Art and Culture… INDO–ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 It includes architecture that belongs to Turkish, Iranian, Delhi Sultanate, Deccan Sultanate, Mughals and other Muslim rulers which have exhibited an influence of local architecture as well. Muslim architecture was…
Art and Culture… REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT INDIA 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 CHALUKYA ARCHITECTURE, or KARNATAKA ARCHITECTURE 550-1100 Century AD They followed the Vakatakas who themselves folled Satvahanas. Chalukyas included three individual yet related dynasties. The first one was the Badami dynasty…
Art and Culture… GUPTA ARCHITECTURE, 300-550 Century AD 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Gupta period marked the real beginning of temple architecture in India and is known as the golden period of Indian art. Hindu subjects became focus of the art for the…
Art and Culture… GANDHARA and MATHURA SCHOOL of ART 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 GANDHARA SCHOOL of ART It was here that Buddha was first represented in human form. Sculpture tradition of Gandhara has confluence of Bactria, Parthia and local Gandhara traditions. Thus, the…
Art and Culture… MAURYAN ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Mauryan architecture exhibits influence of Greeks as Achamaemenian Empire shared borders with Mauryan Empire as well. Monolithic Pillars and Capitols and capitols, bell shape of capitol was perhaps influenced by…
Art and Culture… JAIN ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Jainas were prolific temple builders like the Hindus, and their sacred shrines and pilgrimage spots are to be found across the length and breadth of India except in the hills.…
Art and Culture… BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Fortified cities with stupas, viharas, and temples were constructed during the Maurya Empire (321–185 BCE). Buddhism and Jainism introduced the art of rock-cut caves. The caves were cut out of…
Art and Culture… HINDU ARCHITECTUAL STYLES 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Shilpshastra defines three types of architectural styles – Nagara, Dravida and Vesara. Today, only temple architecture remains from ancient India, but it doesn’t mean that other types of buildings were…
Art and Culture… ROCK CUT ARCHITECTURE 19 Jul 201919 Jul 2019 It includes both caves and other architecture. Rock cut architecture flourished in India due to presence of a large number of hills and mountains. In India this type of architecture…
Art and Culture… JAINISM 19 Jul 201919 Jul 2019 Jaina comes from the word – jina – means conqueror. Jain teachers are known as Tirthankaras. One who attains moksa is referred to as a siddha, but only a siddha…
Art and Culture… BUDDHISM 19 Jul 201919 Jul 2019 The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakyagana, his father was Suddhodana. His mother Mahamaya died 7 days after his birth and he was brought up by…
Art and Culture… VEDIC INDIAN PHILOSOPHY SCHOOLS or SHADDARSHANA 19 Jul 201919 Jul 2019 During the later Vedic period definite ideas and philosophies about the true nature of soul and the cosmic principle or Brahman, who represented the ultimate reality, were developed. These Vedic…
History… Birsa Munda (1875–1900) 18 Jul 201918 Jul 2019 Birsa Munda was a tribal leader and a folk hero, belonging to the Munda tribe who was behind the Millenarian movement that rose in the tribal belt of modern day…
Science Social Media And Election 21 Jun 201921 Jun 2019 Social media platforms allow political parties to reach millions of prospective voters and are therefore an integral part of elections. Misuse of Social Media However, some authoritarian regimes across the…
Current events… Blockchain Technology: Prospects and Challenges 21 Jun 201921 Jun 2019 News There’s a new cryptocurrency called Libra to be rolled out by Facebook by 2020.Facebook also announced a dedicated wallet app called Calibra, which will be built into WhatsApp and…
ISRO… All About Chandrayaan 2 21 Jun 201920 Jul 2019 Chandrayaan 2 is an Indian lunar mission that will boldly go where no country has ever gone before — the Moon's south polar region. Through this effort, the aim is…
Mains Sadani / Sadri language Jharkhand 3 Jun 20193 Jun 2019 Sadani / Sadri is a lingua franca used for inter-tribal group communication in eastern-central India. The term “Sadani” can be used in two senses. In the first, more general meaning,…
Mains Adi-dharma ie Sarana cult of Jharkhand tribals 3 Jun 20193 Jun 2019 Sarna Dharam is followed by majority population of the adivasi community belonging to major tribes of Jharkhand, including, Munda, Oraon, Santhal, Ho, Kharia, etc., numbering in excess of few crores by…
History… Tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries: Jharkhand 3 Jun 20193 Jun 2019 Jharkhand’s Freedom fighters: Almost one hundred years before India’s First War of Independence (1857), the adivasis (tribals) of Jharkhand had declared revolt against the British colonial rule and their imperialist…
History… Tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries:Tana Bhagat 3 Jun 20193 Jun 2019 Tana Bhagats were formed by Oaron saints Jatra Bhagat and Turia Bhagat. Jatra Bhagat of Gumla, Ranchi proclaimed that he was divinely ordained to establish a new sect, the Tana…
History… Tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries: Santal Hul (1855) 31 May 20193 Jun 2019 tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries: Santal Hul (1855) The Santal rebellion or Santal Hul was a native rebellion in present day Jharkhand against both the British colonial…
