical and Social history of India from Harappa civilization to 10th Century A.D.

Indus Valley Civilization   Indus Valley Civilization was the first major civilization in south Asia, which spread across a vast area of land in present day India and Pakistan (around 12 lakh sq.km). The time period of mature Indus Valley Civilization is estimated between BC. 2700- BC.1900 i.e. for 800 years. But early Indus Valley Civilization had … Read more

History of Madhya Pradesh from Vedic age to Gupta Period

History of Madhya Pradesh from Vedic age to Gupta Period, On account of its central position, all historical events had apparently passed through this region, leaving conspicuous marks on it. The Prehistoric Period begins with the stone age, which the sites such as Bhimbetka, Adamgarh, Jaora, Raisen, Pachmarhi, etc. stand witness to. The dynastic history … Read more

DPPQ- Indian Pre History Part 1

Question:Which of the following site is considered to be the earliest lower palaeolithic sites in India >>>Bori >>>lingsugur >>>Bhimbedka >>>Belan Valley Question:Which of the following is known as old stone age(500,000 B.C to 8000 B.C.) >>>Paleolothic >>>Mesolithic >>>Neolithic >>>Chalcolithic Question:Which of the following is known as Middle stone age(8000 B.C to 6000 B.C.) >>>Mesolithic >>>Paleolothic … Read more

The Mahajanapadas

–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>  The literal meaning of Mahajanapadas is great kingdoms. They flourished in the north/north western parts of India before the rise of Megasthenes. Whereas Avantipura who was the king of Surasena was one of the first desciples of Buddha, and it gained prominence evr since then in Mathura. … Read more