Day: May 4, 2020

Period of Mahajanpadas: Trade routes; Economic growth; Introduction of coinage In Buddhist texts, people on the move include the Buddha and his disciples, renunciants, teachers, students, professionals, kings, soldiers, and traders. All these different kinds of people must have travelled along broadly similar routes and the accounts of their journeys give an idea of the […]

Harappan Script Among the biggest mysteries about the Harappan civilization are the language the Harappans spoke and their writing system. What language did they speak and what did they read and write is again not very clear to us. We have discovered the written script of the Harappans which has not been deciphered yet. selfstudyhistory.com […]

Chalcolithic pottery as a source of history First metal to be used, mostly by the end of Neolithic period, was Copper and period was called Chalcolithic period. It is called Chalcolithic because of stone and well as copper was prevalent in this period. selfstudyhistory.com There was no literary tradition in Chalcolithic period and sources to […]

Land ownership in Ancient India The debate regarding the ownership of land in ancient India has focused on assessing the evidence for communal/corporate ownership (i.e. ownership in the hands of the village community), royal ownership, and private ownership. Communal / Corporate ownership Although the Dharmashastra texts have a great deal to say about property, their […]

Historiography of early Indians Though there may not have been a conventional form of historical writing, there are nevertheless many texts that reflect the historical consciousness of Ancient Indians. selfstudyhistory.com Many scholars described the Indian past as a static society that registered no historical change, and therefore it had no use for recording the past […]

Approaches to the study of early Indian history The historiography of early India reveals significant changes over time. The various ‘schools’ of history writing are often presented and understood in terms of one school making way for the other in a neat, forward progression. The reality is more complex. There was considerable variety within the […]

Painting during Gupta period Painting during Gupta period was considered as a social accomplishment i.e. painting was accepted as an art for and was associated with the social-cultural life of the period. The life of the urbanites was refined and sophisticated and this sophisticated way of life also includes art form such as painting. selfstudyhistory.com […]

Ajanta Art Ajanta art refers to all the art forms of Ajanta i.e. cave architecture, sculpture and painting located in Maharashtra. selfstudyhistory.com It was mainly created in 2 phases: First under the Satavahanas during 100 BC – 225 CE and under the Vakatakas during 4th – 6th century CE (during Gupta period). The first Buddhist […]

Discuss the market control policy of Alauddin Khilji. अलाउद्दीन खिलजी की बाजार नियंत्रण नीति का विवेचन कीजिये।[UPPSC, 1990] OR Discuss the economic policy of Alauddin Khilji. अलाउद्दीन खिलजी की आर्थिक नीति की विवेचना कीजिये। [UPPSC, 1993] OR Critically analyse the economic reforms of Alauddin Khalji. अलाउद्दीन खिल्जी के आर्थिक सुधारों की आलोचनात्मक समीक्षा कीजिये। [UPPSC, […]

13वी शताब्दी में तुर्की के विरुद्ध राजपूतों की पराजय के क्या कारण थे? What were the causes of the defeat of the Rajputs against the Turks during the 13th century? [UPPSC, 1995] OR राजपूतों की पराजय के कारणों की समीक्षा कीजिए। Analyse the causes of defeat of the Rajputs. [UPPSC, 2017] ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: After death […]