Indian History

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Theravada Buddhism, the standard collection of buddhavacana are in pali script, also known as the Tripi?aka (three baskets).
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Aryabhatta and Varahamihira belonged to Gupta age. During Gupta period education flourished and many great discoveries were made in these fields.
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The Mahabhasya is a great commentary by Patanjali on selected rules of Sanskrit grammar from Patanjali's treatise, the Astadhyayi, as well as Katyayana's varttika-sutra, an elaboration of Panni's grammar during the 2nd century CE.
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Brihatkatha is an ancient Indian epic, said to have been written by Gunadhya in a poorly understood language known as Paisaci
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The Great Bath is part of a large citadel complex that was found in the 1920s during excavations of Mohenjo-daro, one of the main centres of the Indus civilization.
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Shakuntala is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata. Her story is told in the Mahabharata and dramatized by many writers, the most famous adaption being Kalidasa's play Abhignana Sakuntala.
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Shahjahan mother was a Rajput princess from Marwar called Princess Jagat Gosaini (her official name in Mughal chronicles was Bilqis Makani).
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Raghuvamsha is a Sanskrit mahakavya (epic poem) by the most celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa. The stories related to the Raghu dynasty, namely the family of Dilipa and his descendants up to Agnivarna, who include Raghu, Dasharatha and Rama.
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The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the north western regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE.
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The Ikshvaku dynasty ruled in the eastern Krishna River valley of India, from their capital at Vijayapuri (modern Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh) during approximately 3rd and 4th centuries CE.
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Mohenjo-daro was built in the 26th century BCE. It was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization.
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Harijan Sevak Sangh is a non-profit organisation founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 to eradicate untouchability.
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The period between the 4th and 6th centuries CE is known as the Golden Age of India because of the considerable achievements of Indians in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, science, religion and philosophy during the Gupta Empire.
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The Parinirvana Stupa is a Buddhist temple in Kushinagar, India which is said to be the place of death of Gautama Buddha.
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Indus civilization, also called Indus valley civilization or Harappan civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent.
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Agriculture was the main occupation of the Indus Valley people. Crops such as wheat, barley, peas and bananas were raised.
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Ashoka the Great was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, converted to Buddhism after witnessing the mass deaths of the Kalinga War, which he had waged out of a desire for conquest and which reportedly directly resulted in more than 100,000 deaths and 150,000 deportations.
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After the death of Akbar, architect of the Mughal empire and active patron of the arts, his son Jahangir ascended to the throne.
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Gulbadan Begum ( c. 1523-1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. Humayun Nama was the biography of Emperor Humayun.
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Simuka was an Indian king belonging to the Satavahana dynasty. He is mentioned as the first king in a list of royals in a Satavahana inscription at Nanaghat.
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