2017-10-02T16:20:23+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
Silapatikaram 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. […]
2017-10-02T16:08:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
Chandragupta Maurya […]
2017-08-14T12:38:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: History|
India and Pakistan’s 70 years of Independence: A look back at how destiny set the midnight’s children apart. […]
2017-03-30T15:53:34+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History, Society|
The Silk Road was an ancient, storied network of roads, trading posts, and oases that linked Asia and the Mediterranean basin. […]
2017-02-13T23:54:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|
Exactly 101 years ago, the nationalist-revolutionary succumbed to severe bullet injuries in Balasore hospital following a gallant battle with the British-controlled police. […]
2022-01-24T19:27:47+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|
Unfortunately, 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 [...]
2017-02-13T21:12:16+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|
Important works :- […]
2017-02-13T12:54:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History, Misc|
Note:- 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 [...]
2017-01-31T03:30:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|Tags: History|
Background – Activists of the Rajput Karni Sena wrecked havoc on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film ‘Padmavati’ recently by attacking the filmmaker and vandalising the crew’s equipment. The group claims that the director is showcasing wrong facts about Rajput queen Padmavati in the film and is keen to protect the [...]
2017-01-31T03:31:45+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, History|Tags: History|
Republics of Ancient India This concluding part will examine the political characteristics of ancient republics to see how far it is actually justified to apply the terms ‘republic’/ ‘proto-republic’ to them and what their impact on modern India has been. The word republic today signifies the use of democratic means [...]
