Friday, July 1, 2011

Indian History-psc


FACTS-Indian History-

1-Kushanas issued largest variety of coins
2-Artisans and craftsmen were drawn mainly from the Shudras
3-Royal writs of land grants were known as Sasanpatra whereas private writs were caled Lankikalekha or Karyalekha
4-Guilds were not involved in sale or distribution of commodities
5-Kushanas wre the first to issue gold coins on Roman pattern
6-Sind Sauvira was famous for horses and asses

7-Tamil and Chera kingdoms were the first to start trading relation withRome
8-Cotton clothes of fine quality was known as Monakhe whereas that of coarse quality was known as sagmatogene
9-There was no guild for the carpenters
10-Mercantile cooperation was known as Sreni
11-Conventions of the guilds were knwon as Sthitipatra or Sambhitpatra
12-Mathura inscription states that guilds provided loans against mortgage
13-Jataka tells that there were 18 guilds
14-Wima cadphises converted to saivism and called himself maheswar
15-The official language of the satvahanas was Prakrit with Brahmi as the script
16-Mathura inscription tells us that the guilds provided loans against mortgage
17-Indo-Greeks were the first to issue gold coins
18-Kushanas issued largest number of copper coins
19-Vashisthiputra Pulamayee set up the capital at Pratisthana
20-Begram wa sthe summer capital of the Kushanas
21-Rabatak inscription talks a great deal about the Kushanas
22-Aiteraya Brahmana first talked about the Satvahanas
23-Arikamedu was the first Roman station to be discovered in India
24-Earliest example of Amravati art from Jaggyapeta
25-Oldest Buddha idol from Katra
26-The earliest use of the word "Jati" in Nirukta
27-Stupa at Bahrut was the oldest one
28-Kanishka adopted the title "Kaiser"
29-According to some sources the 3rd Buddhist Council was held in Jalandhar
30-Sarnath Buddhist image inscription of Kanishka talks about dual governorship and two governors of Kanishka-Vanspara and Kharapallana
31-Patanjali was the Chief priest of Pushyamitra Shunga
32-Kharvela, best remembered for the Hatigumpha inscription was the ruler of the Cheta dynasty founded by Mahameghavahana
33-Greeko Bactrian king Antiklidas sent Heliodorous to King Bhagvata, a shunga ruler
34-Different names of different regions-
Mathura- Arjunanya
Beas and Sutlej-Kunindya
Jalandhar-Trigarta
Ludhiana, Ambala,Karnal,Hissar,Rohtak- Yaudheya(belonged to the warrior class)
35-Maues was the first saka king
36-St Thomas was killed in Mylapur
37-In the coins of Kanishka, we find the name Boddo for Buddha
38-When the members of higher varna were mortgaged they were known as Ahitaka
39-Malavas started Vikram era in 57 AD
40-Asvaghosha was the first to write play in Sanskrit and Buddhacharita holds the distinction of being the first complete play in Sanskrit.He also wrote Sariputta Prakarana and Ganeshastotra
41-Aziles, a shaka ruler started the Abhishekha Lakshmi coins
42-Arrian's book was also titled Indica
43-In Nanaghat we find the earliest portrait sculptor
44-Bhasha wrote Pratimanataka
45-Nagarjuna was a contemporary of Gautamiputra
46-Gondophernes took the itle Devavrata
47-Patanjali called sakas as anirvasita shudra
48-Kushanas started Devkula or temples holding the names of the kings
49-Greeks started military governorship and such governors were known as Strategors
50-The post Amatya was created by the Satavahanas
51-Cosmos wrote Indicopleustis and Christian Topography...

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