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The early history of the dynasty was described in the Rajatarangini (Chronicle of Kings), a work written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century, upon which many studies of the first 150 years of the dynasty depend. Subsequent accounts, which provide information up to and beyond the end of the dynasty, come from Jonarāja and Śrīvara. The later ...
India's Southwest coastal port Muziris had established itself as a major spice trade centre from as early as 3,000 BCE, according to Sumerian records. Jewish traders arrived in Kochi, Kerala, India as early as 562 BCE. [133] The Greco-Roman world followed by trading along the incense route and the Roman-India routes. [134]
Some valkyrie names may be descriptive of the roles and abilities of the valkyries. The valkyrie name Herja has been theorised as pointing to a connection to the name of the goddess Hariasa, who is attested from a stone from 187 CE. [63] The name Herfjötur has been theorised as pointing to the ability of the valkyries to place fetters. [64]
The origin of the Kalachuris is uncertain. [2] In inscriptions, they are variously known as Kalachuri, Kalatsuri, and Katatchuri. [3] Some historical records — such as the 7th-8th century records of their southern neighbours, the Chalukyas also call them Haihayas although the Kalachuris of Mahishmati do not call themselves by this name in any of their extant records.
The kingdom of Surasena (IAST: Śūrasena) was an ancient Indian region corresponding to the present-day Braj region in Uttar Pradesh, with Mathura as its capital city. According to the Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya , Surasena was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas (lit. 'great realms') in the 6th century BCE. [ 1 ]
The Early Cheras ruled over the Malabar Coast, Coimbatore, Erode, Namakkal, Karur and Salem Districts in South India, which now form part of the modern day Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Throughout the reign of the Early Cheras, trade continued to bring prosperity to their territories, with spices, ivory, timber, pearls and gems being ...
The Western Chalukya Empire (/ tʃ ə ˈ l uː k j ə / chə-LOO-kyə) ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, between the 10th and 12th centuries.This dynasty is sometimes called the Kalyani Chalukya after its regal capital at Kalyani, today's Basavakalyan in the modern Bidar district of Karnataka state, and alternatively the Later Chalukya from its theoretical relationship to the 6th ...
The borders of the Videha kingdom were the Sadānirā river in the west, the Kauśikī river in the east, the Gaṅgā river in the south, and the Himālaya mountains in the north. To the west of the Sadānirā river, the neighbour of the Vaidehas was the kingdom of Kosala. [5]