Where Varaha saves the Earth
Context: Religious architecture forms a major portion of India’s built heritage. These structures are not only unwritten documents of history, they are also stamps of the might of the rulers…
Stone tools offer insights into history of human evolution
Context: Based on over 7,200 stone artefacts collected from the archaeological site at Attirampakkam in the Kortallayar River Basin about 60 km northwest of Chennai, researchers suggest that hominins in…
Maharashtra wins best tableau prize in Republic Day parade
Maharashtra’s tableau was titled Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj coronation. Assam’s tableau depicting traditional “masks and sastras” bagged the second prize. The third prize went to Chhattisgarh’s display of Ramgarh’s ancient amphitheatre…
First Slaughter of Chittorgarh by Allauddin Khilji in 1303
Context: Visualize about Chittorgarh of the bygone days when the brave Rajputs fought fiercely against Muslim invaders to maintain independence. The Rajputs who never surrendered! Picturise about the brave Rajput…
Archaeological foundation unearths Chola era temple
Context: Members of the Archaeological Research Foundation of Pudukkottai have discovered a stone temple belonging to the great grandfather of Rajaraja Chola at Nandanpatti village near Killukkottai in Pudukkottai district.…
Who built the Indus Valley civilisation?
The Harappans as Vedic Aryans In the ancient DNA from Rakhigarhi, scientists identify R1a, one of the hundreds of Y-DNA haplogroups (or male lineages that are passed on from fathers…
On Jallikattu and its earliest evidence in Tamil Sangam poetry
Long history of the sport, and its embeddedness in the cultural economy of the Tamils.: The earliest evidence of the sport comes from Kalithogai, an anthology of 150 poems, which is…
The last of eight generations of Rogan art in Kutch
‘Rogan’ in Persian means oil: the paint is made with castor oil. Rogan art is believed to have originated in Persia some 300 years ago and was traditionally used to…
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2018
To celebrate the idea of unity in diversity, the Ministry of Culture is organising the 7th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat matrix in Karnataka.…
Historians oppose Monuments Bill
Context: Historians and archaeologists have expressed concern over amendments proposed to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (1958). If the related Bill is passed in the Upper…
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