Author Archives: ARBIND KUMAR

CULTURE DURING THE WESTERN CHALUKYAS (A) RELIGION With the inception of the reign of WESTERN CHALUKYAS in KARNATKA , JAINISM got setback . VAISHNAVISM grew in the CHALUKYA territory . Similarly, VAISHNAVA HINDUISM in the HOYSALA region . It created a general decreased interest in JAINISM . However , two locations of JAIN worship inContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-56][EP-285]”

THE WESTERN CHALUKYA The WESTERN CHALUKYA Empire or the CHALUKYA OF KALYANI ruled most of the western DECCAN , South INDIA between the 10th and 12th centuries . It was separate from the EASTERN CHALUKYA OF VENGI . Before these CHALUKYAS , the RASHTRAKUTAS of MANYAKHETA had been reigning over most of DECCAN and CENTRALContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-55][EP-284]”

THE EASTERN CHALUKYA OR THE CHALUKYA OF VENGI The EASTERN CHALUKYA or the CHALUKYA of VENGI ruled part of South INDIA between 7th and 12th centuries . They started out as the Governors of the CHALUKYA of BADAMI in the DECCAN region . During the courses of time , they started ruling over the VENGIContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-54][EP-283]”

EMPEROR PULAKESHIN II PULAKESHIN II , popularly known as IMMADI PULAKESI , who ruled from 610 AD to 642 AD , was the greatest CHALUKYA EMPEROR of BADAMI . During his reign , CHALUKYAEmpire spread over most of the DECCAN region in peninsular INDIA . He was the son of KIRTTIVARMAN I , who succeededContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-53][EP-282]”

EARLY CHALUKYA OR CHALUKYA OF BADAMI With the decline of GUPTA EMPIRE in the sixth century AD , the age of small kingdoms had given way to large empires in the area south of the VINDHYAS . PULAKESHIN I had established CHALUKYA DYNASTY in 543 AD by making control over BADAMI in the modern BAGALKOTContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-52][EP-281]”

THE CHALUKYA DYNASTY From Northern INDIA , we must move to the Dynasties of Southern INDIA .The CHALUKYA DYNASTY is one of them . It was a classical INDIAN DYNASTY that ruled larger parts of Southern and Central INDIA between the 6th and 12th centuries .They were natives of KARNATKA . Its founder was PULAKESHIN IContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-51][EP-280]”

HARSHA VARDHANA HARSHA VARDHANA was a PUSHYABHUTI Emperor who ruled Northern India from 606-647 AD . He was the son of PRABHAKAR VARDHANA and queen YASOMATI . He succeeded his elder brother RAJYAVARDHANA after his death . He was born in 590 AD in THANESHVARA (HARYANA) and died in 647 AD in KANNAUJ (UTTAR PRADESH)Continue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-50][EP-279]”

PUSHYABHUTI DYNASTY VARDHANA or PUSHYABHUTI DYNASTY was one of the small independent kingdoms formed after the downfall of the GUPTA Empire . PRABHAKAR VARDHANA , the ruler of THANESHVARA was the founder of the VARDHANA or PUSHYABHUTI DYNASTY . The Kingdom was situated in and around what is known as HARYANA now . Its capitalContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-49][EP-278]”

KUMARAGUPTA III KUMARAGUPTA III was the son of Emperor NARASIMHAGUPTA and queen SHRIMITRADEVA . He reigned from 530-540 AD . His silver-copper seal discovered in BHITARI (UP) in 1889 mentions the names of his father as NARASIMHAGUPTA and his grandfather as PURUGUPTA . A clay sealing of him discovered from NALANDA also mentions about hisContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-48][EP-277]”

PURUGUPTA PURUGUPTA was an Emperor of the GUPTA DYNASTY of INDIA . He reigned from 467- 473 AD . He was the son of the GUPTA Emperor KUMARAGUPTA I by his queen ANANTADEVI . He succeeded his half brother SKANDAGUPTA . We don’t have any inscription on the name of PURUGUPTA . However , heContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-47][EP-276]”

SKANDAGUPTA SKANDAGUPTA was a GUPTA Emperor of INDIA who ruled from 455 AD to 467 AD . He is considered as the last of the great GUPTA Emperors . He was the son of the GUPTA Emperor KUMARAGUPTA I . His mother’s name is unknown because she appears to be a junior queen or aContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-46][EP-275]”

KUMARAGUPTA I KUMARAGUPTA I was the son of GUPTA Emperor CHANDRAGUPTA II and queen DHRUVADEVI , who ruled from 415 AD to 455 AD . He maintained control over his inherited territory from GUJARAT in the west to BENGAL in the east . He had inherited a vast empire built upon the conquests of hisContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-45][EP-274]”

NAVARATNAS OF CHANDRAGUPTA II NAVARATNAS imply a group of nine extraordinary persons in an Emperor’s court in INDIA . According to the folk tradition , CHANDRAGUPTA VIKRAMADITYA had nine famous Scholars in his court .They were : 1. AMARASIMHA ; 2. DHANVANTARI ; 3. GHATKHARPAR ; 4. KALIDAS ; 5. KSHAPANAKA ; 6. SHANKU ;Continue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-44][EP-273]”

CHANDRAGUPTA II The GUPTA EMPEROR CHANDRAGUPTA II was also known as VIKRAMADITYA or CHANDRAGUPTA VIKRAMADITYA . He was the son of King SAMUDRAGUPTA and queen DATTADEVI . He was the third GUPTA ruler who reigned from 375 AD to 415 AD . CHANDRAGUPTA II was the second ruler of the GUPTA DYNASTY who bore the nameContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-43][EP-272]”

COINAGE OF SAMUDRAGUPTA SAMUDRAGUPTA was the first GUPTA Emperor who started minting his own coins . He adopted its weight standard , techniques and designs . He , unlike KUSHANS , used GARUDA standard instead of trident , which was used during the KUSHAN rules . Howere , the coinage of the GUPTA Empire wasContinue reading “INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-42][EP-271]”