Day: January 8, 2015

(1) Jagannathpuri  Puri is situated in the coastal area of Odissa located 60 kilometres south of the Bhubaneswar. Shankaracharya founded his Eastern Dhan (Jagannath Peeth) at Puri. Puri is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple located in the city. According to copper plates of the Ganga dynasty, the construction Jagannath temple was […]

(1) Imlidih Khurd In Gorakhpur district on the bank of Kuwana river. Chalcolithic and Neolithic Period 1, Pre-Narhan culture (1300 BCE) : Crude handmade redware. Remains of wattle-and-daub houses, a storage pit, ovens. Bones of domesticated cattle, sheep goat pigs. Artifacts- terracotta, beads of agate, faience, steatite micro beads, bone points, pottery discs Plant remains: rice, […]

(1) Haldighati Battle of Haldighati: On June 21, 1576 , the armies of Pratap and Akbar (led by Syed Hashim) met at Haldighati, near the town of Gogunda.The battle of Haldighati has commanded a lasting presence in Rajasthani folklore, and the persona of Pratap Singh (2) Halebid / Dwarsamudra   It is in Hassan district […]

(1) Gandhara Gandhara was an ancient kingdom in modern-day states of northern Pakistan and northeastern Afghanistan. Evidence of Stone Age human inhabitants of Gandhara, including stone tools and burnt bones, was discovered at Sanghao near Mardan in area caves. The artifacts are 15,000 to 30,000 years old. 1.Mother Goddess (fertility divinity), possibly derived from the […]

(1) Edakkal Edakkal is in Wayanad district of Kerala.The tallest mountain in the district, Ambukuthi mala, is located here. Three pre-historic caves known as the Edakkal Caves had been discovered on Ambukuthi mala. There are Stone Age pictorial writings on the walls of these natural caves. The older group of cave paintings and engravings, going […]