Culture-Discoveries that changed India’s Past !!!
UPSCTREE2020-10-02T03:07:39+05:30The ancient Indus Valley. […]
History-Red dawn over India: the long shadow of the Russian Revolution !!!
UPSCTREE2017-11-08T01:04:14+05:30History-Sangam Age, the Silapatikaram and the Society !!!
UPSCTREE2017-10-02T16:20:23+05:30Silapatikaram is a pre-eminent Tamil kavya that gives a detailed account of life in South India some 1,800 to 2,000 years before present (ybp). Many times have been written since the rediscovery of this then lost work by U Ve Swaminatha Aiyer. […]
History-Chandragupta Maurya’s Victory Over Seleucus I Nicator !!!
UPSCTREE2017-10-02T16:08:51+05:30Chandragupta Maurya […]
History-Midnight’s children in their 70s !!!
UPSCTREE2017-08-14T12:38:51+05:30India and Pakistan’s 70 years of Independence: A look back at how destiny set the midnight’s children apart. […]
Society Watch-Silk Road Threads Through History !!!
UPSCTREE2017-03-30T15:53:34+05:30The Silk Road was an ancient, storied network of roads, trading posts, and oases that linked Asia and the Mediterranean basin. […]
History Watch- Bagha Jatin: The Bengal Tiger Whom The British Feared
UPSCTREE2017-02-13T23:54:20+05:30Exactly 101 years ago, the nationalist-revolutionary succumbed to severe bullet injuries in Balasore hospital following a gallant battle with the British-controlled police. […]
History Watch – Universities of Ancient India !!!
UPSCTREE2017-02-13T21:51:29+05:30Unfortunately, the quality of education in most of our institutes is below par. If we delve into our past, we could find renowned seats of higher learning – Nalanda, Takshashila, Vikramashila, Valabhi, Somapura and Odantapuri – that dominated the world higher education system for eighteen hundred years beginning sixth century BC. Scholars from round the globe flocked to these ‘poles of knowledge’. A different scenario is noticeable today. Many meritorious Indian students pursue their higher studies from foreign universities. Nobel laureates – Har Gobind Khorana; Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar; Dr. Amartya Sen; and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – did their graduate or post-graduate studies [...]
History Watch – Vinoba Bhave & Sarvodaya !!!
UPSCTREE2017-02-13T21:12:16+05:30Important works :- […]
History Watch – Kautilya’s Budget vs Jaitley’s Budget !!!
UPSCTREE2017-02-13T12:54:39+05:30Note:- Last year UPSC has asked questions on Kautiya, and before exam we published an article on Kautilya’s view on national security – (National Security- Kautilya to Kofi Annan). Given that UPSC is now digging deeper and asking question Like Coelho case or Max Weber’s view in General Studies paper, we felt the necessity to publish this one (If it comes in the exam – well and good if not, a little more knowledge never harmed anybody) The questions that can be framed/answered from the article are :- 1) “Kautilya was a prominent politico-economic theorist of his times and his work “Arthashastra” [...]