Ancient History Of India (Part-II) (Railway)

• It is about a young man named Charudatta, and his love for Vasantasena, a rich courtesan.

• Varahamihira lived in Ujjain and he wrote three important books: Panchasiddhantika, Brihat Samhita, and Brihat Jataka.

• His inscriptions found in the central and eastern part of India were written in Magadhi Prakrit using the Brahmi script, while Prakrit using the Kharoshthi script, Greek and Aramaic were used in the northwest.

•These edicts were deciphered by British archaeologist and historian James Prinsep in 1837.

• The western scholars equate him with Napoleon and call him Indian Napoleon due to the extensive military conquests.

•His court poet and minister Harisena composed the Allahabad pillar Inscription or Prayag Prasastinou

Queen Trishala had fourteen dreams (some believe sixteen dreams) when she was going to conceive Lord Mahavira.

It narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya to power in Northern India.

Dushyanta and Shakuntala had a son named Bharata who went on to become an emperог.

• It was discovered and excavated by Shri Jagat Pati Joshi of ASI in 1964-1968.

• He ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from 268 to 232 BCE.

• Upon independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India.

• It is inscribed in script at the base of the national emblem.