Understanding History
Pre Historic India- Stone Age
(Origin to 10000 BCE)
Indus Valley Civilisation – 2500
BCE- 1600 BCE)
Aryans & Vedic Age (1500
BCE-600 BCE)
Mahajanapda- Foreign Invasions
600 BCE-350 BCE
Buddhism & Jainism
Mauryan Age (325-185 BCE)
Post Mauryan India (200 BCE-300CE)
Gupta Age (320-550CE)
Post Gupta-(600-750 CE)
Harsha, Chalukya & Pallava
Early Medieval ( 750-1000 CE, 1000-1200
CE)
Indus Valley Civilisation
Q. Origin – Phases – Trends – Stages of Evolution
- Based on Archeological findings
- We can see linearity / Continuity in the cultures
- 4 phases of evolution
Pre Harappan Early Harappan Mature Harappan Late Harappan
Early Settlements & Villages Towns Great Cities Decline Period
Mehrgarh Amri Kalibangan Lothal
nomadic people began to
lead a settled agricultural
life
Vedic Age
Q. Geographical Extent (MAP)
Early Vedic period Later Vedic period
1. Early Vedic period 1. Later Vedic Period-
1500 BCE- 1000 BCE 2. 1000 BCE-600 BCE
Mahajanapadas
Q. Mahajanapadas- 600 to 325 BCE (MAP)
Vatsa Avanti
Kosala Magadha
1. Haryanka dynasty
2. Sisunaga dynasty
3. Nanda dynasty
4. Mauryasà Empire
Building
Persian Invasion- (550 CE onwards
to 330 CE)
Cyrus to Xerxes
Indian Contemporary Conditions
Greek Invasion-
Alexander (326 BCE)
Contemporary Kings
Ambhi- Taxila
Porus- Jhelum
Nanda Empire
Dhanananda
Chandragupta Maurya & Kautilya’s plan
Post Asokaà Changing of the Geopolitical Conditions
Foreign Mauryas(321-185BCE)
Invasion(190BCE-
100CE) Sungas(185-72BCE)
Indo-Greeks
Scythians
Parthians Kanvas(72-27BCE)
Kushans
Satavahanas Kharavela
(200 BCE - (1st Century
200 CE) BCE)
Sangam Age(1st Century to
3rd Century CE)
Post Mauryan India-
Contemporary Conditions
Sunga
Indo-Greeks
Satvahanas
Political History
323 BCE 320 CE 336 CE 376 CE 415 CE 455 -467CE 520-550 CE
Chandragupta-1 Samudragupta Chandragupta-II Kumargupta-1 Skandgupta Later Guptas
Sri Gupta
Gatochkacha Decline
Gupta
Imperial Guptas
•Early Guptas: Srigupta & Ghatotkacha Gupta
• Chandragupta I: Vajjika's Kaumudi Mahotsava
•Samudragupta: Harisena's Allahabad Prasasti
•Chandragupta II: Visakhadatta's Devichandra-guptam ; Mehrauli Iron Pillar Inscription
•Kumaragupta I: Founded Nalanda Mahavidyalaya
•Skandagupta: Junagarh Inscription
•Later Guptas: Visnugupta was the last Gupta
•Hunas: Toramana and Mihirakula ruled NW India in early 6th century
GUPTA AGE (320 CE-550 CE)
Chandragupta II- (376 CE-415 CE)
How he came to power?
Post Gupta Age- 550 CE to 750 CE onwards
Post-Gupta Period
Formation of Regional Kingdoms
Maitrakaas
Maukharis
Gaudas
Pushyabhutis
Post Gupta Age- 550 CE to 750 CE onwards
600 CE Onwards
Harshavardhana (606-630
CE)
Chalukyas- Pulakesin II
Pallavas-
Mahendravarmana I
Narsimhvarman II
UPSC CSE- Prelims 2021
CSP21-SET-C] Q.64) From the declines of Guptas until the rise of Harshavardhana in
the early seventh century, which of the following kingdoms were holding power in
Northern India?
1. The Guptas of Magadha
2. The Paramaras of Malwa
3. The Pushyabhutis of Thanesar
4. The Maukharis of Kanauj
5. The Yadavas of Devagiri
6. The Maitrakas of Valabhi
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1, 2 and 5
b) 1, 3, 4 and 6
c) 2, 3 and 4
d) 5 and 6
Difficulty : Medium🧐 Attempt | Skip | 50:50
Type: Theory 📚
Post Gupta Age- 550 CE to 750 CE onwards
Post Gupta Age- 550 CE to 750 CE onwards
Gurjara Pratihara ?
Finally got defeated at the hands of Ghaznavids
Fragmentation of the Rajput clans-1000 to 1200 CE
Fragmentation- Gurjara Pratihara
Chauhan Solanki Parmar Chandela Gadhvala
Post Gupta Age- 550 CE to 750 CE onwards
Post Gupta Age- 550 CE to 750 CE onwards
UPSC CSE- Prelims 2022
CSP22-SET-B] Q.52) Consider the following pairs :
King Dynasty
1. Nannuka — Chandela
2. Jayashakti — Paramara
3. Nagabhata II — Gurjara-Pratihara
4. Bhoja — Rashtrakuta
How many pairs given above are correctly matched ?
(a) Only one pair
(b) Only two pairs
(c) Only three pairs
(d) All four pairs
Difficulty : Tough🥵
Type: Theory 📚
Attempt | Skip | 50:50
THE IMPERIAL CHOLAS
Imperial Cholas
850 CE 871-907 CE 907-953 CE 957-985 CE 985-1014 CE 1054-1122
Parantaka-II Rajaraja I Other Kings
Vijayalaya Aditya-I Parantaka-I
Uttam Chola (985-1014 CE)
Kollutung I
Rajendra (1070−1122 CE)
(1014-1044 CE)
Later onà Decline
Rajadhiraja
(1044-1052)
Ancient History- Pratik Nayak ©
Early Medieval-transition period
750 1000
1200
Rajput Kingdoms Turkish rule
Provincial
Period of Political Kingdoms-
Vacuum Kashmir
Ganga
The fight for Sena
Kannauj Hoysala
Kakatiya
Foreign Invasions
-Qasim
-Ghazni
-Ghori
UPSC CSE- Prelims 2023
5. Consider the following dynasties:
1. Hoysala
2. Gahadavala
3. Kakatiya
4. Yadava
How many of the above dynasties established their kingdoms in
early eighth century AD?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) None
Attempt | Skip | 50:50
