The Comptroller Auditor General of India can be removed by the President only in accordance with the procedure mentioned in the Constitution.... View Article
The maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament cannot be more than six months. In other words, the Parliament should meet at least twice a... View Article
Some examples of Select/Joint Committees on Bills are as follows: Committee on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 Select Committee on the... View Article
A select committee is an ad-hoc committee that generally expires on completion of its designated duties, though it can be renewed. These... View Article
The budget is a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government of India in a financial year, which begins on 1 April and... View Article
At the time of Alexander’s invasion of India Dhana Nanda of the Nanda Dynasty was the ruler of Magadha For further reading check the following... View Article
The Vedas are considered to be one of the most sacred scriptures of the Hindu religion. The Vedas are said to be a vault of knowledge and wisdom... View Article
The Shaishunaga dynasty succeeded the Haryanka Dynasty at around 421 BCE. For further reading check the following articles: Prehistoric Age in... View Article
Bimbisara is considered to be the most powerful ruler of Magadha due to his conquest of the Anga kingdom to the east. His conquests would be... View Article
Bimbisara was considered the greatest king of the Haryanka Dynasty as he was the founder of the dynasty as well as played an important role in... View Article
The four main Vedas are as follows: The Rigveda The Yajurveda The Samaveda The Atharvaveda. For further reading check the following articles:... View Article
The Priest King of Harappa refers to the human figure sculpted in steatite. The name ‘priest king’ in itself is speculative in nature and without... View Article
There is no conclusive evidence that the Indus Valley ever had a king. There is a statue of what is identified as ‘Priest King’ but it is not... View Article
It is not known who was the king of the Indus Valley. The limited knowledge of the existence of a king is due to an artifact called ‘the Priest... View Article
The Indus Valley Civilization is known for inventing standardized weights and measurements which were as accurate as to 1.6 mm. For further... View Article
Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni, under the direction of Sir John Hubert Marshall, led the first excavation of the Harappa site which led to the... View Article
In 1912 Harappan seals with unknown symbols were discovered by J.Fleet. This triggered an expedition by Sir John Hubert Marshall in 1921-1922.... View Article
The Indus Valley Civilization would have been abandoned due to climate change which made farming impossible. Although other reasons such as... View Article
The four reasons why the Indus Valley Civilization may failed ares follows: Environmental changes such as drought, flooding etc Crop failures... View Article
Some of the problems faced by the Indus Valley civilization included abrupt climate changes that severely affected agriculture and the threat of... View Article
