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Fifty to a hundred years ago, Punjab engineers found the Harappan site in Pakistan during the construction of railways. They found the highest quality of bricks in the Harapan walls. They took those bricks from the Harappan walls and used them in the railway construction. Engineers destroyed many buildings by taking away the bricks. About […]

The growth of Agriculture in India can be traced back to 9000 BCE with the cultivation of plants and domestication of animals through early ways of cultivation. It was during Ancient India that basic developments in agricultural practices started in India. The reaping of the crops was dependent on the monsoons that occurred two times

Social standards, moral standards, cultural activities, religious institutions, political structures, including technology which emerged within or have been linked with the ethnic linguistically varied Indian subcontinent from the Indian Culture.  The word also refers to nations as well as cultures outside of India that seem to have linked to the Indian subcontinent because of immigration,

By the end of the nineteenth century, several European countries went through massive development and were industrialized. There was an urgent need for the regular supply of raw material and finished goods; therefore, they started to practice control over areas far from industrialization The capitalists were looking for new industries in underdeveloped areas to invest

The Cheti dynasty was one of the native successors of the Maurya dynasty. Before this dynasty, many other dynasties succeeded the Maurya dynasty. Namely, the Sunga. The Kanvas, the Satvahana, and then comes the Cheti dynasty. The Cheti dynasty was founded in the 1st century BC ( Before Christ). It is one of the most

Chandragupta II, also named Vikramaditya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya, was the son of Samudragupta and Datta Devi. According to the historical records, Chandragupta II was a strong, vigorous ruler and well qualified to govern and extend the Gupta Empire. He ruled the Gupta Empire from 375 to 415 C.E. when the kingdom achieved its zenith, often known

In the ancient Indian subcontinent, Chandragupta Maurya established the great Mauryan Empire. He is known for bringing together the country’s small, fragmented kingdoms and uniting them into one vast empire. Megasthenes, a Greek ambassador, witnessed Chandragupta Maurya’s rule and wrote about the monarch’s life and achievements in his book ‘Indica’. He also documented important information

The Chalcolithic period, which refers to the period when copper and stone were used, was designated as the stone-copper phase. These civilizations have a specific regional identity that distinguishes them. The Chalcolithic epoch is separated into three distinct stages. Age Timeline Pre-Harappan Age 3,500 BC-2,500 BC Harappan Age 2,500 BC- 1,750 BC Post Harappan Age

It is said that the practice of burying dead people started some 3000 years ago in India. Megaliths or large stones were used to indicate the place where the dead were buried. We still find this practice in various cultures of India. However, 3000 years ago, people living in southern regions, Kashmir, and Deccan plateau

During the lifetime of Buddha, he encouraged his monks to follow his teachings in the vernacular. After the death of Buddha, the Buddhist canon was transmitted and formulated by oral tradition and after that it was written down in 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. The main division of Buddhism is Pitakas. Pali canon, also known