(1) Machilipatnam / Masula / Masulipatam Machilipatnam is in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. There are evidenced of its existence since the 3rd century BCE mainly during Satavahana period when, according to Ptolemy, it was known as Maisolos. The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea also mentions it in the 1st century BCE. Situated in the mouth […]
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INDIAN HISTORY THROUGH MAP- PART-L
(1) Lakhajoar In Madhya Pradesh Cave painting (animal paintings) of Mesolithic period Other similar site in MP are Jaora, kathotia, Kharwar. (2) Lahore Lahore successively served as a regional capital of the empires of the Shahi kingdoms in the 11th century, the Ghaznavids in the 12th century, the Ghurid State in the 12th and 13th […]
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(1) Kabul Kabul is over 3,500 years old and many empires have controlled the city which is at a strategic location along the trade routes of South and Central Asia. The area of the Kabul valley was ruled by the Medes before falling to the Achaemenids. There is a reference to a settlement called Kabura […]
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