Optionals IAS Mains History: Questions 196 - 201 of 309

Harappan Settlements in the Semi-Arid Areas with Saline Groundwater

Mind Mapping Fodder

• Harappan Civilization covered an large area which shows great ecological diversity range from mountain, plateau, sea coast and alluvial plains resource potential of this area are quite large and capable enough to generate the food surplus that was an important asp…

De-Industrialisation in India During the Nineteenth Century

• Indian handicraft industry was most advanced in the whole of the world during the first half of the 18^th century, India was a global manufacturing hub.
• Indian economic compress more than 17 % of the world economy at the time but this great manufacturing Nation suffered a complete decline of …

Increasing Polarisation of Classes in Agrarian Areas

• The Battle of Buxar and The Treaty of Allahabad provided the Diwani and fauzdari right to English Company. During this time medieval Land Revenue settlements had deteriorated. There was no adequate record of agrarian production and record of revenue being received from peasants. The English compan…

Various Trends in Dalit Movements Post Independent India

• The Dalit movement is considered by many scholars as to the most powerful social movement in Independent India.
• While in the broader sense of lower caste struggle against Brahminical supremacy, the ‘Dalit movement’ coexisted with the notion of caste itself; the movement was organized political …

Recurrence of Famines in the Nineteenth Century

• From the middle of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, a number of major famines occurred in India.
• North India faced famines in 1759 (Sind) . 1783 (present-day Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Kashmir) , 1800 - 04 (UP) , and 1837 - 38 (UP, Punjab, and Rajasthan) .
• In Western India, present-day Maharashtra and Guja…

Art and Architecture During the Gupta-Vakataka Period

• The time period from 3^rd AD to 6^th century AD was the period of Vakatakas and Guptas. Guptas mainly ruled in the northern part of India subcontinent and created one of the largest empires in the ancient history of India, while Vakatakas after the decline of Satavahanas came into power and ruler o…