Monday, 29 September 2014

Know India Series ... Episode 3rd...


  • Indian Tribes :

    • Classification Based on Ethnicity :
    1. Negrito :--
      • Earliest inhabitants of Indian Peninsula.
      • Superior in mechanical equipment.
      • shelters in mountains and thick forests.
      • Andaman and Nicobar -- Onge, Great Andamanese, Sentinelese and Jarawa.
      • Kerala --- Kadar, Irulars, Paniyans.
      • Identification -- curly hair, broad nose, medium height, dark skin.
    2. Mongoloid :---
      • shelter in Sub-Himalayan region.
      • Palaeo Mongoloids -- found in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur.
      • Tibeto Mongoloids -- Sikkim, Arunachal, migrated from Tibet, speak Mon-Khmer and Tibeto-Burmese

Know India Series ... Episode 2nd...


  • Paintings :

    • Cave Paintings :
      • murals of Ajanta, Elloras, Bagh, Sittanavasal
      • Ajanta -- period of Mahayana -- life and teaching of lord Buddha, Jataka series.
      • Ellora --- lord vishnu and goddess laxmi, second Shaiva holy men, Apsara.
      • Bagh -- on bank of Bagh river, 5th to 7th century, represent most exquisite traditions of Indian art form.
      • Sittanavasal -- Jain monestery, near Trichy based on pandyan period 9th century, theme --- animal, fish, ducks, 2 dancing figure.
    • Madhubani :
      • originated in Maithili Bihar, on wall of homes by women --- thoughts, hopes, dreams.
      • themes --- around Krishna, Rama, Laxmi, Shiva, Durga, Saraswati, Sun, Moon, Tulasi.

Know India Series ... Episode 1st...


  • Classical Dance :

    • Natyashastra book by --- Bharat Muni --- on Dances.
    • 4 pravrititis --- Dakshinatya, Audramagadhi, Avanti and Panchal
    • Dakshinatya -- Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam.
    • Audramagadhi --- Oddissi, Satriya (Assam). Gaudiya Nritya.
    • Bharat Natyam -- TN
      • earlier known as -- Sadir / Dasi Attam.
      • first India's dance that refashioned.
      • Range o fromantic love and devotion.
      • music belong to Carnatic.
      • dance recital include -- vocalist, drum player, flutist, violinist, veena.

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Mughal....


Miscellaneous...

  • Queen Rudramadevi  - 1262-89 of Kakatiya dynasty of Karnataka.
  • Queen Didda - Kashmira - 980-1003.
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Rulers of Delhi...

  • Rajputs :
    • Tomaras - 1165
    • Ananga - 1130-45
    • Chauhans - 1165-92
    • Prithviraj Chauhan - 1175-92
  • Turkish : ---- 1206-1290
    • Qutbuddin Aybak - 1206-1210
    • Shamsuddin Iltutmish - 1210-1236
    • Raziya - 1236-40
    • Ghiyasuddin Balban - 1266-87
  • Khalji : ----1290-1320
    • Jalaluddin Khalji - 1290-96
    • Allauddin Khilaji - 1296-1316
  • Tughluq :------- 1320-1414
    • Ghiasuddin - 1320-24
    • Muhmad - 1324-51
    • Firuz Shah  - 1351-88
  • Sayyid : -----1414-1451
    • Khizr Khan - 1414-1421
  • Lodi : 1451-1526
    • Bahllul Lodi - 1451-1489

  • Military expeditions into southern India during reign of Allauddin Khalji culminated in Muhmad Tughluq.
  • Bandagan - Delhi sultanate's Governor as act.
  • Muhmad Tughluq - first planned compaign to capture Mongol territory --- failed.

Literature & others...

  • Books : 

    • Silappadikaram - By poet Ilango - 1800 yrs ago (Tamil)
    • Manimekalai - by Satanar - 1400 yrs ago

Miscellaneous...

  •  Terms.....

    • Sulaiman & Kirthar Hills - First began to grow crops...Wheat & Barley
    • Vindhyas North - Rice first grown
    • South of Ganga - Magadha Kingdom...