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The first stamps valid for postage throughout India were placed on sale in October 1854 with four values: 1/2 anna, 1 anna, 2 annas, and 4 annas. [ 15] Featuring a youthful profile of Queen Victoria aet. 15 years, all four values were designed and printed in Calcutta, and issued without perforations or gum.
India. The iron pillar of Delhi is a structure 7.21 metres (23 feet 8 inches) high with a 41-centimetre (16 in) diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II (reigned c. 375–415 CE ), and now stands in the Qutub complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. [ 1][ 2] It's mostly known for its unique rust-resistant composition that was unprecedent ...
Early Indian epigraphy. One of the Edicts of Ashoka in the Brahmi script, in Lauriya Araraj, Bihar, 3rd Century BC. The first stone inscription excavated at Bhattiprolu, Andhra Pradesh believed to be from 3rd century BCE. [ 1] Tamil inscription from Mangulam, dated to 3rd century BCE by Iravatham Mahadevan [ 2] [ 3] 1st Century BCE.
Neolithic sites in India are characterised by the Bhirrana culture (7570–6200 BC), Mehrgarh culture (7000–3300 BC) and Edakkal culture (5000–3000 BC). Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Khambat , Sanganakallu, Kupgal petroglyphs, Sonda rock art, dwellings of Anegundi are neolithic sites. Brahmagiri archaeological site has neolithic and ...
India has a tradition of releasing some extremely beautiful se-tenant stamps that collectors all over the world love to own. Se-tenant stamps (Mathura Museum) issued on 9 Oct. 1974 in a pair. My Stamp [6]: 'My Stamp' is the brand name for personalized sheets of postage stamps of India Post. The personalization is achieved by printing a thumb ...
Gupta and post-Gupta inscriptions (23 P) I. Indo-Islamic inscriptions (1 P) K. ... Sanskrit inscriptions in India (44 P) T. Tamil inscriptions (3 C, 8 P) V.
Website. www .indiapost .gov .in. India Post is an Indian government-operated postal system in India, and is the trade name of the Department of Post under the Ministry of Communications. Generally known as the Post Office, it is the most widely distributed postal system in the world, and India is the country that has the largest number of post ...
The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (c. 1500 –900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE.