Important points from Ancient Indian History
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Here are given some important points from Ancient Indian History. These are very important for those who have special interest in Ancient Indian History.
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Study of inscriptions is known as epigraphy.
Oligarchy is a form of government where power is
exercised by a group of men.
There were sixteen mahajanapada in ine 6th century B.C.
Magadha was the most powerful mahajanapada and its
Capital was Rajgir.
Old name of Patna is Patliputra.
The Kushana rulers adopted the title ‘devaputra’ or
‘son of god’.
The Prayaga Prashasti also known as Allahabad Pillar
inscription has been composed by Harisena in Sanskrit.
'Tamilkam' is the name of the ancient Tamil country
which included present day Andhrapradesh and Kerala.
The Sudarshan lake was a artificial reservoir was
repaired by Rudradaman ruler.
The Manusamriti is one of the legal texts of early
India, written in Sanskrit.
The Harshcharita is written by Banabhatta in Sanskrita.
Prabhavati Gupta was daughter of chandergupra II.
Agrahara was land granted to the Brahmans, It was
exempted from paying land revenue.
Numismatics is the study of coins.
Symbols were punched on the metal surface of
Punch-marked coins.
The earliest inscriptions were in Prakrit.
Study of inscriptions is known as Epigraphy.
Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded in 1784.
Most of the scripts used to write modern Indian
languages are derived from Brahmi.
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