Context: Chola-era inscriptions are found to bear testimony to the qualifications required for members of the village administrative council. Chola inscriptions at Thenneri village in Kancheepuram district also…
Context: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) discovered remains of an ancient temple dating back to the Gupta period (5th century) in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah…
Context: Recently, RSS leader at a meeting to commemorate the victims of the rebellion, had stated that the movement was one of the first manifestations of the Taliban…
Context: A recent publication has provided crucial evidence that Ancestral Dravidian languages were possibly spoken by a significant population in the Indus Valley civilisation. Relevance: GS-I: History (Ancient…
Context: The discovery of pre-historic tools in a limestone cave in Asifabad forest is set to further advance the understanding of human habitation in Telangana region. Relevance: Prelims,…
Context: The National Archives is the primary repository of documents on India’s past. The last time it was in the news was in 2016 when digital copies of…
Context: In a significant development that will help set the record straight on India’s military history, defence minister approved a new policy to declassify war histories and records…
Context: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will visit Azerbaijan to celebrate its victory over Armenia in a brief war in 2020, touring a region recaptured in…
Context: Two rare sculptural portraits of Kakatiya queen Rudrama Devi were unearthed and identified by an archaeologist on the premises of Sangameswara Swamy Temple at Teerthala village in…
Context: U.S. President recognised the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide in a historic moment, defying decades of pressure by Turkey. The statement is a…