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Ancient India


India can boast of a glorious past and the study of the history of Ancient India is a subject in itself. India has a civilisation as ancient as most ancient civilizations across the world. We have added new articles on all the following Ancient India topics.

  • Everyday life in Ancient India
  • The Arts in Ancient India
  • Ancient Language in India
  • Literature in Ancient India

    • Pre Historic Cultures In India

     1. Basis for Periodization
    2. Periodization of Indian Prehistory
    3. Sources of prehistory
    4. Food gathering communities
    5. Food Producing Men
    6. Neolithic or the New Stone Age
    7. Iron Age
    8. Impact of Iron

    Pastoral and Farming Communities

    1. Neolithic Phase
    2. Chalcolithic Phase
    3. Early Iron Phase
    4. Geographical Distribution And Characteristics

    Indus Valley Civilization

    1. Major cities
    2. Town Planning
    3. Harappan Trade
    4. Agriculture
    5. Domestication of animals
    6. Crafts
    7. Religion
    8. Harappan Pottery
    9. Weights and Measures
    10. Script and Language
    11. Images
    12. Decline of Harappan Culture
    13. Survival and Significance
    14. Things to Remember

    Vedic Society

    1. Origin and Settlement of the Aryans
    2. The concept of Arya or Aryan
    3. Vedic Literature
    4. Vedas and their Brahmanas
    3. Later Vedic Literature
    5. Life in the Rig Vedic Period
    6. Later Vedic Civilization
    7. Things to remember

    Pre Mauryan Period

     1. Formation of states
    2.The Sixteen Mahajanapadas
    3. Republics
    4. Rise of urban centres
    5. Haryanka dynasty
    6. Shishunaga dynasty
    7. Nanda dynasty

    The Mauryan Empire

    1. Magadha
    2. Mauryans
    3. Sources of Mauryan History
    4. Causes of Magadhan Supremacy
    5. Chandragupta Maurya
    6. Bindusara
    7. Ashoka
    8. Kalinga War And Its Impact
    9. Dhamma of Ashoka
    10. Policy and Administration
    11. City Administration
    12. Economic Activities
    13. Society and Culture
    14. Art and Architecture
    15. Pillar and Sculpture
    16. Decline of Mauryan Empire
    17. Moral Codes of Ashoka
    18. Ashoka's 14 Rock Edicts
    19. Categories of Ashoka's Inscriptions
    20. Later Mauryas

    Post Mauryan Period

    1. Society: Evolution of Jatis
    2. Caste System
    3. Economy and Society
    4. Indo Greeks
    5. Sunga Dynasty
    6. Kushan Dynasty
    7. Satavahana Dynasty
    8. Megalithics
    9. Sangam literature
    10. Schools of Art

    Religions

     1.Causes for the emergence of new religions
    2.Jainism
    3.uddism

    Imperial Guptas

    1.Sources of Gupta Rule
    2.Political history of Guptas
    3.Fahien
    4.Gupta Administration
    5.Gupta Culture
    6.Urban centres in Gupta period
    7.Economic Conditions

    Harshavardana

     1.Sources for Harsha's Period
    2.Early life of Harsha
    3.Harsha's Administration
    4.Important Officials of the empire
    5.Economy under Harsha
    6.Society
    7.Religion
    8.Interesting facts about Harsha

    Position of women in Ancient India

    1.2500 B.C-1500 B.C.,
    2.1500 B.C. - 1800 A.D.

    Education in Ancient India

    Caste System in Ancient India

    Cholas

    1.Territorial Expansion
    2.Chola Government
    3.Chola Trade
    4.Social and cultural life
    5.Art and Architecture

    Maths in Ancient India


    Regional States of India

    1.The Pallavas
    2.The Palas
    3.The Pratiharas
    4.The Rashtrakutas
    5.Tripartite Struggle
    6.The Hoysalas
    7.The Cheras
    8.The Paramaras

    The Chalukyas of Badami

    1.Religion of Chalukyas
    2.Language
    3.Art and Architecture
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