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Indus Valley Civilization (2500 B.C. to 1750 B.C.)

Indus Valley civilization developed between 2500 B.C. to 1750 B.C. as per Radio Carbon dating. Indus Civilization is also called as Harappan Civilization because the first excavated site is Harappa. It belongs to the Bronze Age . It extended from Manda (Jammu) in North to Daimabad in South. Major Settlements are in the Ghaggar-Hakra belt. … Read more

Direct Income Support (DIS) To Farmers

Direct income support (DIS) is can be solution to the structural challenges facing farmers. Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu, Odisha’s KALIA scheme and Centre’s PM-KISAN are important examples of DIS schemes. KALIA Scheme Odisha’s KALIA scheme offers some important lessons for DIS schemes everywhere. Odisha used a three-step framework, called “Unification-Verification-Exclusion”, to identify beneficiaries. Unification- The first … Read more

Daily Answer Writing- March 15, 2021

Q.280) “The Constitution of India is itself the product of the freedom struggle.” Elucidate. (10mark) (150words) The Constitution of India was adopted on November 26, 1949. The leaders of freedom struggle deliberated for nearly three years to make constitution. Product Of Freedom Struggle •Freedom fighters were demanding self governance since 1890s. •Citizenship provision (Article 5) … Read more

March 14, 2021

Swamp Deer ●The barasingha, also called swamp deer, is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent. ●Populations in northern and central India are fragmented, and two isolated populations occur in southwestern Nepal. ●It is extinct in Pakistan and Bangladesh. ●Swamp deer occur in the Kanha National Park of Madhya Pradesh, in two localities in Assam, and in … Read more

March 13, 2021

Sufism ●Sufism as Tasawwuf is mysticism in Islam, “characterized by values, ritual practices,doctrines and institutions”. ●It is variously defined as “Islamic mysticism”,”the inward dimension of Islam” or “the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam”. ●Sufis have often belonged to different ṭuruq or “orders” – congregations formed around a grand master referred to as a wali who traces a direct chain of successive teachers back to … Read more

Important Ancient Inscriptions & Edicts

Inscriptions study is called epigraphy and the study of the old writing used in inscriptions and other old records is called palaeography. Inscriptions were carved on seals, stone pillars, rocks, copper plates, temple walls and bricks or images. In the country as a whole, the earliest inscriptions were recorded on stone. But in the early … Read more

Daily Answer Writing- March 13, 2021

Q.278) In what ways did the navel mutiny prove to be the last nail in the coffin of British colonial aspirations in India? (10mark) (150words) The Royal Indian Navy mutiny of 18, February 1946 proved to be a major break though in the history of the Indian freedom struggle. The mutiny started with the strike … Read more