Summary HISTORY NOTED FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 Lower sites
 Didwana – rajasthan
 Hungsi – Karnataka
 Nevasa – Maharashtra
 Patne – Maharashtra
 Soan – Punjab
 Belan valey – UP
 Middel – flake
 Upper – Flint stone
 Homosapeins – upper middle age (40000-10000)
 Inamagon/Nevada – Maharashtra
 Chirand – ganga
 Malwa – narmada
 Parwara – Godavari (CMPS)
 Svalda – Tapti
 Skull of homo erectus – hathnore (near MP)
 Gauri gun dam – telengana
 Frst rice evidence – Koldiwa (UP)
 Indus valeey/bronze age /harappan – frst urban civilization
 Director of archar=elogicalsurvey – John marshall
 Father of archaeology and frst chairman – alexander cunningbarlk
 Citadel /town – dholavira ( Gujarat) (3rd site)
 Cital also known as – acropolis
 Citadel without town – chanhudaro
 Great bath and granary – mohenjadaro(citadel)
 Floor of burnt bricks
 Agriculture – wheat rai peas barley cotton-kalibanga (rajasthan)
 NO horse and cow in indus valley but know elephant
 PAsupathi seal – proto shiva in yogic posture
 Jadeite stone – Assam – daojali hading
 Gold ornaments – Karnataka
 Seals of – steatite and terracotta –barter system- trade with mesapotomia (mehula)
 Shortughai – trading colony – Afghanistan
 Inamgoan – ghod river
 Two river – tigress ,euphates
 Between – magan and dilmun( intermediate station)
 Lapis lauszi – blue precious stone)
 Lothal – ancient port,dockyard,terracotta ship,
 Ropal – burial with dog
 Bhirrana – Haryana – oldest IVC site
 Banawli – Haryana – lack of grid
 Sanauli – extended burial – UP
 Bolan pass – mehrgarh
 Bal tilak – book “artic home of vedas” – all Indians are Aryans
 Boghazkai inscription – name indra varuna
 Apaurisheya – not created by man but gifted by god
 Samhita – collection of hymns’
 Upanishads – 108 main oly 10
 10 th mandala – purush suktra –(Mouth,arms,thighs,feet)
 9th mandala – lord soma ( lord of plants)
 Sam vedha – music – 2 upanishads –Chandana ,kena
 Manduka – sathyamave jayam taken
 6 vedangas – SKVNJC(Siksha Kalpa Vyankaran Niruksha Jyoti Chandaa)
 6 Rivers (IJCRBS) (Indus chennab jhelum ravi beas Sutlej)
 Himvanta munjavat
 Widow remarriage – Niyoga
 Cow – aganya gavishthi – battle of cows
 Sabha – samhita-vidatva ( for religious purpose)

,  Rudra – (god of animals)
 Aditi ( mother of gods)
 Savitri ( gayathri mantra dedicated)
 Indra( Purandra) – destroyer of forts
 Virhi – rice
 Anuloma vivhaga – boys higher caste + girls lower caste
 Prathima vivaga – girls higher caste + boys lower caste
 Love marriage – gandharva vivhapottery
 Early vedic age – pottery –ochre coloured
 Later – grey colored
 Sage vaysa – purana & mahabaratha
 King as gopati – lord of cattles
 Valmiki – also known as ratnikar
 Person vedic approach related by – Arhta ,moksha ,dharma,kama
 30th rig veda manuscript added in unesco memory of register
 Language of Aryans sanskrit
 1st discipline of mahaveer ( Jamali)
 Link of mahaveer (STYAJ)(siddharth father,trisha – mother ,yashoda – wife,anojji – daughter-jamali daughter hus)
 Right faith – darshana
 Right knowledge – jnana
 Right conduct – charitra
 PHILOSOPHY OF LIVING ( JAIN) –ABSAA (ahimsa – brahmav]charya-Satya-asteya-aparigraha)
 Dilwara jain temple – Vastupula brothers
 Bindusara son of Chandragupta maurya –
 2nd jain council – vallabi,Gujarat-512 AD
 1st council – 298 BCjain literature – rakit language
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 Rishab dev – 1st tirtankara – son bahubali/gomateshwara statue at shravanbelagola, KA _mahamatsyabisheb
festival celebrated
 Mm
 Bimbisara – son ajatsatru ( contemporary to mahaveer)
 Jain river – Rijupalika
 Buddha river – niranjana
 8 fold path for end suffering – VISALECM
 4th buddha council – Kashmir – kanishka – vasumitra-72AD
 3rd – patliputra – ashoka – moghal tisssa – 250BC
 Sections of Buddhism – HMV – hinayana – Mahayana – vajrayana(tantric Buddhism)
 Bodhisatvas name ( VAA)
 JAtaka tales – previous form of Buddha birth in animal and human form- bharut stupa in MP depicts
 Jina – the conqueror
 Terms of Buddha –CVDS (chaitya,vihara,dharma,stupa)
 STUPA – (KSRD) – kesariya ,sancha,rambibar,dhamek)
 Univ – NK,VD,OG) Nalandha – kumaragupta -1,Vikramshila – Dharmapla , Oditpuri – gopala
 Holy places – lumbini,sankasia ;shavasti
 Ashola – Buddha follower – son mahendra daughter – sangamitra – to Ceylon to spread buddism
 Sanchi – MP – chetiyagiri vihara festival
 Ashoka rock inscription at jogad , odisha
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 POTERRY:
 Mahajanapadas – Northern black Polished ware (NBPW)
 Later vedic age – grey coloured pottery
 Early vedic age – orche coloured pottery
 Indus valley – red and black potss
 Post mauryans – red ware
 South india – black and red ware