HISTORY

Satavahana coins are constructed of copper, silver, lead, and potin and come in a variety of shapes such as round, square, and rectangle.

Traders participate in financial markets by buying and selling stocks, futures, forex, and other securities, and by closing out positions with the intention of making small, frequent gains.

The Shaka coin series is an attractive one, with one basic type, but with variations based on the Brahmi letters appearing under the king’s left arm. Gold dinar, c. mid-4th century CE. Weight: 7.82 gm., Diam: 21-23 mm., Die axis: 12 o’clock.

Agriculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops and raising livestock. It includes the preparation of plant and animal products for people to use and their distribution to markets.

The Chalukyas and the Pallavas were major kingdoms that ruled much of South India. The Pallavas had established their capital at Kanchipuram in the Kaveri Delta, while the Chalukyas had their capital at the Raichur Doab located between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers.

Yes, we think that the slaves-and the servents were ill-treated in the society because they have no political rights. The orders of the emperor could have made the slaves free. If the servants were ill-treated then the master could be punished.

Answer: In his message Ashoka speaks about: (i) Being gentle with slaves and servants.(ii) Respecting one’s elders.(iii) Treating all creatures with compassion.

Ashoka saw the wounded and dying soldiers, and the windows or offence and the necessary and suffering that war had brought to the people. This cause Ashoka much grief and remorse. So, he decided that he would not fight anymore was in future.

The Kalinga War fought between the Mauryan Empire and the state of Kalinga, an important kingdom that controlled the trade routes with Southeast Asia. Ashoka, the Mauryan king, wanted to capture Kalinga and so his huge army there in 262 BC.

Ashoka was named to be a unique ruler as he was the first ruler who tried to take forward his message to people through inscriptions wherein he described his change in belief and thought after the Kalinga War.