History One-Liners for various competitive examinations

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Maximum questions come from History portion in different competitive exams.

Here are some important History one-liners for students competing for various exams

Watch some of the important History Bits below.

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Monument- Place

 

Dashavatar Mandir- Devgarh, Lalitpur

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Parvati Mandir- Nachan Kuthar

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Ajant-Ellora- Aurangabad

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Sarnath- Varanasi

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Vaishnan Mandir- Kano Mountain Malaya

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Bhitargaon’s brick temple- Kanpur

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Angakorvat Mandir- Cambodia

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Shiva Mandir- Donda Plateau Java

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Bogajkoi and Percipolus- Turkey

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Borobudoor- Java

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Author- Work

 

Visakhadatta- Mudrarakshasa

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Sudraka- Mrichhakatikam

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Bhavabhuti- Uttara Ramacharita

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Kalidasa- Vikramorvasiyam

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* Herodotus is regarded as the father of History wrote ‘Historica’.

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* Beal and waters translated the work of Hiuen-Tsang.

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*Takkusu translated ‘Si-Eu-Ki’ under the name of A record of the Buddhist region.

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*Hieun-Tsang is called the King of travellers who wrote ‘Si-Eu-Ki’

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*The Tolkappiyam is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language and the earliest extant work of Tamil literature written by Tholkappiyar

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* The Abhidhamma Pitaka is the last of the three Pitakas constituting the Pali Canon, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.

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*Mrichchhakatikam is attributed to Sudraka it is a ten act drama

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*The famous Hindu mathematician, Bhaskaracharya, in his treatise Surya Siddhanta, calculated the time taken for the earth to orbit the sun to nine decimal places (365.258756484 days).

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*The Palaeolithic culture of India developed in Pleistocene period

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*The word ‘neolithic’ was coined by John Lubbock in 1865.

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*The misoliths were discovered by Carlyle in 1867 from Vindhya Rock shelters

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*In South India, Fresher discovered neolithic tools in Bellary.

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*The ‘Iron Age’ in the world context began about 1300 B.C.

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*First metal used by man is Copper

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*The largest Mesolithic site is Kothari river

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*Pottery first appeared in Neolithic age

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*Tools made of flakes appeared in Middle stone age

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*Homo sapiens appeared in Upper Palaeolithic period

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*The first animal tamed by Neolithic man is Dog

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