Jalandhar. History[edit] Jalandhar and Multan are the oldest surviving cities of the Punjab region, with historical references as far back as A.D. 100.[1] The Jalandhar Doab (the region surrounding the city between the Beas and Sutlej rivers) also marked the easternmost territory of the empire of Alexander the Great.
He erected giant altars in this area to mark the eastern most extent of his empire and also founded a city named Alexandria in the vicinity and left many Macedonian veterans there. In ancient time, the district or Kingdom of Jalandhar comprised the whole of the Upper Doabas from the Ravi to the Satluj.[2] According to the Padama Purana, as quoted by General Conningham the country takes its name from the great Daitya King Danava Jalandhara the son of shiva he was born when lord shiva's third eye had opened out of anger and had fallen in the ocean in the form of fireball.
In recent times, nearly 66% of Jalandhar District Sikh Population, have migrated abroad, earn a living. Economy[edit] Gupta Empire in India, art in the Gupta empire, Indian history - India. Despite their self-conferred titles, their overlordship was threatened and by 500 ultimately ruined by the Hunas (a branch of the White Huns emanating from Central Asia), who were yet another group in the long succession of ethnically and culturally different outsiders drawn into India and then woven into the hybrid Indian fabric.
Education included grammar, composition, logic, metaphysics, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy. These subjects became highly specialized and reached an advanced level. The Indian numeral system--sometimes erroneously attributed to the Arabs, who took it from India to Europe where it replaced the Roman system--and the decimal system are Indian inventions of this period. Aryabhatta's expositions on astronomy in 499, moreover, gave calculations of the solar year and the shape and movement of astral bodies with remarkable accuracy. In medicine, Charaka and Sushruta wrote about a fully evolved system, resembling those of Hippocrates and Galen in Greece. GuptaEmpire.htm. Gupta Empire of India320 - 550 CE Sri Gupta and his son Ghaotkacha Gupta were rulers of a small kingdom near Magadha (present day Behar state in India).
Very little was known about their origins. An inscription on a temple shows that Sri Gupta had built it for the chinese buddhist monks to worship during their piligrimage to India. Ghaotkacha Gupta's son Chandragupta I founded the Gupta Empire in 320 CE. After accession to the throne, Chandragupta I married Kumaradevi, a Licchavi princess from the adjacent kingdom ( It may have included Magadha). Samudragupta was the son of Chandragupta and succeeded him in 335 CE. Skandagupta Kramaditya, son of Kumaragupta ruled the empire c.455 - 480 CE.
Follow the hyperliks below for the images of coins: Chandragupta I c. 320 - 335 CE. Samudragupta c. 335 - 380 CE. Chandragupta II Vikramaditya c. 380 - 414 CE. Kumaragupta Mahendraditya c. 414 - 455 CE. Skandagupta Kramaditya c.455 - 480 CE. Puragupta Prakasaditya c. 480 - 485 CE. Gupta Dynasty, Gupta Empire in India, Origin of Gupta Dynasty, Gupta Period. History During Gupta Period education flourished and many great discoveries were made in these fields.
Aryabhatta and Varahamihira, the two great mathematicians contributed in the field of Vedic Mathematics. Aryabhatta found and estimated the value of "Pi" to the fourth decimal place. Algebra was developed to a great extent and the concepts of zero and infinity were also found and symbols of numbers 1 to 9 were devised which was a great contribution in mathematics. Advances in astronomy were also on heights in Gupta Age. During this period theory of gravity was also propounded.
During this age Sanskrit language and literature were at its peak. Chandragupta (319 - 335 A.D) Srigupta I (270-290 AD) a petty ruler of Magadha (modern Bihar) established Gupta dynasty with Patliputra or Patna as its capital. Samudragupta (335 - 375 A.D) Samudragupta was the son of Chandragupta who later ascended the throne of Gupta Dynasty. Chandragupta II (375 - 414 A.D) Kumaragupta I (415 - 455 AD)