After Mahavir Jina, another spiritual guru who appeared in the religious firmament of India to rectify the extreme dominance of the Brahmanical class was Gautama Buddha. Like his predecessor he too raised his voice against the ritualistic practices and tried to purify and simplify the existing religious system. Thus in course of time there grew a new religion called Buddhism. [...]
Various names of the Country: The sub-continent of India stretches from the Himalayas to the sea i.e. from Kashmir to Kanyakumari is known as Bharat Varsha or the land of king Bharat, a King famous in the Puranik tradition. Bharat Varsha was said to form a part of larger unit called Jambu dvipa that was considered to be the innermost [...]
Undoubtedly Akbar was the only ruler among the rulers of medieval India who attempted to foster the national feeling in India. He did succeed to some extent. However subsequent Mughal rulers failed to catch his spirit. The majority of historians regard Akbar as a great emperor. image source: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Posthumous_portrait_of_Mughal_Empreror_Akbar.jpg K.T. Shah writes, "Akbar was the greatest of the [...]