The following points highlight the ten main sources of income of people in ancient India. The sources are: 1. Agriculture 2. Ownership of Land 3. Revenue 4. Industry 5. The Guilds 6. Trade and Commerce 7. Taxation 8. Other Sources of State Income 9. Forced Labour 10. Foreign Trade. Source # 1. Agriculture: Agriculture was the mainstay of the people [...]
The following points highlight the seven main forms of literature that flourished in ancient India. The forms are: 1. Sanskrit Kavya 2. Narrative Literature 3. Drama 4. Sanskrit Grammer 5. Pali Literature 6. Prakrit Literature 7. Tamil Literature. 1. Sanskrit Kavya: Like other countries the epics constitute an important aspect of the Sanskrit literature in India. Two important epics were [...]
In this article we will discuss about the different types of institutions through which education was imparted to people in ancient India. Broadly speaking three different types of institutions were in vogue which imparted education to the people in Ancient India. In the first instance there was the popular system under which the teacher, as a settled householder, admitted pupils [...]