History of India

Indian History

Indian history is remarked with a lot of eminent stuff. It began almost with the birth of human race. I don’t know it’s true or lies, but traces of human civilization in the country were found nearly 5,00,000 years ago, which makes us the oldest civilizations in the world. The oldest civilization in South Asia is considered to be as INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION, which flourished in the north-western part of India (the area presently comes under Pakistan) from 3300 to 1300 BCE.

Harappa Civilization was the next matured and advanced civilization, which used advanced technology to make their life simpler. It flourished between 2600 to 1900 BCE.

Aryans arrived first in the country, with the oldest and the mother of all languages “Sanskrit”. They came out from the North in about 1500 BCE and brought strong cultural traditions along with them.

Next, came the era of Mahajanapadas which flourished in and around the Gangetic Plain. Magadha Mahavira and Gautam Buddha spread their spiritual lessons in one of these kingdoms during 5th and 6th century BCE.

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Forest Cover In India

Hey guys, I am back with another post and I thought of sharing my view on India.

India is the 7th Largest country by area and once upon a time vast area was under forests. Forests has acquired increasing importance in the recent past for their role not only in meeting the material requirements but also for their ecological and environmental functions. Some of the important parameters used for measuring forest resources are forest cover, growing stock, annual increment, species composition, biodiversity, non-timber forest products etc. In a country like India, whose forests are rich and diverse, collection and compilation of information on all these parameters is daunting task.

Since 1987, the forest cover of the country is being assessed biannually by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) using Remote Sensing Technology. In addition, FSI also prepares thematic maps using aerial photographs, and carries out inventory of natural forests as well as Tress Outside Forests (TOF). Thematic maps depict forest types, major species composition and crown density of forest. Inventory of natural forests furnishes information on total growing stock, volume per hectare, distribution of stems in diameter classes, stems per hectare, status of regeneration, incidence of forest fires, grazing etc. Inventory of TOF gives information on growing stock of different species broken into diameter classes. The activities, other than forest cover assessment, are undertaken only in limited areas annually.

Comprehensive information on most of the parameters of forest resources is not available as the national level and even if available for certain regions, it does not relate to a single reference year and hence is of little utility for planning in the forestry sector. Due to limitation of resources and infrastructure, only forest cover is being assessed regularly by the FSI.

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History of India

Indian history is remarked with a lot of eminent stuff. It began almost with the birth of human race. I don’t know it’s true or lies, but traces of human civilization in the country were found nearly 5, 00,000 years ago, which makes us the oldest civilizations in the world. The oldest civilization in South Asia is considered to be as INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION, which flourished in the north-western part of India (the area presently comes under Pakistan) from 3300 to 1300 BCE. 

Harappa Civilization was the next matured and advanced civilization, which used advanced technology to make their life simpler. It flourished between 2600 to 1900 BCE.

Aryans arrived first in the country, with the oldest and the mother of all languages “Sanskrit”. 

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