Pre-Study: What to Study

4 Subtopics · 36 Concepts

Sungas5 Concepts

• Break-up of the Mauryan Empire After Asoka

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Pushyamitra Sunga and the Bactrian Greek Threat

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Pushyamitra's Religious Policy (Asvamedha, Bharhut and Sanchi)

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Later Sungas and the Kanva Dynasty

  PYQ 2003Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Importance of Sunga Rule

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

Satavahanas9 Concepts

• Political History

  Satavahanas: Region, Duration and Sources

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Early Satavahana Rulers

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Hala and the Gathasaptasati

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Gautamiputra Satakarni

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Vashishtaputra Pulamayi and the Later Satavahanas

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Economic Condition

  Guilds, Crafts and Karshapana Coins

  PYQ 1997Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Overseas Trade and Satavahana Ports

  PYQ ×3Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Cultural Contributions

  Satavahana Patronage of Buddhism (Amaravati, Nagarjunakonda)

  PYQ 2006Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Revival of Brahmanism and Patronage of Prakrit

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

Foreign Invasions of Northwest India7 Concepts

• Bactrians

  Bactrian Greek Invasions (Demetrius, Apollodotus, Menander)

  PYQ ×3Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Menander (Milinda) and the Milindapanho

  PYQ ×2Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Heliodorus and the Garuda Pillar at Besnagar

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Sakas

  Sakas and the Northern and Western Satraps

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Maues, Azes I and the Vikrama Era

  PYQ ×2Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Kushanas

  Origin and Migration of the Kushanas

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Kujula Kadphises and Wima Kadphises

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

Kanishka (78 – 120 A.D.)15 Concepts

• Kanishka's Conquests

  Kanishka and the Saka Era

  PYQ ×2Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Kanishka's Conquests in India

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Kanishka's Campaigns Against the Chinese

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Extent and Capital of Kanishka's Empire

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Kanishka and Buddhism

  Kanishka's Conversion, Toleration and Buddhist Missions

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Rise of Mahayana Buddhism

  PYQ 1998Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Fourth Buddhist Council

  PYQ ×2Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Scholars at Kanishka's Court (Vasumitra, Asvaghosha, Nagarjuna, Charaka)

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Gandhara Art

  Gandhara School: Home, Period and Patrons

  Importance 4/5 What to Study

• Salient Features of Gandhara Art

  Importance 5/5 What to Study

• Monasteries and Stupas of the Gandhara Region

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Mathura School of Art

  Mathura School of Art: Origin and Subjects

  Importance 3/5 What to Study

• Gandhara and Mathura Schools Compared

  Importance 5/5 What to Study

• Successors of Kanishka and End of Kushana Rule

  Huvishka

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

• Vasudeva and the End of Kushana Rule

  Importance 2/5 What to Study

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