Que. Evaluate the significant political features of the Post-Mauryan Northern India. What are the main sources of it? [UPSC CSE-2020] Introduction: The Post Mauryan period did not witness a large … Read More
Que. Throw light on the nature of religion and classification of gods mentioned in the Rigveda. [UPSC CSE-2020] Approach: (1) Explain Vedic religion. (2) Explain the nature of religion in … Read More
Que. Discuss the factors that played an important role in the process of urbanisation after the Later Vedic Period. [UPSC CSE-2020] Approach: (1) Explain the rise of second urbanisation. (2) … Read More
Que. Puranas were the innovative genre of literature to popularise and revive Vedic religion. Elaborate with examples. प्रश्न: वैदिक धर्म को पुनर्जीवित और लोकप्रिय बनाने में पुराण नवप्रवर्तनकारी साहित्यिक शैली … Read More
Que. Discuss the relationship between emergence of literature in vernacular languages and formation of regional identities in early medieval India. प्रारंभिक मध्यकालीन भारत में स्थानीय भाषाओं में साहित्य के आविर्भाव … Read More
Que. Large number of land grants in hitherto non-arable tracts invariably meant expansion of agriculture in early medieval India. How did the management of hydraulic resources (different types of irrigation … Read More
Que. “The political and economic needs of rulers combined with economic and status needs of the merchant class, together provided the receptive cultural milieu in which Buddhism flourished.” Comment. प्रश्न: … Read More
Que. How would you characterize the nature of the Mauryan State on the basis of Kautilaya’s Arthashastra? [UPSC CSE-2021] Approach: (1) Introduction: Explain Kautilya’s “Arthashastra”. (2) Mention the nature of … Read More
Que. Will it be proper to consider Megaliths to represent a single, homogenous or contemporaneous culture? What kind of material life and cultural system is revealed in megalithic culture? प्रश्न: … Read More
Que. Do you consider that the Upanishadic principles embody the high point of Vedic religious thought? Comment. प्रश्न: क्या आप मानते हैं कि उपनिषदीय सिद्धांत वैदिक धार्मिक विचारों की उच्च … Read More