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The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Indian lions standing back to back, on an elaborate base that includes other animals. A graphic representation of it was adopted as the official Emblem of India in 1950. It was originally placed atop the Aśoka pillar at the importantContinue Reading

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B.C 2500-1800      Indus valley civilization. 599     Birth of Mahavir; Nirvana in 523. B.C. 563     Birth of Gautam Buddha; Nirvana in 483 B.C. 327-26     Alexander’s invasion of India and the opening of land route between India and Europe. 269-232     Ashoka’s reign. 261     Battle of Kalinga.Continue Reading

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The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) which was centred mostly in the western part  of the Indian Subcontinent  and which flourished around the Indus River basin. Primarily centered along the Indus and the Punjab region, the civilization extended into theContinue Reading

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Abdul Ghaffar Khan: He was popularly known as ‘Frontier Gandhi’. Refer Red Shirts and also under Civil Disobedience Movement. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan: lived during the reign of Akbar. He translated Babar’s Memoirs from Turki to Persian. Abdur Razzaq: was a Persian traveller who visited Vijayanagar during the reign of DevaContinue Reading

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Indus Valley Civilization: According to carbon-dating process, the Indus Valley Civilization appears to have flourished between 2500 and 1700 B.C. This period is known as pre-historic period. It belongs to the Chalcolithic Age. The remains of the Indus Valley Civilization were first discovered at Harappa (1921) and Mohenjodaro (1922). TheContinue Reading