A.P History for APPSC Exams

Political History of the Satavahanas

The vague, disputed and uncorroborated doubtful evidences form the basis for the history of the Satavahanas. The Jain sources mention Satavahana as the first king in the family. The Kathasaritsagara also contains a story about Satavahana. The Kondapur coins bear the legend 'Sadvahana'. On scriptal grounds this Satavahana is placed close to (either before or contemporaneous with) Simuka, the first

A.P History for Compititive Exams

Later Satavahana Chronology

The correctness of 271 B.C. as the starting point of the Satavahana rule under Simuka, may be verified and established from the known dates of Kshatrapas and other foreign kings. The foreign powers such as the Sakas and the Pahlavas in the closing years of the 1st Century B.C. and in the beginning years of the 1st century A.D. became powerful and established their sway in Malwa, Surashtra and other western areas. It was mainly on account of these foreign

Indian Economy for competitive exams

PLANNINGS

Economic Planning:

• Economic Planning means “It is an outline or broad statement of schemes on programs designed to realize certain pre-determined economic objectives, in a particular order of priorities, according to a strategy within a specified period of time is called Economic Planning.” If the government fallows the plans for the development of economy is called plan policy.


• USSR (Russia) was the first country introduced planning in the world in 1920.

SOLAR SYSTEM

SOLAR SYSTEM

•      The solar system comprises of the sun and eight planets revolving round the sun, many satellites revolving around their respective planets, thousands of comets and billions of meteoroids.


•      Planets (in the increasing order of their distance from the Sun)

1.   Mercury


2.   Venus


3.   Earth


4.   Mars


5.   Jupiter

Geography for Competitive Exams (RRB,SSC,UPSC,etc)

ORIGIN OF THE EARTH

Earth formed from a small part of the sun, it originated as a hot gaseous mass, which on cooling, turned first into a liquid and then into solid mass.

Gaseous Hypothesis Theory – Kant

Nebural Hypothesis Theory – Laplace

Tidal Hypothesis Theory – Jeans and Jeffreys

•      The denser matter forms the central part of the earth and the

Chronology of the Satavahanas

Of the many complicated problems that the Andhras have presented, the most important one is the problem of their chronology. Divergent views have been expressed by different scholars about the beginning of the Andhra Satavahana rule, but so far no unanimous conclusion has yet been arrived at by the historian on this point of issue.

The foundation of the dynasty, which is known by its tribal name Andhra in the Puranas and by its family name Satavahana in the

The Satavahanas : Home Land of the Satavahanas

A subject of controversy regarding the Satavahanas is their homeland or origin. There are conflicting theories and contradictory opinions regarding this. Earlier scholars like D.R. Bhandarkar conjectured that the land of the Andhras must have at the early period consisted of certain parts of the Central Provinces together with the Visakhapatnam district and may have also included the Godavari and Krishna districts. The eastern Deccan was not called