Fall of the Parthians and the Kushan Conquest Long before the final catastrophe that ultimately overtook the satrapal line of Chashtana, theKujula kadphises Saka-Pahlava emperors of the nort... Read more
Kharavela of Kalinga The earlier Satavahana empire had a formidable rival in the kingdom of Kalinga, which had thrown off the yoke of Magadha some time after the death of Asoka and risen to... Read more
Successors of the Imperial Mauryas. WITH the fall of the Mauryas, Indian history for the time being loses its unity. The command of one single political authority is no longer obeyed over a... Read more
Ramayana is the story of Rama, the eldest son of Dasaratha, a prince of the Ikshvaku family of Ayodhya in the Fyzabad district of Uttar Pradesh. The prince married Sita, the daughter of Jana... Read more
Buddhist Scriptures The unanimous tradition of all Buddhist schools records that shortly after the death of the Master a great Council (Sangiti) was held at Rajagriha to compile the Dharma (... Read more
Mahavira and Jainism The parents of Mahavira were Siddhartha, a Jnatrika chief of Kundapura, and Trisala, a Kshatriya lady related to the ruling families of Vaisali and Magadha. The early li... Read more
Religion From the point of view of religion, the early days of the Magadhan ascendancy were among the most eventful in Indian history. Great changes took place within the fold of Brahmanism.... Read more
Economic Condition As already stated, the vast majority of the people seem to have preferred country life to residence in “towns covered with dust.” The rural population consiste... Read more
Social Life With the Aryan expansion over practically the whole of India, came a wide diversity of social conditions. Customs not approved in the Gangetic Doab were admitted as good usage in... Read more
Administration Neither in the east nor in the west was monarchy the only form of government in the beginning of our period or towards its close. There were, no doubt, powerful rajas in South... Read more
