Political Organisation of the Rig-Vedic Aryans The basis of the political and social organisation of the Rig-Vedic people was the patriarchal family. The successive higher units were styled... Read more
Early Aryan Settlements INDIA, as is well known, derives its name from the Sindhu (Indus), and the earliest civilisation of this country of which we have any definite trace had its cradle in... Read more
Seals. More than five hundred seals have been discovered. These are made of terra cotta and small in size. Some contain fine representations of animal figures- both mythical and real–... Read more
Mohenjo-Daro—Mound of the Dead—is the local name of a high mound situated in the plains of Larkana in a narrow strip of land between the main bed of the Indus river and the western Nara cana... Read more
The Age of Metals There is, however, a general agreement that Neolithic men were the ancestors of the people who ushered in the next stage of civilisation which is distinguished by the knowl... Read more
History is a record of the achievements of man. The history of India, like the annals of every other country, should therefore begin with an account of the times when, men first settled in t... Read more
India is the name given to the vast peninsula which the continent of Asia throws out to the south of the magnificent mountain ranges that stretch in a sword-like curve across the southern bo... Read more
