When was zamindari abolished?
Zamindari was abolished in India in 1951, while it was abolished in 1950 in Bangladesh and 1959 in Pakistan. For... View Article
Zamindari was abolished in India in 1951, while it was abolished in 1950 in Bangladesh and 1959 in Pakistan. For... View Article
Khalisa land refers to land owned directly by the Mughal Emperor. The revenue collected from these lands was sent to... View Article
A Jagirdari was a feudal life estate that reverted to the state upon the death of the Jagirdar, but in... View Article
The Jagir System was abolished by Sultan Allaudhin Khilji but it was revived by Sultan Fīrūz Shah Tughluq. The system... View Article
The Jagirdari Crisis was an economic situation where there was a shortage of lands or jagirs. This defrayed the cost... View Article
The main features of the Jagirdari System are as follows: The bestowal of a Jagir could be conditional or unconditional... View Article
Buddhism disappeared from India due to the end of the dynasties that gave it royal patronage. In the 12th century... View Article
According to 2nd century BCE grammarian Patanjali, Saketa and Madhyamika were invaded by the Yavanas, a term most likely referring... View Article
The last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha was killed by his general Pushyamitra Sunga in 185 BC. For further reading check the... View Article
The last ruler of the Maurya dynasty was Brihadratha. He came to the Mauryan throne when its territories had considerably... View Article
As per Bāṇabhaṭṭa’s Harshacharita, Pushyamitra killed Brihadratha during a military parade of the army by having some elephants crush the... View Article
Shuddhadvaita is the purely non-dual philosophy propounded by Vallabhacharya. For further reading check the following articles: Bhakti Movement Buddhism Jainism... View Article
Ramanujacharyas philosophy involved discursive thought being necessary in humanity’s search for the ultimate verities. In addition the phenomenal world is... View Article
There are three fundamental texts of Vedanta, they are as follows: The Upanishads Brahma-Sutras Bhagavadgita For further reading check the... View Article
Vishishtadvaita is a non-dualistic school of Vedanta philosophy. It is non-dualism of the qualified whole that is characterized by multiplicity.... View Article
No, Saint Nimbarka was not a contemporary of Akbar as Saint Nimbarka lived around the 13th century while Akbar ruled... View Article
Dvaitadvaita was propagated by the 13th century saint Acharya Nimbarka. It is a Vaishnava Theology that means duality in unity... View Article
Saint Nimbarka yogi was a philosopher, and prominent astronomer who founded the devotional sect called Nimbarkas, Nimandi, or Nimavats, who... View Article
Under Akbar’s administration, every officer was appointed and promoted by the emperor, at least in principle. Civil administration were assigned... View Article
Although not directly, Aurangzeb was responsible for Shah Jahan’s death indirectly when he dethroned his father in 1658 on the... View Article