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The 10th century Arab account Ajayeb al-Hind (Marvels of India) gives an account of invasion in Africa by people called Wakwak or Waqwaq, [80]: 110 probably the Malay people of Srivijaya or Javanese people of Mataram kingdom, [81]: 27 [34]: 39 in 945–946 CE.
The political atmosphere in South India shifted from smaller kingdoms to large empires with the ascendancy of Badami Chalukyas. A Southern India-based kingdom took control and consolidated the entire region between the Kaveri and the Narmada Rivers. The rise of this empire saw the birth of efficient administration, overseas trade and commerce ...
The Indian subcontinent. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient India: . Ancient India is the Indian subcontinent from prehistoric times to the start of Medieval India, which is typically dated (when the term is still used) to the end of the Gupta Empire around 500 CE. [1]
The following list enumerates Hindu monarchies in chronological order of establishment dates. These monarchies were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC, [1] went into slow decline in the medieval times, with most gone by the end of the 17th century, although the last one, the Kingdom of Nepal, dissolved only in the 2008.
Scientists from India also appeared throughout Europe. [134] By the time of India's independence colonial science had assumed importance within the westernized intelligentsia and establishment. French astronomer, Pierre Janssen observed the Solar eclipse of 18 August 1868 and discovered helium, from Guntur in Madras State, British India. [134]
The Sultanate of Mataram (/ m ə ˈ t ɑːr əm /) was the last major independent Javanese kingdom on the island of Java before it was colonised by the Dutch. It was the dominant political force radiating from the interior of Central Java from the late 16th century until the beginning of the 18th century.
Sanjaya (Sanskrit: सञ्जय, romanized: sañjaya, lit. ' conquest, victory, triumphant '; 716 AD – 746) was the founder of the Mataram Kingdom during the 8th century.
This category contains pages relating to the history of India before the arrival of Islam in the 8th century. See: History of India#Early historic period and Epic India . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ancient India .