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Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
Scholarly investigation into Indian archaeology was largely influenced by Alexander Cunningham, who became the first director of the Archaeological Survey of India, which was established in 1861. Cunningham along with various assistants visited many sites and monuments of archaeological importance in India.
The Story of India is a BBC documentary series, written and presented by historian Michael Wood about the history of India. It originally aired on BBC Two in six episodes in August and September 2007 as part of the BBC season "India and Pakistan 07", which marked the 60 year independence of India and Pakistan .
The Giant jars of Assam, is the name given to the several hundred large stone jars which have been unearthed across four sites in Assam, India, [1] covering a 300 square kilometer swath of the state. [2] They range from 1 to 3 meters (about 3.2 to 9.8 feet) tall. [3] Researchers believe they may have been used for ancient human burial practices ...
Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From is a 2018 nonfiction book written by Indian journalist Tony Joseph, [1] [2] [3] that focuses on the ancestors of people living in South Asia today. [4] [5] Joseph goes 65,000 years into the past [6] —when anatomically modern humans first made their way from Africa into the ...
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The ruins of this ancient city were found on the left bank of the river Yamuna, 70 km south-west from Allahabad. [2] Thus commenced excavations of the site by the late Prof. G.R. Sharma of the Allahabad University in 1949 and again in 1951–1956. [2] Following these excavations numerous remains of the ancient city came to light. [2]
Robert Bruce Foote (22 September 1834 – 29 December 1912) was a British geologist and archaeologist who conducted geological surveys of prehistoric locations in India for the Geological Survey of India. For his contributions to Indian archaeology, he is called the father of Indian prehistory.