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Post-Mauryan India – The Satavahanas

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 09-Jan-2024 10:45:46

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Introduction The Satavahanas fall under the Andhra group as per some elucidations by Puranas. There was a lack of strong administration and protection in several Indian regions after the collapse of the Mauryan dynasty. The Satavahana dynasty came into action in the middle of the first century BCE and ruled until the early part of the third century CE. Image 1: Map of the Satavahanas The Satavahana Dynasty The word Satavahana was derived from a Prakrit term meaning ‘driven by seven’. In Hindu mythology, it means seven horses. The Kanva dynasty came into action after the decline ... Read More

Post-Mauryan Age – Crafts, Trade & Towns

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 09-Jan-2024 10:48:01

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Introduction Post-Mauryan age draws back to 2000 years ago where there was immense production of coins, trades, crafts, and arts. Chandragupta Maurya was a ruler of the Mauryan Dynasty. He was identified by the Greeks and was the first ruler to be publicly acknowledged for establishing the empire of the first PAN India. He formed the vast kingdom with the assistance of his mentor and the minister of the Chanakya. He looked after the functioning of the economy, military and culture that was preserved in Kautilya’s Arthashastra. Chandragupta Maurya glorified the ancient part of India and the empire of ... Read More

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 09-Jan-2024 10:49:41

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Introduction Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, known as the Amritsar massacre was considered to be the most lethal event in the history of Indian Independence. A huge crowd, fully unarmed, had assembled at the place of Amritsar, Punjab for protesting against the Rowlatt Act. The Brigadier General, Reginald Dyer, in response to this protest, encircled the crowed with his army and explicitly ordered to shoot them. This impromptu horrific event resulted in a death of thousands of innocent protestors. Image 1:Jallianwala Memorial Background of the Jallianwala Bagh The First World War showed the contribution of British India to the war ... Read More

The War Economy and the Rise of U.S

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 29-Dec-2023 15:37:54

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Introduction The First World War and the wartime economy was the most devastating event that shook the whole world most governments thought that the war would be over by the Christmas of 1914 but it went on for four years. But what happened to the strongest economy in the history of mankind? Let us see how and what happened after the war to the world economy. As you know, the World War was a power struggle between two sides The Allies − Britain, France, and Russia against the Central Powers − Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Ottoman turkey. Even though ... Read More

The Nazi Ideology and Worldview

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 29-Dec-2023 15:45:52

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Introduction The Nazi ideology solely supported a racial hierarchy and rejected the idea of human equality. This placed the Jews at the bottom and the Nordic German Aryans at the top. People of all other hues were positioned in between. Spencer contributed the idea of Survival of the Fittest to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection, which he put out to explain biological evolution. These hypotheses contributed to our knowledge of how complex species developed from simpler ones. Hitler used Darwin and Spencer's theories to fit his own worldview. Hitler desired human action to secure the eradication of other races, but ... Read More

Second World War

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 29-Dec-2023 15:47:00

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Introduction In 1939, World War II began. This conflict was the most destructive in terms of damage and devastation. Causes of the Second World War The primary reasons of World War II are as stated below. Dissatisfaction with the Versailles Treaty The stipulations of the Treaty of Versailles were unpopular in Germany and Italy. Germany was subjected to a number of tight limitations. It had a sizable war indemnity, and France had taken control of its mineral-rich Saar and Rhineland regions. The entire German colony in Asia and Africa was taken by force. Her ability to wage war was ... Read More

Rise of USSR as a Global Power

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 29-Dec-2023 15:48:38

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Introduction The USSR was a country in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. The USSR was formed by merging the Russian, Ukrainian, and Byelo Soviet Socialist Republics. The USSR was one of the world's first constitutionally socialist states, with state ownership over the means of production being widespread. The USSR, commonly known as the Soviet Union, was the world's first and largest communist country. The Soviet Union was the face of communism and, until its dissolution in 1991, was engaged in competition between the Western capitalist forces represented by the United States and NATO. Beginnings of the USSR ... Read More

Post-War Recovery and Economic Rebuilding

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 29-Dec-2023 15:50:16

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Introduction In the gap of two decades, another World War broke out and it was between two major groups the Axis powers and Allied powers, this war went on for six years and it was fought on air, land, and sea. The casualties and deaths were more than the First World War and it is said to have crossed at least 60 million people or about 3 percent of the world’s population. During World War 2, the battle was fought outside the battlefields and numerous cities were bombarded in Europe and Asia. After the war, there was a major change ... Read More

Impact of First World War on Germany

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 29-Dec-2023 15:51:29

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Introduction Local conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary sparked the First World War in 1914. It turned into a 32-nation war as a result. Britain, France, Russia, and Italy nations engaged in combat with the Central Powers, including Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. A Serb killed Austria-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. Britain, France, and Germany all had developed into powerful nations with big armies. They all desired to export their goods to other countries. Britain, France, and Germany had already engaged in heated debates about African markets. Two tribes that were opposed to one another were split ... Read More

Effects of Deforestation

Bitopi Kaashyap
Updated on 29-Dec-2023 15:54:01

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Introduction Millions of different species of flora and wildlife across the world find refuge in forests. The advantages of forests, however, go well beyond the fauna that calls them home. By balancing greenhouse gas emissions, improving the quality of the air in our atmosphere, and preventing climate change, they play a critical part in the global carbon cycle. But when businesses clear more and more of our forests to create a place for industry and agriculture, the effects affect the whole globe. Every year, deforestation damages our ecosystem, has an influence on human life, and results in the deaths of ... Read More

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