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India after the Mauryas and the Sangam age

India after the Mauryas and the Sangam age for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 3 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Marathi.

Quick recap: Quick recap: India after the Mauryas and the Sangam age on one page

All three parts condensed for quick revision: the Shungas, Kanvas, Satavahanas and Kharavela; the Indo-Greeks, Shakas, Parthians and Kushanas, with the art schools and trade of the age; and the Sangam age of the far south, with one table at a glance.

Parts of this chapter

Part 1

The Shungas, Kanvas, Satavahanas and Kharavela

Pushyamitra Shunga and his successors, the horse sacrifices and the Yavana wars; Bharhut, Sanchi and the Heliodorus pillar; the Kanvas; the Satavahanas, from Simuka and the Naneghat inscription to Gautamiputra Satakarni and the Nasik inscription; Satavahana government, land grants, coins and rock-cut caves; and Kharavela of Kalinga and the Hathigumpha inscription. Part 2

Rulers from the northwest, art and trade

The Indo-Greeks and Menander, the Shakas and Rudradaman's Junagadh inscription, the Vikrama and Shaka eras, the Parthians and Gondophares, the Kushanas and Kanishka; the Gandhara, Mathura and Amaravati schools of sculpture; guilds, the Silk Road and Indo-Roman trade; and the religious changes of the age. Part 3

The Sangam age

The Sangam tradition and the literature it left, the twin epics and other sources; the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas and the velir chiefs; government and hero stones; the five tinai and akam and puram poetry; society, the economy and Roman trade; religion and the Kalabhras who ended the age.

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