Indian History and World History (Part-6)

Charaka was the royal physician of the Kushan ruler Kanishka. He was famous in the field of medicine.

The Satavahanas were the most influential rulers in South India after the Mauryas. In the Puranas, the name of the founder of this dynasty is given as Sindhuka, Simuk or Shripak, who founded his rule by killing King Susharma of the Kanva dynasty.

Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest ruler of the Satavahana Empire in the 2nd century AD. He was called ‘Eka Brahmin’ in the Nasik inscription, which means ‘unique brahmin’ or ‘the only protector of brahmins’.

Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest ruler of the Satavahana Empire in the 2nd century AD. He was called ‘Eka Brahmin’ in the Nasik inscription, which means ‘unique brahmin’ or ‘the only protector of brahmins’.

The Mahakaleshwar Temple is one of the 12 jyotirlingas in India. It is located in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh. Shringerimath (Chikmagalur district, Karnataka) belongs to Adi Shankaracharya. The huge Sun God temple at Konark at Puri was built by Narasimha Devvarman I Chodaganga. There is mention of the construction of 85 temples in Khajuraho (Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh). These temples were built by the Chandela rulers. These temples belong to Vaishnava, Shaivism, Shakta and Jainism.

Evidence of the growth of Vaishnavism in India, the Heliodorus Pillar, is located near modern Besnagar in the Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh. Its construction dates back to the 2nd century BC. It was commissioned by Heliodorus, who had come to the court of Bhagabhadra, the ninth ruler of the Sunga dynasty, as an ambassador of the Indo-Yavana ruler Antialkites. Heliodorus built the GarunaStambh in this as a memory of Vasudeva. GarunaStambh was the first stone monument related to Hinduism.

The Avesta, also known as the ZendaAvesta, is the holy book of the Zoroastrians.