The sun moves in its own orbit but holding earth and other heavenly bodies in a manner that they do not collide with each other through force of attraction. Continue Reading...

In the last centuries of the first millennium BC northwestern India was once more subjected to a new wave of immigration from Central Asia. In Bactria several tribes clashed in the second century BC and pushed each other towards the fertile lowlands in the south. Continue Reading...

The second millennium BC witnessed another major historical event in the early history of the South Asian subcontinent after the rise and fall of the Indus civilisation: a semi-nomadic people which called itself Arya in its sacred hymns came down to the northwestern plains through the mountain passes of Afghanistan. Continue Reading...

When the great cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were discovered in the 1920s the history of the Indian subcontinent attained a new dimension. The discovery of these centres of the early Indus civilisation was a major achievement of archaeology. Before these centres were known, the IndoAryans were regarded as the creators of the first early culture of the subcontinent. Continue Reading...

The Chandellas who ruled over S Jejakabhukti in central India between—L 9th and 13th century AD were a Rajputtribe of mixed blood claiming descent from the Moon through the legendary sage Chandratreya.Tradition ascribed their origin to Maniyagadh, ahill fort about 19 kms south of Khajuraho, named after their family deity Maniya-deva or Maniyadevi, an aboriginal deity with Sakta attributes whose shrine still exists at Maniyagadh and Mahoba. Continue Reading...

Goddess was associated with that of the bull, and these were no exception. Bull figurines have been discovered, and the bull forms a favourite motif for the decoration of the pottery of KullI and Rana Ghundal, one of the most important of the Zhob sites. Continue Reading...