The Medieval age of Indian history was dominated by the architecture of Mughals, Delhi Sultanate and other regional schools but at the same time, the architecture style of Sikhs and Rajputs was also developed. The architectural style of Kashmir was a major attraction for historians as it emerged as a differentiated art form in India. […]
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Babur established Mughal empire in c. 1526 after defeating Ibrahim Lodhi at the Battle of Panipat. After that number of changes were brought by Mughals in state system in India. Babur lived for short-period of time after establishing empire and Humayun was struggled for empire for so many years and finally conquered Sur empire in
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The Islamic rulers were living on the borders of the Indian subcontinent for many years. Still, the fall of Sindh started the process of establishing an empire in India and it was ensured by Muhammad Gauri when he defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in the 2nd battle of Tarrain. During the Medieval Age, new regional, empires emerged
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Temple architecture had a very rich past in India. The temples architecture in India evolved with time since ages. The temples architecture took a proper shape during Gupta age in northern India. Thera are different stages and schools developed in temple architecture. There are mainly three style of temples architecture in India; Nagara style, Dravida
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Temple architecture had a very rich past in India. The temples architecture in India evolved with time since ages. The temples architecture took a proper shape during Gupta age in northern India. Thera are different stages and schools developed in temple architecture. There are mainly three style of temples architecture in India; Nagara style, Dravida
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Temple architecture had a very rich past in India. The temples architecture in India evolved with time since ages. The temples architecture took a proper shape during Gupta age in northern India. Thera are different stages and schools developed in temple architecture. There are mainly three style of temples architecture in India; Nagara style, Dravida
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During the ancient age of Indian history, several great rulers ruled different parts of India. During their reign, kings issued edicts and inscriptions to propagate state laws, ruler’s ideas, famine relief, celebrating war victories and provide details about the politico-social values. For example, Ashoka the Great issued number of famine relief edicts, he propagated the
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The Gupta empire reached its extent during the period c. 317 AD – c. 467 AD. Gupta age was presented as the Golden Age by the Nationalist School of Indian History at the counter of the Colonial School of Indian History. The Gupta dynasty was founded by Sri Gupta. The Gupta Age was accepted as
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The Mauryan age was a golden period in Indian history in many senses because this period saw the development which were not occurred in earlier ages. But after flourishing for more than 140 years this great empire was started to disintegrate and ended in c. 187 BC when the last Mauryan king, Brahadratha was killed
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The Mauryan Empire was one of the greatest empires in the history of the Indian subcontinent. It flourished from c. 322 BC to c. 185 BC, and almost all the region of the Indian subcontinent was under the dominance of the Mauryan empire. Chandragupta was the founder of the Mauryan empire. He became the king
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