WebThe Jats are a paradigmatic example of community- and identity-formation in early modern Indian subcontinent. " Jat" is an elastic label applied to a wide-ranging community from simple landowning peasants to wealthy and influential Zamindars.. By the time of Muhammad bin Qasim's conquest of Sind in the eighth century, Arab writers described …

WebMehrgarh (Balochi: مہرگڑھ; Urdu: مہرگڑھ) is a Neolithic archaeological site (dated c. 7000 BCE – c. 2500/2000 BCE) situated on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan in Pakistan. It is located near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River and between the modern-day Pakistani cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi.The site was discovered in 1974 by an …

WebHinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Pakistan after Islam. While Hinduism was the dominant faith in the region a few centuries back, today Hindus account for 2.14% of Pakistan's population or 4.4 million people according to the 2017 Pakistan Census, although Pakistan Hindu Council has claimed that there are 8 million Hindus living in Pakistan, …

WebAli Al'amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014), was a Kenyan-born American academic, professor, and political writer on African and Islamic studies, and North-South relations.He was born in Mombasa, Kenya.His positions included Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and Director …

WebIndo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of Indo-European peoples speaking Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent.Historically, Indo-Aryans were the Indo-European pastoralists who migrated from Central Asia into South Asia and introduced Proto-Indo-Aryan language. The Indo-Aryan language speakers are found across South Asia.

WebSommaire déplacer vers la barre latérale masquer Début 1 Sources Afficher / masquer la sous-section Sources 1.1 Les traditions religieuses 1.2 L' Indica de Mégasthène 1.3 L' Arthashastra de Kautilya 1.4 Les édits d'Aśoka 1.5 Les découvertes archéologiques 2 Histoire Afficher / masquer la sous-section Histoire 2.1 Chandragupta, fondateur et …

WebAvari, Burjor, India: The Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Subcontinent from C. 7000 BCE to CE 1200, 2016 (2nd edn), Routledge, ISBN ...

WebChandragupta Maurya (350-295 BCE) was a ruler of Iron Age South Asia who expanded a geographically-extensive kingdom based in Magadha and founded the Maurya dynasty. He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE. The Maurya kingdom expanded to become an empire that reached its peak under the reign of his grandson, Asoka, from 268 BCE to 231 BCE. …

WebThe Amarāvati Stupa, is a ruined Buddhist stūpa at the village of Amaravathi, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh, India, probably built in phases between the third century BCE and about 250 CE.It was enlarged and new sculptures replaced the earlier ones, beginning in about 50 CE. The site is under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India, and …

WebAurangzeb was born in Dahod in c. 1618. His father was Emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658), who hailed from the Mughal house of the Timurid dynasty. The latter was descended from Emir Timur (r. 1370–1405), the founder of the Timurid Empire. Aurangzeb's mother Mumtaz Mahal was the daughter of the Persian noblemen Asaf Khan, who was …