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HISTORY Subject : History (For under graduate student) Paper No. : Paper-I History of India Topic No. & Title : Topic-2 Sources of the Ancient Indian History Lecture No. & Title : Lecture-1 Study of Sources of Ancient Indian History the GLOSSARY Battle of Plassey: Battle in 1757 in Plassey between Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula and the British East India Company; Siraj-ud-Daulah was defeated and the British East India Company established its rule over Bengal. Nawab Shiraj-ud-Daulah (1733 – 1757): Last independent Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, the end of whose reign marks the start of the rule of the British East India Company. Battle of Kalinga: A war fought in 265 BC between the Mauryan Empire under Asoka and the state of Kalinga, (a feudal republic located on the coast of the present-day Orissa). Asoka emerged victorious but thereafter gave up waging wars and embraced Buddhism. Asoka (304–232 BC): Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya and son of Bindusara; he was a powerful emperor of the Mauryan dynasty, and ruled from 269 BC to 232 BC. Edicts: Promulgation of certain instructions, almost like law or like present day ordinances. Historiography: Study of the evolution of history writing. Archaeological Sources: Artifacts that are unearthed from beneath the soil or even from the surface. Harappan Civilization: A Bronze Age civilization discovered along the Indus the Indian sub-continent; it was believed to in have flourished over a period of 2200 years between 3500 B.C. and 1300 B.C. Arthasastra: An ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy presumed to be written Chanakya. Stupa: A mould-like structure containing Buddhist relics. by