History - Ancient India

Some facts which may be useful in pre exam.

Vedic AGe
# Saraswati is identified with Ghagghar Hakra and it was the most sacred river and known as Naditarna
# Valkhilya hymns can be found in RigVeda
# Divodasa was the father of Sudas
# Agastya aryanised South India
# Language of Upanishads was classical Sanskrit
# Samitis were most important during the selection of the King
# Gopatha Brahmana was attached to Atharva Veda
# Sautramani was the festival of Soma Drinking
# Aranyakas highligjhted the mysticism prevailing during the Vedic age
# Atharva veda talks about Sati
# Indra, Agni,Varuna,Mitra and Nyasa were the Indo-Iranian gods
# Orgin of universe was in the 10th mandala of Rigveda
# Sulagava meant sacrifice
# Ratnavamsi ceremony was a part of Rajasuya yajna
# In maitryeani upanishad the doctrine of Trimurti discussed
# Dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama in Katha Upanishad
# Yajurveda was the manual of Adhvaryus who prepared fire altars and the ground of sacrifice
# Valkhilya hymns are in the 8th mandala of Rigveda
# Nirukta written by Yaksha is the oldest work on Rigveda
# Chandogya upanishad discusses three ashramas
# First literary evidence of Gotra is Atharvaveda
# Gayatri mantra in the 3rd mandala of Rigveda
# Purush Sukta andNasadiya hymns are in the 10th mandala of RigVeda
# Sankhya was the oldest among the various philosophical schools
# Upanishads in prose form-shatpatha and chandogya
# Aghoris were the successor of the kapalikas.They had two branches -Shuddha and malina
# Namma and Tirumalisay wre the most popular Alvar saint
# Kulashekhara was an Alvar saint
# Pashupata cult was most popular in Kashmir, Gujarat and Nepal
# Of all the Brahmanical offshoots, Shaivism was the earliest
# Agamanta, Aghori, kapalika,Verrasaiva, Suddha, Pashupat,Lingayat were all shaivite offshoots
# Satvata vidhi and pancharatra agama were cults of Bhagvatism
# Manu talked about 6 kinds of slaves
# The Mora inscription talks about Panchaveera.They were Samkarshana, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Samba and Vasudeva
# Earliest refrence to Vyuha doctrine was Brahma sutra
# Shandilya propounded Pancharatra cult
# The text of the nyanaras was known as Tevaram whereas the text of the Alvaras was known as Prabhandha
# Thirunabhukkarasu was also known as Appar
# Gautamiputra satakarni was known as Ekabrahmana

Ancient India
1. Lingusur was the first neolithic site in India
2. Pallavaram was the first neolithic site in India
3. Man started the use of fire in mesolithic age
4. Shishunaga transferred the capital of Magadh to Vaishali but Kalashoka transferred it permanently to Patliputra
5. The doctrine of Trimurti can be found in Maitreyani upanishad
6. Sautramani was a soma drinking festival
7. "No one is above the Kshatriyas"- Vrihadryanka upanishad
8. Malavas started Vikram era in 57 AD
9. Pravarsena Vakataka wrote Setubandha and Vatsbhatti wrote the Mandasore inscription
10. Cylindrical granary was found in Kalibangan
11. Auranasthanikas were the officers in cahrge of the wool market during Gupta age
12. Alexander was injured by the Malavas in the battle of Aspasoi
13. In Ramayana Magadha was known as Vasumati
14. Earliest capital of Magadha was Kusugpura.Bimbisar made Rajgir the capital
15. Agnimitra a Shunga king was the hero of Malavikagnimitram
16. Ratnavamsin ceremony was a part of Rajasuya yajna
17. Nagarjuna was a contemporary of Gautamiputra satakarni
18. Ropar was the first fortified town in Ancient India
19. In Kalibangan and Rangpur Mother Goddess was not worshipped
20. Kartipura was the earlier name of Kashmir
21. Panini hailed from Gandhara,Parsvanath from Benaras,Aryabhatta from Ujjain and Asnaga from Peshwar
22. Sites of ash mound-Kupgal,Kodekal,Utnur,Pallavoy.Ash mounds refer to the remnants of the settlements of neolithic cattle keepers
23. Only Harappan site in Afghanistan-Shortugai
24. Smritis in chronological order Manu-Yajnavalkya-Brihaspati-Narada-Katyana-Vayu-Debala
25. Nanaghat inscription recorded by Gautamiputra satakarni's mother is the earliest evidence of land grant in India
26. The Indian deities referred to by Megasthenes as Dionysus and Heracles are Shiva and Krishna
27. Anticlidas sent Helodorous to King Bhagvata
28. Kharvela was the ruler of Cheta dynastri founded by Mahameghavahana
29. Mitakshara commentary on Yajnavalkya sutra was written by Vijnanesvara
30. Buddha delivered maximum number of sermons at Sravasti
31. Gatha Sattasai a collection of love lores by Hala of Satvahana dynasty
32. Upasampada in Buddhism refers to initial conversion
33. Anguttaranikaya talks about 16 mahajanapadas
34. The Kushanas assumed divine kingship and started installing the statues of the kings in temples.This is known as Devakula.In the coins of Kushana the word Boddo is found
35. Bahrut inscription talks about Buddha's meeting with Ajatshatru.In ancient arts Buddha is shown as empty throne
36. Tundiya and Akasiya in ancient age were two tax collecting officials
37. Senguttuvan was the real hero of Silpapadikaram
38. Ulakku or alakkus meant revenue measurement during Chola period
39. Kalanju was a type of gold coin
40. Perundevanar translated Mahabharata in Tamil
41. Mahabalipuram was known as Melange during the sangam age
42. In Periplus "Damrike" referred to Tamil land
43. There was no guild for the carpenters during post mauryan era
44. Coffin burial in Harappa and double burial in Lothal
45. Dani,Mahadevan,Guntur and Fairservice worked on Harappan script
46. Alumbi Vel was revenue accountant during Sangam age
47. Manimekhalai by Sittalai Sattanar deals with Buddhism whereas Jeevakachintamani by Thiruttkkadevar deals with Jainism
48. Bhagvata Purana is the first literary evidence of Vishti
49. Ramgrah inscription belonging to the Gupta age is the first litrary evidence of prostitution
50. The Sarnath image inscription of Kanishka talks about two military generals Vanshpara and Kharapallana.Rabataka iscription also belongs to Kanishka

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