Ancient Indian History
Ancestry records to shed light on India’s past
Why in News- Genealogy priest like Panda, one of about 2,500 genealogy priests in Haridwar are holding records of families going back 15 to 20 generations, with details such as place of origin, names, births, deaths, reason of death, place of residence, grants made to temples, caste and clan. Put to wider use No... .Read more
Updated on 31 March, 2023 GS1 Society Ancient Indian History Current Affairs
PM pays tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his Jayanti
Context: The Prime Minister has paid rich tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his Jayanti. The Prime Minister called him a pathbreaking thinker and intellectual whose role in the freedom struggle is inspiring. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad About and his key contribution Maulana Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddin Al-... .Read more
Updated on 14 November, 2021 GS1 Ancient Indian History
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Thamirabarani civilisation 3,200 years old
Context: A carbon dating analysis of rice with soil, found in a burial urn at Sivakalai in southern Tamil Nadu, by the Miami-based Beta Analytic Testing Laboratory, has yielded the date of 1155 BCE. Key Points The discovery of urn indicates the Thamirabarani civilisation dates back to 3,200 years. Tamil Nadu assembly announced the establishm... .Read more
Updated on 10 September, 2021 GS1 Ancient Indian History
Dravidian link with Indus Valley civilization
Context: A new research paper traced the language roots of Indus Valley civilization to proto-Dravidian, which is the ancestral language of all the modern Dravidian languages. Background: The paper suggested that speakers of ancestral Dravidian languages had a greater historic presence in northern India including the Indus Valley region from w... .Read more
Updated on 20 August, 2021 GS1 Ancient Indian History
Ancestral Dravidian tongues spoken on Indus Valley sites
Context: A recent study has provided crucial evidence that ancestral Dravidian languages were possibly spoken by a significant population in the Indus Valley Civilisation. The key findings of the study: It seeks to resolve a crucial part of this perennial puzzle of South Asian prehistory, through establishing the certain existence of ancestral Dravi... .Read more
Updated on 8 August, 2021 GS1 Ancient Indian History
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Context: The Prime Minister has paid homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti. Key points About: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee also known as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was one of the greatest novelists and poets of India. He was born on June 27, 1838 in the village Kantalpara of the 24 Paraganas District of Be... .Read more
Updated on 29 June, 2021 GS1 Ancient Indian History
