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Monarchy in ancient India was ruled by a King who functioned as its protector, a role which involved both secular and religious power. The meaning and significance of kingship changed dramatically between the Vedic and Later Vedic period, and underwent further development under the times of the Jain and Buddhist rulers.
The main imperial or quasi-imperial rulers of North India are fairly clear from this point on, but many local rulers, and the situation in the Deccan and South India has less clear stone inscriptions from early centuries. Main sources of South Indian history is Sangam Literature dated from 300s BCE. Time period of ancient Indian rulers is ...
The history of India up to (and including) the times of the Buddha, with his life generally placed into the 6th or 5th century BCE, is a subject of a major scholarly debate. The vast majority of historians in the Western world accept the theory of Aryan Migration with c. 1500-1200 BCE dates for the displacement of Indus civilization by Aryans ...
In Hinduism, kingship was a monarchy institution guided by the religious laws of Hinduism, with corresponding complex and hierarchical structure. Hindu monarchies headed by Hindu kings were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC and later in South East Asia. [1]
Samrat, (Sanskrit: samrāt or सम्राट) is an ancient Indian title meaning "king of all lands". [4] The feminine form is Samrājñī ("queen of all lands"). Chakravarti, the universal monarch in the history of India. The feminine form is Chakravartini. Chakravartigal, the equivalent of the northern Chakravarti.
In ancient India Dharma had a religious basis and was enforced by religious threat. It changed not by the will of the king but the evolution of social custom usages and practices. [ 10 ] During the Brahmana period, the process of giving punishments to culprits was formed and for this reason law-assistants were appointed.
Pages in category "Ancient Indian monarchies" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Monarchy in ancient India; A.
For Lists of rulers of India, see: List of Indian monarchs (c. 3000 BCE – 1956 CE) List of presidents of India (1950–present)