The below mentioned article provides a biography of Sher Shah who was the ruler of Mughal empire in India during the medieval period. शेरशाह के आरंभिक जीवन के बारे में कुछ अधिक नहीं मालूम । उसका मूल नाम फरीद था और उसके पिता जौनपुर के एक छोटे-से जागीरदार थे । अपने पिता की जागीर सँभालते हुए फरीद ने ठोस प्रशासनिक [...]
Chandra Gupta was the founder of the Maurya empire. Justin and some other Greek scholars described him with the name, Sendrokotts. William Jones was the first scholar who proved that this name was used for Chandra Gupta Maurya. He liberated the north-western part of India from Greek domination, grabbed power in Magadha from the hands of its tyrannical ruler Dhana [...]
About one hundred fifty years back, Asoka occupied a negligible place among the Maurya rulers as very little was found in the Puranas regarding him. In 1837 A.D . James Prinsep deciphered an inscription written in Brahmi script which referred to a king titled Devanampiya Piyadasi. Later on, many such inscriptions were discovered. In 1915 A.D., an inscription was discovered [...]