Ancient India

There were eight forms of Hindu marriage in Ancient India. These marriages were according to the Sastras, of which four were regular.Marriage in the same caste was preferred.The boys obtained adulthood at the age of sixteen and the…
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King Porus was the ruler of Kingdom of Paurava in Ancient India. The kingdom is located between Chenab and Jhelum River at Punjab. It is believed that King Porus reigned from 340 B.C to 317 B.C.King Porus fought with the Macedonian army…
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The battle of Hydaspes (also battle of Jhelum) was fought between Alexander the Great and King Porus on the bank of River Hydaspes (modern day Jhelum River). In the battle, the army of King Porus was defeated by the Macedonian army of…
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Introduction: In the spring of 327 B.C. Alexander the Great decided to cross the Hindkush mountain range and move forward for conquests in India. He was accompanied by a large army of more than 30,000 men.The army of Alexander marched…
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Alexander the Great decided to launch an invasion of India after inflicting the finishing blow on Emperor Darius III of Persia.Historical writers have given detailed accounts of conquests of Alexander the Great in India. But they didn’t…
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Extent of conquests made in India by Cyrus: The founder of the Achaemenid Empire in Persia, Cyrus, led some campaigns to the east of Iran between 558 and 530 B.C. In course of these campaigns he probably invaded the Indian border­land.…
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Dhana Nanda was the last king of Nanda Empire. He was one among the nine sons of Mahapadma Nanda. He was called Dhana Nanda for his love of hoarding wealth, the last Nanda was called Dhana Nanda.Army: King Dhana Nanda inherited the vast…
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The Nanda Empire was extended upto Kalinga. The southern frontier of the Nanda Empire did not limit itself to Kalinga. It extended over to the Asmaka country in the Godavari valley in Deccan.Whether the Nanda Empire extended still further…
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Ancient Indian LanguagesWe 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,…
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Feudalism existed in Ancient india. The events of Ancient India reflects the character of Feudalism. Ancient feudalism was the emergence of a new politico economic structure, which dominated north, and later Southern part of the peninsula.…
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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.…
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The Foreign Trade and Commerce in Ancient India saw the sign of prosperity during the period beginning with the decline and full of the Mauryas till the advent of the Gupta Empire in India. Foreign Trade in India was initiated by the…
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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…
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Raja Dahir, also known as Dahir Sen, was the the last Hindu King of Sindh. He belonged to the Pushkarna Brahmin Community. His Kingdom had been conquered by the Arab General, Muhammad bin Qasim. Chach Nama is the oldest record of Arab…
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The status of Women in early Rig Vedic society was very high. In Later Vedic period, the position that the women folk enjoyed in the early Vedic society, was not retained.  In Vedic society participation of wives was required in many…
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Answer:  The Western Chalukyas were a fraction of the Chalukyas of Badami. In the later half of the tenth century A.D. (A.D. 973) a prince named Tailapa II founded this dynasty after defeating the Rashtrakutas. Tailapa II made Manyakheta…
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Answer : During the course of his military exploits Pulakeshin II set up his younger brother, Kubja Vishnuvardhan, as Viceroy of the newly conquered areas of Pistapura (roughly the Andhra country) in A.D. 631. This was the beginning of the…
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Amoghavarsha was probably the best remembered of the Rashtrakuta kings. His long reign (814- 80) was not so eventful and militarily rather insignificant. But his reign was distinguished for royal patronage of the Jain religion. The Arab…
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The Cholas dynasty of Tanjore rose into power in the 9th century A.D. The founder of the Chola dynasty was a prince named Vijayalaya. His son, King Aditya defeated the contemporary Pallava king of Kanchi.The next important King, Rajaraja…
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Gurjara Pratiharas “Gurjara Pratiharas” means “the Pratihara clan of the Gurjaras”. Gurjara denotes some geographical unit of the modern Gujarat State in India. They are also sometimes referred to as “Imperial Pratiharas”.Early history:…
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Sasanka is the most famous among the Kings of Gauda, but little is known of his early life and circumstances in which he came to acquire the throne of Bengal. It was possible that he started his career as a feudatory either under the later…
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