History of India: ancient and medieval / Post-Mauryan India and the Sangam age
Satavahanas, Ikshvakus and Kalinga
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Simuka, Satakarni I (Naneghat), Gautamiputra Satakarni (Nashik prashasti), Vasishthiputra Pulumavi, Yajna Sri
- First land grants to brahmanas and Buddhist monks, metronymics, lead and potin coins, Paithan and Amaravati
- Dhanyakataka (Amaravati) in Andhra as the Mahasanghika centre; Ikshvakus at Nagarjunakonda
- Chedi king Kharavela of Kalinga and the Hathigumpha inscription at Udayagiri (Jain patron)
Where to study
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 21
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, pp. 95-109 (printed 91-105)
- Lesson 5 Evolution of Society in South India, 5.2 South India under the Satavahanas, pp. 84-85 (printed 80-81)
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, Conclusion (Amaravati), p. 104 (printed 100)
- Lesson 6 Polity and Society in Post-Mauryan Period, The Beginnings (Kharavela of Kalinga), p. 97 (printed 93)
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, pp. 1-25 (printed 28-52)
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 3. An Early Empire; 4. New Notions of Kingship (Satavahanas), p. 8 (printed 35)
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 6. Towns and Trade (Satavahana coins); metronymics, p. 16 (printed 43)
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 3 Kinship, Caste and Class: Early Societies
- Theme 3 Kinship, Caste and Class, Names of Satavahana kings from inscriptions, p. 7 (printed 59)
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments
- Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 8. Discovering Stupas: The Fate of Amaravati and Sanchi, p. 17 (printed 98)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 4