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Diversity in religion is one of the central pillars of the structural make-up of modern India. The country is home to different communities, the majority being Hindu. Other types follow different religious ideologies, including uncommon groups like Zoroastrians. So, problems of religious unrest have been anything that has happened multiple times in Indian history.  In […]

From the 8th century CE until the 10th century CE, the Rashtrakuta Dynasty governed areas of southern India. At its height, their kingdom encompassed the entirety of the contemporary state of Karnataka as well as portions of the current Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Gujarat, among others. As evidenced by

India comprises specific religions and cultures that relate to different teaching and beliefs. Specific people follow the religions and set traditions according to the religious teachings and beliefs. Jainism is one of the ancient religions followed by people widely in India and across the globe. Teachings of Jainism specifically contradict certain instances of Hinduism and

After the destruction of the Indus Valley Civilisation, the groups of people who belonged to the Indo-Aryan category started migrating to the North-Western part of India. It was here that they started dwelling in the areas of northern Indus Valley. The origination of Indo-Aryans can be traced back to the Indo-Iranian tribes of the Andronovo

The Parthian empire was considered a major political power from 247 BC to 224 AD in Iran. Along with this, there was a region named Parthia.  The Parthia region was captured by the Meded empire in the 7th century BC. Not only this, but this region was merged with the Achaemenid empire ruled by Cyrus

The ancient history of India can be traced back to the Indus Valley Civilisation, which is one of the oldest in the world. This civilisation flourished from about 3300 BC to 1300 BC and was located in what is now Pakistan and western India. The Indus Valley Civilisation was a very advanced society, with a

Introduction to Paleolithic Age The Paleolithic age can be defined as the starting when man first learned how to make stone tools. The discovery of how to make the fist-hatchet, spear, and fire was the earliest man’s greatest achievement. The Old Stone Age was developed during the Ice Age. However, the earliest species of man

The Vedic time frame, or Vedic age (c. 1500-c. 500 BCE), is the period in India’s history between the finish of the Indus Valley Civilisation and the start of a second urbanisation in the focal Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE, when the Vedic writing, including the Vedas (ca. 1300-900 BCE), was made in the northern

The Neolithic age is also termed the ‘Neolithic revolution’ since it introduced a lot of essential changes in man’s social and economic life. The Neolithic Age saw a man turning into a food producer from a food gatherer. The term Neolithic Revolution is given by V. Gorden Childe. The people in the Neolithic age lived

Megaliths, or structures built with large stones, are present all around the world in large numbers. The Megaliths have existed since the middle Stone Age, and also in the neolithic periods. However, the Indian megaliths are mainly from the Iron Age, though some sites predate the Iron Age, extending up to 2000 BC.  Megaliths, originally