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“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.
05/06/2023 2:51 PM

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

IAS Study Materials

Rise of Gandhi

The emergence of Gandhi played a pivotal role in the history of Indian Nationalism. In the year 1915, Gandhi returned to India. During his initial

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THE ARAB CONQUEST

The establishment of Arab rule in Sind in 712 A.D. was preceded by a number of efforts to penetrate India. The first military expedition was

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PALLAVAS

Introduction to Pallavas Chalukyas etc. The history of the region south of the Vindhyas between 300 and 750 A.D. constitutes a water-shed. After the collapse

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THE LATER GUPTAS

The designation later Guptas is a peculiar one as there is no evidence to show that this family was in any way connected by blood

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MAUKHARTS

The Maukharis are a very ancient family. Possibly they were known to paint and also to Patanjali. We have definite evidence of their ruling as

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HISTORY OF HARSHA

The chief events of Harsha’s reign can be briefly stated. Harsha on coming to the throne set himself to bring the whole of Aryavarta under

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THE HOUSE OF PUSHYABHUTI

According to Harsha-Charita, a royal line was founded by one pushyabhuti, a devout Saivite, somewhere near Thaneswar in the Ambala district of Haraya. Nothing much

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SANSKRIT LITERATURE

Before the Guptas : Began with Panini – the Vakatakas and the Bharasivas (Nagas) patronized Sanskrit. The mahabashya of Patanjali was patronized by Pushyamitra Sunga

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The Vakatakas

The Puranas recognize the greatness of the Vakatakas, known as Visdhya Sakti. For over a hundred years the Vakatakas, known as Vindhya Sakti. For over

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MARUYAN ART

In the Mauryan period stone culture dramatically emerged as the principal medium of Indian artist. Some evidence is put forward by John Irwin that Ashokan

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SAIVISM

A.  The worship of Shiva or Rudra goes back to the Harappan and Vedic times. In the Yajurveda, we have the shatarudriya. The Taittinriya tells

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Facts about Bhagvatism

ESSENCE OF BHAGATISM Bhagvatism believes in : action performed attached to its fruit is fetter causing endless of briths while nishakama karma is release and

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BHAGVATISM

Talking of Bhagvatism it had a very peculiar birth. The inroads of a large number of foreigners in the wake of the disappearance of the

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THEISTIC CULTS

The notion of personal God with whom most intimate relations could be established by the devotee is the focus of theistic religions consciousness. The deities

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MAHAYANA BUDDHISM

According to tradition, three Buddhist Councils were held to resolve the doctrinal differences among Buddhist leaders. Only regarding the fourth that was held in Kashmir

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Tamil

Tamil was the oldest spoken literary language of south India that is South of Nilgiris. Evidence as it is shows that there was a body

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Prakrit

Chronologically pali is the first Sanskrit language and various Prakrits oppeared later. Even the meaning of the word ‘Pali’ underwent changes. In the final stages

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a remote cousin of all the language of Europe ecepting the Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish and basqe. Around 2000 B.C. an ancestral group of

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SATAVAHANA ACHIEVEMENTS

The government if the Satavahana kingdom was organized on the traditional lines. The kingdom was divided into Janapadas, which were further sub-divided into aharas. Each

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Andhra Satavahanas

ORIGIN : (a) Aitrareya Brahmana puts the Adhras beyond the pale of Aryanism. (b) Nasik Prasasti lays claim to Gautmi as a brahamana. (c) Puranas

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KUSHANS

In the post-Mauryan era, central Asia and north-western India witnessed hectic and shifting political scenes. The Great Yuehi-chi driven out of fertile lend in Western

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SUNGAS

The Sunga rule, extending a little over a century, is in interlude in the history of India. There is nothing extraordinary about the political events

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Asoka’s Dhamma

NEED OF DHARMA 1. There was considered intellectual ferment around 600 B.C. healthy rivalry was apparent among the number of sects such as the Charvaks,

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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF ASOKA

Diplomacy and geographical proximity primarily determined the foreign relations maintained by Asoka. Particularly, the century in which, Asoka lived was one of continued interactions between

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