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Ashoka and Buddhism (Study Notes)

Ashoka was converted to Buddhism as a result of the Kalinga war. According to tradition, he became a monk, made huge gifts to the Buddhists, and undertook pilgrimages to the Buddhist shrines. His visits to Buddhist shrines is also suggested by the dhamma yatras mentioned in his inscriptions. According to tradition, Ashoka held the third Buddhist council (sangiti) and missionaries [...]

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Useful notes on the Age of the Rig Veda

Arrival of the Indo-Aryans: The Indo-Iranians, comprising the Indo-Aryans and Iranians, moved towards India from two areas of Central Asia. The first area is archaeologically called the Andronovo culture which covered almost the whole of Central Asia during the second millennium BC. The second is archaeologically called the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) and dated 1900- 1500 BC. This cultural zone [...]

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The Mughal Rule in India (Useful Notes)

The Mughal Rule in India! In the past half century, there is a definite shift in the focus of the study of history. It is recognized that the history of a nation is not only the study of the dynamics of dynasties represented by individual rulers (i.e., the political aspect) but the study of social and economic aspects of different [...]

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