Ancient History - Thesamiksha

Emergence of Mahajanpadas in the Ganges region, significant advancements in agriculture arose, notably the innovation of wet rice cultivation technology.

Unexplored History : Wet Rice Cultivation In Ancient Mahajanapadas

Reference is made to the mahajanapadas or the great janpadas, large and more powerful than earlier multiple janapadas by the time of 600 B.C. 16 Majanpadas and their kings are listed in Buddhist texts. As those of Anga, Magadh, Vrijji […]

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Heterodox Philosophies And Republican States of 600 B.C.

By the time of 600 B.C., India had mainly two types of the political system – monarchical system and republic states. In the monarchical system, powers were concentrated in the hands of rulers. There was no freedom of expression or […]

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Why Is Cow Sacred? | Cows In India

In the Hindu religion, cows are sacred animals. Hindu people worship her. In religious scripture, the killing of cows is forbidden. There are references to punishment in old religious texts if a cow is slaughtered. The question is raised, why […]

The cow has a sacred place in Indian society. Generally, the consumption of beef is avoided by the Hindu people. This is because of the myth of holy cow.

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The Myth of Holy Cow

The cow has a sacred place in Indian society. Generally, the consumption of beef is avoided by the Hindu people. This is because of the myth of the holy cow. The historian D.N.Jha had broken this myth in his book […]

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Emergence Of Untouchability

600 B.C. is the period of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. This period is also called the Second Urbanization. Up to 600 B.C., the four varnas i.e. Brahman, Kshatriya Vaishya and Shudra strengthened their foundation. The fifth class i.e. […]

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Vardhaman Mahavir : The Smart Marketing Strategist

Vardhaman Mahavir was born in 540 B. C. in a village called kundagram in north Bihar. He abandoned worldly life at the age of 30 and became an ascetic. When he reached the age of 42, he attained the Kaivalya […]

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Adichanallur – Erstwhile Sea Port

Adichanallur is an archaeological site in Tamil Nadu. It is 15 km away from the capital of the early Pandya kingdom, Korkai. The recent excavation at Adichanallur revealed that the human skeleton remains did not quite match the biological structure […]

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India China Diplomacy In 7th Century AD

In the first half of the seventh century, there were three powers in this part of the world. These were the Tang dynasty in China under emperor Taizong, the North Indian empire under Harshvardhan and the Tibetan empire under Songsten […]