Gupta Dynasty short notes - Indian History • Chandragupta I was the real founder and the first ruler of Gupta Dynasty. • Chandragupta I adopted the tile ‘Maharajadhiraja’. • Samudragupta is popularly known as ‘Indian Napoleon’‚ because of his extensive military conquest. • He was a many sided genius-scholar poet‚ musician and warrior. • Harisena was the court poet of Samudragupta. • Chandragupta II is popularly known as ‘ Vikramaditya’. • Fahein‚ the Chinese traveler visited India during
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Kushan Dynasty: After the disintegration of the Mauryan Empire in the second century B.C.‚ South Asia became a collage of regional powers with overlapping boundaries. India’s unguarded northwestern border again attracted a series of invaders between 200 B.C. and A.D. 300. The invaders became "Indianized" in the process of their conquest and settlement. Also‚ this period witnessed remarkable intellectual and artistic achievements inspired by cultural diffusion .The Kushan Kingdom controlled parts
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What did the terra cotta warriors of the ancient Qin dynasty (247 B.C) in China‚ reveal about an aspect or aspects of life at that time? In 247 B.C‚ the self-proclaimed “first emperor of china” put together an enormous army of soldiers to fight the wars that ravaged all over china. The emperor seemed undefeatable and fearless‚ but deep inside he had a huge fear‚ that is… death. A few years before he sensed the ending of his life‚ Emperor Cheng decided to recreate his entire army out of clay
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Nanda Dynasty (345–321 BCE) Mahapadma Nanda Ugrasena (from 345 BCE)‚ illegitimate son of Mahanandin‚ founded the Nanda Empire after inheriting Mahanandin’s empire Pandhuka Panghupati Bhutapala Rashtrapala Govishanaka Anal Dashasidkhaka Kaivarta Dhana (Agrammes‚ Xandrammes) (until 321 BCE)‚ lost his empire to Chandragupta Maurya after being defeated by him Maurya Dynasty (324–184 BC) Chandragupta Maurya (Chandragupta The Great) (Sandrakottos) (324–301 BC)‚The greatest emperor of ancient
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The Qin dynasty was founded in 221 B.C. by Qin Shihuangdi. Both the Qin and the Han dynasty are located in present day China in the continent of Asia. Similar to the Han Dynasty‚ the Qin dynasty was also ruled by an emperor who divided the land into provinces to be run by government officials. In contrast to the Han dynasty‚ the Qin dynasty was divided into 36 provinces. The Qin dynasty was ruled under a strict government with lots of rules. The Qin dynasty too was responsible for contributions to
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The Russian Empire under the rule of the Romanov Dynasty for almost 300 years grew and cemented itself as a major global power. From its ambiguous beginnings in 1613‚ the Romanov dynasty was born from the boyar nobles of feudal Russia‚ evolving to become the historically significant head of a modern empire. Yet‚ almost as soon as it was born‚ the Romanov family fell to the rigours of a changing world. Long and short term influences alike converged to topple the ailing autocracy‚ yet perhaps the most
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The Tudor dynasty experienced differing uncertainties throughout their reigns on the throne of England. From politics and war overseas‚ to succession difficulties. Each Monarch throughout early modern England faced conflicting challenges and hardships‚ nevertheless Henry VIII stands out among them all. Henry’s turbulent years on the throne presents an evolution throughout English society‚ culture‚ religion and politics‚ to name a few. Henry was not expected to become King‚ being only the third child
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mao sui November 20‚ 2013 Jurisprudence & Judicial Proc By: Gardner Marilyn‚ Christian Science Monitor‚ 08827729‚ 7/16/97‚ Vol. 89‚ Issue 161 WHEN US‚ NEWCOMERS’ VALUES CLASH Jurisprudential Problem: Cultural Defense Cultural Explanation/Defense This article began with the arrest of Wilfredo Cordero who had been arrested for allegedly beating his wife Ana Mora. Cordero’s first wife‚ Mora‚ offered a cultural explanation. After defining the meaning of cultural explanation‚ which
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2-Hope Social 2 Ms. Decipulo STA.CRUZ 34 Jhenina Monique T. Feb 18.2012 NORTH/SOUTH KOREA North Geographical Background: Korea is a 600-mile (966km) peninsula jutting out from Manchuria and China (and a small
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Introduction to Cloud Computing When you store your photos online instead of on your home computer‚ or use webmail or a social networking site‚ you are using a “cloud computing” service. If you are an organization‚ and you want to use‚ for example‚ an online invoicing service instead of updating the in-house one you have been using for many years‚ that online invoicing service is a “cloud computing” service. Cloud computing refers to the delivery of computing resources over the Internet
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