History

VEDIC AGE Rig Vedic Age (1500-1000 B.C.) The Early Vedic period is known from the Rig Veda. The Rig Veda refers to Saptasindhu or...

The earliest excavations in the Indus valley were done at Harappa in the west Punjab and Mohenjodaro in Sind. Both places are now...

Pre-historic India The history of human settlements in India goes back to pre-historic times. The archaeological remains are found in different parts of India...

ARCHIPELAGO Largest Indonesia AREA Smallest State in Area (India) Goa Smallest Union Territory  Lakshadweep Largest State in Area (India)  Madhya Pradesh Largest City in Area (World)  London ANIMAL  Tallest Animal Giraffe Fastest Animal at short run  Cheetah Fastest Animal  The PeregerineFalcon Largest existing...

Abu, Mt. : (Rajasthan) hill station on the Aravalli Range;sacred centre of Jain worshippers, Dilwara temples. Abu Simbal : (Egypt) famous ancient temple cut-out ofrock by Rameses...

500 Scriptures have now been translated into more than 500 languages. 507 Clovis, King of the Franks, defeats the Visigoths at the Battle of Vouille. 508 Paris (now called...

401 Visigoths begin to attack the northern Italy. 406 Gunderic, King of the Germanic Vandals, attack towns and cities in Gaul. 407 Roman legions withdrawn from Britain; Picts, Scots...

200 Palestinian scholar Judah ha-Nasi compiles tracts of the Mishnah, beginning the creation of Jewish Talmudic law. Rome boasts 1.5 million inhabitants, most living in...

The year 0 was not recorded. AD stands for “Anno Domini,” a Latin phrase meaning “in the year of the Lord” and referring to...

8000 BC Invention of the wheel, most likely. With the cultivation of grains in river valleys, the age of agriculture begins. Wine and beer is...