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...