Key figures in Assamese Literature are as follows: Dhrubajyoti Bora Dhrubajyoti Bora is the Guwahati-based Assamese playwright, who was awarded 2009 Sahitya Academy award for his novel “Katha...
During early medieval period, there was a considerable development in the literature. However, the quality of the content in them was not of a high order. It was...
Some important notes regarding Jain literature for competitive examinations are as follows: Purva, Agama, Bhadrabahu, Sthulbhadra & Vishaka The canonical literature of Jainism is claimed to have started...
The prominent Buddhist canon includes Tripitaka or three baskets. Other Buddhist literature includes Jatakas, Mahavamsa, Bodhivamsa etc. AS brief description about the same is given below: Tripitaka Tripitaka...
Varahamihira lived in Ujjain and was one of the nine jewels (Navaratnas) of the court of Chandragupta II. He wrote Panchasiddhantaka, the five treatises on astronomy (NOT astrology)....
The classical period of Sanskrit literature dates to the Gupta period and the successive pre-Islamic Middle kingdoms of India. This roughly corresponds to 4th century AD till arrival...
The Kila Raipur Sports Festival, which is popularly known as India’s Rural Olympics, is held during the winter season in Kila Raipur on the outskirts of Ludhiana, Punjab....
Some of the traditional sports, games and martial arts of India are as follows: Bharashram and Bharamanshram Bharashram and Bharamanshram are two Sanskrit words that corespond to the...
The history tells us that in the ancient India, the kings did not sponsor directly the making of rock-cut caves, stupas or temples. None of the stupas have...
The Indian temples are broadly divided into Nagara, Vesara, Dravida and Gadag styles of architecture. However, the temple architecture of Odisha corresponds to altogether a different category for...
