The Aryans and Rig Vedic Society The Aryans

Iron Age in North India Megalithic/ Iron Age in Tamilnadu Megalithic Sites in Tamilnadu Adichanallur The burial mound at Adichanallur yielded the following: Paiyampalli Kodumanal

Pre-Aryan, Late Harappan and Chalcolithic Cultures of India Ochre Coloured Pottery Ware Culture Chalcolithic Cultures of South India

Introduction Sources Literature of the Vedic Age

– Yasodharman of Malwa, – the Maukharis of Uttar Pradesh, – the Maitrakas in Saurashtra and – others in Bengal.

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The Guptas made Sanskrit the official language and all their epigraphic records were written in it. The period saw the last phase of the Smriti literature. Sanskrit Grammar Puranas and Ithihasas Buddhist Literature Jaina Literature Secular Literature Prakrit Language and Literature 1. Suraseni used in Mathura and its vicinity, 2. Ardh Magadhi spoken in Awadh

By evolving the Nagara and the Dravida styles, the Gupta art ushers in a formative and creative age in the history of Indian architecture with considerable scope for future development. Rock-cut Temples Structural Temples (1) flat-roofed square temples; (2) flat-roofed square temple with a vimana (second storey); (3) square temple with a curvilinear tower (shikara) above; (4)

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