Uttarakhand State is divided into two divisions namely Garhwal and Kumaon. Its High Court is in Nainital. It is the only state in India with Sanskrit as one of its Official Language. This is the state where two most important rivers originates, i.e, The Ganga at Gangotri and the Yamuna at Yamunotri. This state has … Read more
Toda Tribes The Toda Tribe in India is the only pastoral group inhabiting Nilgiri Hills of South India who have the tradition of polyandrous marriage system. This tribe is of special attention to the ethnographers and physical anthropologists as they belong to Caucasoid racial stock, surrounded by Proto-Australoid groups like the Badaga, Kota, Kurumba and … Read more
Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written by Tulsidas during the Mughal Period in India. Tulsidas, also known as Goswami Tulsidas, was a great poet. He was a worshipper of Ram. The Ramcharitmanas is one of the most popular books in this country. Its story: The Ramcharitmanas is a religious book of the Hindus. This book … Read more
Introduction to Vijayanagara Empire In this effort to build the Vijaynagar Empire, two brothers, Harihara and Bukka took a prominent role. Their original home was Warangal where they worked as minister and treasurer respectively under Prataparudradeva, the Kakatiya ruler. They fled from Warangal in 1323 when it was besieged by the Muslims. They served under … Read more
The Hathigumpha (also Hatigumpha) Inscription of Kharavela is one of the few notable inscriptions which throw much light on ancient Indian history. The Hathigumpha Inscription is comparable only to the inscriptions of Samrat Ashoka and Samudragupta in respect of its historical significance. No other inscription of India presents the details of the year-wise achievements of a ruler as does the Hathigumpha Inscription. Location: The … Read more
Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, also known as J.C. Bose, was born on November 30, 1858 at Munshiganj district, now in Bangladesh. While Jagadish Chandra Bose was a child he read in his village school. Then he was educated in St. Xavier’s school and passed B.A. examination from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta. He obtained a … Read more
Qutb Shahi Dynasty The Qutb Shahi Dynasty of Golkonda Kingdom was one the Sultanates formed after the breakup of the Bahmani Kingdom. Sultan Quli Qutb Shah (1518-1543) In 1518, Sultan Quli Qutb Shah, the Governor of Golconda asserted his independence and became the founder of Qutb Shahi Dynasty of Golkonda. Sultan Quli Qutb Shah supported … Read more
Introduction to Kinship System Kinship generally refers to the family relationship through blood, adoption or marriage. Kinship System in India indicates the specific mode of behavior to determine each and every possible form of relationship between the individuals in a society and it establishes definite functions for every relationship not only by blood but by … Read more
I am Grand Trunk Road, in short G.T. Road. Today I am writing my autobiography. During the reign of emperor Shershah, I was born and it is about a few hundred years ago. My body is at present metalled but when I was born; my physical structure was not metalled. With my long body I … Read more
Religion is said to be born out of physical and social needs. Early men occupied the hills and forests where they had to lead a miserable existence with their limited material and intellectual resources. In a way, they were totally at the mercy of nature. They had been in a ceaseless war against the unkind … Read more