A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by Spectrum Books for UPSC CSE (IAS), State PSC and all other competitive exams preparation. This book brings together various aspects of the turbulent period (from arrival of the Europeans on Indian soil and the establishment of British rule in India to the day India won independence … Read more
In RPSC Civil Services RAS Exam, the subject History is equally important for both RAS Prelims Exam and RAS Mains Exam. Generally, History is divided under the three sub-sections i.e. Ancient History, Medieval History and Modern History. Here, we have provided very important Multiple Choice Questions of Ancient History for RAS Prelims Exam. For the … Read more
UPSC IAS Prelims 2020 important questions from the Indian History section are given here. Go through the questions of the past 5 years. Also, check the important analysis and observations that will help in UPSC IAS 2020 preparation. The given questions are a result of the previous 5 years of paper analysis. History as a … Read more
UPSC Civil Services Examination – 2020 General Studies Paper (Prelims and Mains) Indian History Important Topics: In General studies paper of UPSC Civil services Examination, History is one of the most important sections of the Prelims as well as mains exam. One can easily expect 15 – 20 questions from History syllabus in UPSC Prelims … Read more
In UPSC Civil Services IAS Exam, the subject History is equally important for both IAS Prelims Exam and IAS Mains Exam. Generally, History is divided under the three sub-sections i.e. Ancient History, Medieval History and Modern History. Here, we have provided very important Multiple Choice Questions of Ancient History for IAS Prelims Exam. For the … Read more
On August 8, 2020, India commemorated the 78th anniversary of Quit India movement. On August 8, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi launched Quit India Movement at the session of All India Congress Committee in Mumbai. What is Quit India Movement? The Quit India Movement was launched after Cripps mission failed. Gandhiji made a Do or Die call through … Read more
National Galary of Modern Art, New Delhi is organising the virtual tour titled “The Great Maestro | Abanindranath Tagore” to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Abanindranath Tagore on 7th August 2020. About Abanindranath Tagore: Abanindranath Tagore, the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore, was one of the most prominent artists of Bengal school of art in India. He was the first major supporter of swadeshi values in … Read more
ART & ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT INDIA Art of sculpture Ancient India witnessed remarkable progress in the art of sculpture. The three important schools namely- Gandhara, Mathura and Amravati grew and progressed during ancient India. Each of these schools has occupied a commanding place in the field of Indian sculpture and has contributed towards its growth … Read more
From the middle of the sixth century A.D., the history of South India is virtually the story of mutual conflicts among three powers, each seeking constantly to extend its empire at the expense of its neighbours. This went on for about three hundred years. The three powers were the Chalukyas of Badami, the Pallavas of … Read more
By the middle of the 6th century a line of Gupta rulers with the same surname, but not connected in the official genealogy with the line, ruled in Magadha. In fact, the name ending “Gupta” may have been cho- sen and cherised by the Later Guptas in an attempt to bring the family closer, in … Read more
The Satavahana acted as a stabilizing factor in the Deccan and south to which they gave political unity and prosperity, after the breakup of Mauryan Empire, the Satavahana and Kushana emerged as two large Political Powers.The Kushanas performed the same role in the north. Both these empires came to an end in the middle of … Read more
Megalithic Culture and the Pre-Sangam Era The Neolithic-Chalcolithic amalgam which seems to have been round about 2000 B.C. continued upto about the middle of the first millennium B.C. It was then overlapped by the Megalithic culture inhabited by the megaliths builder. They are known not from their actual settlement which is rare but from their … Read more
The Age of the Sungas and the Satvahanas: In eastern India, Central India and the Deccan, the Mauryans were succeeded by a number of native rulers such as the Sungas, Satvahanas, etc. In north-western India they were succeeded by a number of ruling dynasties from Central Asia. 7.1 The Sunga Dynasty (185 B.C to … Read more
Rise of the Mauryans The closeness to the source of natural resources like iron ores enabled the Magadhan princes to equip themselves with weapons, Agricultural tools of iron, which increased production and added to royal taxation alongwith the alluvial soil of Gangatic plains and sufficient rainfall which were very conducive for agricultural practices and rise … Read more
The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Two of them were most probably ganatantras and others had forms of monarchy. From the 16th century onwards, the widespread use of Iron in eastern U.P. and western Bihar created conditions for the formation of … Read more
What are the causes for the growth of Buddhism and Jainism? The Vedic rituals were expensive and the sacrifices prescribed were very complicated and had lost their meaning, the caste system had become rigid. Supremacy of the Brahmins created unrest and all the religious texts were in Sanskrit, which was not understandable to the masses. … Read more
The Vedic Period or the Vedic Age refers to that time period when the Vedic Sanskrit texts were composed in India. The society that emerged during that time is known as the Vedic Period, or the Vedic Age, Civilization. The Vedic Civilization flourished between the 1500 BC and 500 BC on the Indo-Gangetic Plains of … Read more
The Indus Valley civilization was an ancient civilization thriving along the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River in what is now Pakistan and north-western India. Among other names for this civilization is the Harappan civilization in reference to the first excavated city of Harappa. An alternative term for the culture is Saraswati- Sindhu civilization based … Read more
About 5,000 years ago the man started using bronze along with the stone. Now the man had developed to a great extent. The population was mainly urban including the priests, writers and clerks during this stage. Though the tools available suggest that there was over-lapping in use of stone and the metal, the similarity in … Read more
The stone of the tools is refined in this age. The weapons and tools are sharper and refined. These are scattered in north, south, east and western India. By this time the man had control over the supply of food. He cultivated and bred animals. The age was still called barbaric age. The spinning wheel, … Read more