Ancient India Introduction

Ancient India Introduction - Points to be remembered ____
* Bharatavarsha -  the land of Bharata ( ancient king )
* Jambu dwipa - the land of Jambu tree
* The ancient Parsians (Iranians) pronounced the Sindhu ( Indus ) river as Hind ( Sindh )
স কে হ উচ্চারণ করতো
* Muslim invasion turned the word 'Hind' as Hindustan. The inhabitants of Hindustan are called Hindus.
* The Persians passed the name Hindu ( Sindhu ) to the Greeks, who began to pronounce it as the 'Indus'. The name India derived from the term 'Indus'.
* Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded on 01.01.1749 by Sir William Jones.
* Bhagwad Gita, Hitopadesa, Kalidasa's Shakuntalam, Gita Govinda etc. were translated by Charles Wilkins into English.
* Charles Wilkins also translated the law-book of Manu under the title 'Institutes of Hindoo Law'
* Fathers of Indology -  William Jones and Charles Wilkins
* Father of Indian Archaeology - Alexander Cunningham.
* John Marshall as a Director of ASI directed to discover Indus Valley Civilization (IVC).
* Numismatics - The study of Coins
* The author of Rajatarangini - Kalhana of 12th Century gave the dynastic chronicle of the kings of Kashmir.
* Epigraphy - The study of Inscriptions
* Palaeography - The study of old writing
* the oldest inscriptions deciphered so far are the Prakrit inscriptions, in Brahmi and in Kharosthi, of Asoka (3rd century BC)
* Buddhacharita was written by Asvaghosa ( 100 AD ) in Pali
* Gaudabaho / গৌড়বাহ was written by Bappaira / বাকপতিরাজা in প্রাকৃত about King Yasovarman ( 750 AD )
* Harshacharita / হর্ষচরিত was written by বাণভট্ট / Banabhatta about king হর্ষবর্ধন
* Sangam Literature on Tamil Nadu.
* গ্রীক রচনায় প্রাপ্ত Sandrokottas ও চন্দ্রগুপ্ত মৌর্য একই ব্যক্তি
* Accession of Chandragupta Maurya to Magadha Maurya Dynasty was taken place in 322 BC.
* মেগাস্থিনিস ( সেলুকাস কর্তৃক চন্দ্রগুপ্তের সভায় প্রেরিত দূত ) রচিত ইন্ডিকা সম্পর্কে জানা যায় - Arrian, Starbo, Justin, Plutark এর রচনা থেকে
* The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea - writer not found.
* টলেমির Geography আর প্লিনীর Naturalis Historica in Latin describes India & Italy relations.
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