![]() History of India India’s history when summarized is a list of dynasties with numerous emperors who ruled at different times at different capitals. Each dynasty is renowned for its distinctive art, architecture, sculptures and paintings. In India there are places, which are noted as being the spots of seven most ancient capital cities of India. ![]() The Indian People It is generally believed that in 1500 BC all the people of India were living together peacefully and the merciless Aryans who invaded the country from the North destroyed this peace. Many other races too invaded India, one after the other. According to the historians, the Dravidians once inhabited the major part of North- West India before the Aryans dislodged them. The Tibeto-Burmese people migrated from North China to occupy their present habitat. The scattered groups of people who are collectively called as Austro-Asiatic and the Andamanians preceded them. Literature on Indian Myths Vedic literature dates back to 1500 BC. It is the oldest Asian literature of a tradition. The Vedic hymns are still studied by the Brahmins. It is believed that the Sanskrit literature originated in 1200BC. The most renowned works of the post-Vedic period are the ‘Upanishads’ and the ‘Puranas’. ![]() Sources of Indian Myths The single great source for Indian mythology is ‘Mahabharata’, which is a vast storehouse of Indian culture, manners and morals. This great epic took more than a thousand year to be composed. Mahabharata is considered as one of the greatest epics in the world literature not only because of its venerable antiquity or its enormous size but also because of the fact that entire life of India in Antiquity is in it and also there is the presence of nobility and humaneness. It also explains in detail religion and its sacrifices, liturgies, priests and ascetics. The forests, rivers and mountains of India are vividly described. The Mahabharata is a textbook of ethics full of prominent moral lesson in them. It depicts the different emotions inherent in human beings as love, hatred, jealousy, revenge, forgiveness, faithfulness, treachery and a hundred other emotions as well. (Last Updated on : 17-04-2018) |
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