------------------------------------------------- Sigiriya Sigiriya (Lion’s rock)‚ is an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin situated in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka‚ surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens‚ reservoirs‚ and other structures. A popular tourist destination‚ Sigiriya is also renowned for its ancient paintings which are reminiscent of the Ajanta Caves of India. It is one of the seven World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka. Sigiriya may have been inhabited
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History of science and technology in the Indian subcontinent * Outline of South Asian history * History of Indian subcontinent | Stone age (7000–3000 BC)[show] * Mehrgarh Culture (7000–3300 BC) | Bronze age (3000–1300 BC)[show] * Indus Valley Civilization (3300–1700 BC) * – Early Harappan Culture (3300–2600 BC) * – Mature Harappan Culture (2600–1900 BC) * – Late Harappan Culture (1700–1300 BC) * Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (from 2000 BC) * Swat culture (1600–500 BC) |
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systems and to the operation of waterways under government supervision. Trade by barter and against the currency was in practice and was taxed all along its way. There was progress in crafts and industrials arts. India saw the opening of the Silk Route (1st century BC). The Silk Route was a complex network of trade routes with the Mediterranean World and Central Asia that gave people the chance to exchange goods and culture. In the next 1500 years‚ India produces its
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AJANTA CAVES INTRODUCTION Ajanta Caves (Ajiṇṭhā leni; Marathi) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra‚ India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.[1] The caves include paintings and sculptures described by the government Archaeological Survey of India as "the finest surviving examples of Indian art‚ particularly painting"‚[2]which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art‚ with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the Jataka tales
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mathematics.[5] Chinese mathematics made early contributions‚ including a place value system.[6][7] The Hindu-Arabic numeral system and the rules for the use of its operations‚ in use throughout the world today‚ likely evolved over the course of the first millennium AD in India and was transmitted to the west via Islamic mathematics.[8][9] Islamic mathematics‚ in turn‚ developed and expanded the mathematics known to these civilizations.[10] Many Greek and Arabic texts on mathematics were then translated into
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Location of Mecca | Coordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″ECoordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″E | Country | Saudi Arabia | Province | Makkah Province | Founded by | Prophet Ismā’īl‚ son of Abraham (Islamic tradition) | Government | • Mayor | Usama al-Bar | • Provincial Governor | Khalid al-Faisal | Area[1] | • Urban | 850 km2 (330 sq mi) | • Metro | 1‚200 km2 (500 sq mi) | Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) | Population (2012)[citation needed] | • City | 2‚000‚000 | • Density | 4‚200/km2
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INTRO Ajanta and Ellora are the pride of Maharashtra. The rock-cut caves of both these sites are world famous and illustrate the degree of skill and artistry that Indian craftsmen had achieved several hundred years ago. Ajanta dates from 100 B.C. while Ellora is younger by some 600 years. The village of Ajanta is in the Sahyadri hills‚ about 99 kms. From Aurangabad; a few miles away in a mammoth horseshoe-formed rock‚ are 30 caves overlooking a gorge‚ `each forming a room in the hill and some with
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at least some of these shelters were inhabited by man for in excess of 100‚000 years. Some of the Stone Age rock paintings found among the Bhimbetka rock shelters are approximately 30‚000 years old. MAURYA and SHUNGA PERIOD (Central India‚ 3rd – 1st century BC) 1. Column of Heliodorus The Heliodorus pillar is a stone column that was erected around 110 BCE in central India in Vidisha near modern Besnagar‚ by Heliodorus‚ a Greek ambassador of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas to the court of the
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Background Sangam Literature was written in the ‘Sangam Age’‚ which is not a concrete time range. Some literature may have been written as long ago as 10‚000 BCE‚ but most was written from c. 400 BCE to c. 400 CE. of Between 350 BCE to 200 CE‚ South India (mostly Tamil Nadu) was ruled by the three Tamil dynasties of Chola‚ Pandya and Chera. The Cholas The heartland of the Cholas was the fertile valley of the Kaveri River‚ but they ruled a significantly larger area at the height of their power from
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Chapter 8: State‚ Society‚ and the Quest for Salvation in India Megasthene‚ Seleucid Emperor * Lived during late 4 and early 3 century bce. * Indika‚ long lost book‚ quotations of the respect on Indian land‚ people‚ and society. * Ant story * Monstrous human beings * Fertile land * 2 harvest/yr of grain * Pataliputra‚ capital * Near Ganges river with timber wall with 570 towers & 64 gates. * Large armies with war elephants *
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