Ashokan Inscription as discussed by Harsh Mauryan Empire was one of the greatest empires in the history of Indian subcontinent. It was flourished from c. 322 BC to c. 185 BC., and almost all the region of Indian subcontinent was under the dominance of the Mauryan empire. Chandragupta was the founder of the Mauryan empire. […]
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The Mauryan empire in the words of Harsh Background Mauryan Empire was one of the greatest empires in the history of Indian subcontinent. It was flourished from c. 322 BC to c. 185 BC., and almost all the region of Indian subcontinent was under the dominance of the Mauryan empire. Chandragupta was the founder of
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Rise of Magadha empire as discussed by Harsh Background Around the 6th century, the emergence of Mahajanapadas was a significant development in the history of India. During this time, there were sixteen Mahajanapadas according to the various Buddhist and Jainism texts. It was the most powerful because of various factors, we will discuss them later
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Schools of Jainism as discussed by Harsh Kumar Background Jainism was flourished around the 6th century BC when Mahavira attained the enlightenment but this sect much older from that as there were 23 other tirthankaras before the Vardhman Mahavira. The word ‘Jain’ is derived from the jina or jaina which means ‘Conqueror’. After the death
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Schools of Buddhism as discussed by Harsh Kumar Background Buddhism was flourished around the 6th century BC in Indian subcontinent when one of the greatest teachers of all time, Buddha propagated his ideas. But after the death of Buddha, the conflict of views started to give birth to the different type of schools under Buddhism.
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Mahajanapadas as discussed by Harsh Kumar Background The 6th century BC was an important phase of Indian History as during this time, second urbanization was evolved in Indian which gave rise to the Mahajanapadas form the Janapadas because of huge prosperity during this age. The Mahajanapadas were the bigger political units emerged from Janapadas which
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Buddhism as discussed by Harsh Kumar Buddhism was flourished around the 6th BC in the Indian subcontinent and with time it spread to other regions and different counties. There were various factors behind the popularity and spread of Buddhism in all over the world. We will be going to discuss this in detail. Also Read
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Jainism as discussed by Harsh Kumar Background The sect of Jainism is quite older than the Buddhism but it was only after the teachings and personality of Mahavira which popularized this sect during the 6th century BC. There were 23 Tirthankaras (Jain teachers) before the Mahavira. Jainism was also the result of orthodoxy nature on
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Buddhism as discussed by Harsh Kumar The term Buddhism is named after the Mahatma Buddha, which means teachings of Buddha, a heterodox sect. It was the time period of around 6th century BC when the teachings of Buddha were emerged as a centre of attraction for the common peoples as they became sick of Brahmanical
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Heterodox Sects as discussed by Harsh Kumar Background The Indian subcontinent is home to Vedic culture which flourished around the c. 1500 BC to c. 500 BC. During this age many rigid and costly rituals and sacrifices like Ashwamedha, Rajasuya etc. developed which were performed by the elite class of the society. Hence, these things
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