The oldest among the spoken literary languages of South India is Tamil Language.

Qutb-ud-din Aibak gave large sums of money in charity, thus earning the name LAKH BAKSH or giver of lakhs.

The Indian ruler who spoke directly to the people through his inscriptions was Asoka the great.

Ibn-e-Batuta was a traveler from Morocco.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgar Orgnisation.

Murshid Quli Khan became the diwan of Bengal in 1700 A.D.

The Sabha and Samiti have been called two daughters of Prajapati in the Artharvaveda.

During the reign of Ashoka, the officials called Rajukas had held a significant place. Ashoka in his administrative policy implemented the Rajukas as the sole agency to execute his plans of reforms. Originally the Rajukas were the officials in charge of measurement of land and settled those if there arose any dispute.

Since they were connected with the land revenue department, they normally had a great influence in the rural areas. Ashoka during implementing the administrative policies, enhanced their powers and positions and made them the most important officers of Janapadas. Gradually the Rajukas became the key officers and were entrusted to execute Ashoka's most welfare projects and administrative reforms.

They not only acted as judges with the power to justify wrong sentences and wrong judgments, moreover they made charitable offers to the Sramanas and Bhikshus implemented by Danda Samata and Vyavahara Samata. The function of the Rajukas is enumerated in the Ashokan Pillar edict IV.

Chisti Order laid great stress on practicing mystic music.

In 1492, the Spanish navigator who set out on his voyage to discover India but instead landed on the soil of America was Christopher Columbus.

Third Battle of Panipat took place on January 14, 1761 between the Marathas on the one side and the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali on the other. Second Battle of Panipat took place on November 5, 1556 between the forces of Hemchandra Vikrmaditya, popularly known as Hemu, and the Army of Akber. It was a decisive victory for Akbar's generals Khan Zaman I and Bairam Khan. First Battle of Panipat took place on 21 April, 1526 between Babur and Lodi empire.

Between 1749-1754, an important war fought between the forces of the British and the French is known as the second Carnatic War.

Pali Language.

Mir Muhammad Amin alias Saadat Khan.

When Alexander the great invaded India, the dynasty which was ruling over entire north India was Nanda Dynasty of Magadh Empire.

The Dutch East India Company was formed by merging several small companies of Holland in the year 1602.

R.D. Banerjee at Mohenjodaro and by D.R. Sahni at Harappa

Mahabhasya - an outstanding work in the fields of grammar - is a composition by Patanjali.

Hyderabad State was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan who was the governor of Deccan under the Mughals from 1713 to 1721. In 1724, he resumed rule under the title of Asaf Jah (granted by Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah).

The roads of cities in the Indus Valley Civilization generally divided the city into rectangular blocks.

The most distinguishing feature of various Chalcolithic Cultures in ancient period is their painted pottery.

Initially, after the administrative reforms of Akbar, the Mughal empire was divided into 12 subahs : Kabul, Lahore, Multan, Delhi, Agra, Avadh, Illahabad, Bihar, Bangalah, Malwa, Ajmer and Gujarat.

Dr Besant arrived in India in 1893 to spread the message of the Theosophical Society, a religious movement based on the principles of karma and reincarnation. A champion of social and political reform, she soon became involved in India's freedom struggle.

Observe perfect Chastity, adopt Poverty, Follow truth and Cultivated Fearlessness.