Ancient India

 

Important points of Ancient India:

1) Silappadikaram , a Tamil epic by Ilango.

2. Iron pillar is located in Mehrauli , New Delhi.

3. Manimekalai , a Tamil epic by Sattanar.

4. Aryabhatta wrote Aryabhatiyam.

5. Harisena was a court poet of Samudragupta.

6. Banabhatta, a court poet of Harsha , wrote Harshacharita.

7. We know about Samudragupta from a long inscription, inscribed on the Ashokan pillar at Allahabad.

8. Harisena was a court poet and a minister at the court of Samudragupta.

9. Maharaj - adhiraja ------ Chandragupta.

10. Samudragupta was the son of Chandragupta.

11. We know about Chandragupta II from inscriptions and coins.

12. Xuan Zang came during the reign of Harshavardhan.

13. Harsha took over the kingdom of Kannauj.

14. Harsha was defeated by Pulakeshin II of Chalukya dynasty .

15. The capital of Pallavas ----- Kanchipuram.

16. Pallavas spread their territories for Kanchipuram to the Kaveri Delta.

17. Chalukyas ruled in the Raichur Doab, between the rivers Krishna and Tungabhadra.

18. Pulakeshin II was the best known Chalukya ruler.

19. The court poet of Pulakeshin II was Ravikirti .

20. The prashasti of Pulakeshin II tells us about his ancestors.

21. Kalidasa wrote Abhijnana Shakuntalam.

22. South India was famous for gold, spices - specially papper and precious stones.

23. Papper was known as a black gold.

24. Sangam poems mention the muvendar -  meaning three chiefs - the cholas, cheras  and pandyas.

25. Puhar and Kaveripattinam  ----- the port of Cholas.

26. Madurai was the capital of Pandyas .

27. Satavahanas became powerful in Western India.

28. The most important ruler of Satavahanas was Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni .

29. Gautamiputra Shri Satakarni and other Satavahana rulers were known as lords of dakshinapatha.

30. Techniques of making silk were first invented in China around 7000 years ago .

31. Kushanas ruled over Central Asia and North - West India around 2000 years ago .

32. Peshwar and Mathura were two major centres of power of Kushanas.

33. Kanishka was the most famous ruler of Kushana, who ruled around 1900 years ago.

34. Kanishka organised a Buddhist council.

35. Ashvaghosha was a court poet of Kanishka.

36. Ashvaghosha composed Buddhacharita , a biography of Buddha.

37. Ashvaghosha wrote in Sanskrit.

38. Mahayana Buddhism developed during the reign of Kanishka.

39. Bodhisattvas spread throughout Central Asia, China, Korea and Japan.

40. Older form of Buddhism was known as Theravada Buddhism.