Assam Higher Secondary History cheat sheet
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History - Assam Higher Secondary (ASSEB Division-II)
Indus Valley Civilisation: Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were excavated by Daya Ram Sahni (1921) and R. D. Banerji (1922); the civilisation is dated roughly 2600–1900 BCE (Mature phase).
Vedic literature layers: Rigveda Samhita is the oldest text; Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda follow. The Rigveda mentions sabha and samiti, and the term 'gavishthi' for cattle-raiding.
Buddhism: Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path; Buddha delivered his first sermon (Dhammachakkappavattana) at Sarnath. Three Pitakas - Vinaya, Sutta and Abhidhamma - form the Tripitaka.
Mauryan administration: Arthashastra of Kautilya; Ashoka's Dhamma policy is known from Rock and Pillar Edicts, with Major Rock Edict XIII recording the Kalinga war.
Gupta period is called the 'Golden Age' in older historiography; Kalidasa, Aryabhata and the Nalanda monastic university belong to this era.
Assam-specific: Kamarupa is mentioned in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta; the Ahom kingdom was founded by Sukapha in 1228 CE, and the Battle of Saraighat (1671) was won by Lachit Borphukan against the Mughals.
Colonial era: Treaty of Yandabo (1826) ended the First Anglo-Burmese War and brought Assam under British control; Assam was made a Chief Commissioner's province in 1874 and separated from Bengal in 1912.
National movement: Non-Cooperation (1920), Civil Disobedience (1930, Dandi March) and Quit India (1942); the Cabinet Mission (1946) and Mountbatten Plan (3 June 1947) preceded the Indian Independence Act, 1947.
Post-independence: States Reorganisation Act 1956; Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act 1969; Assam Accord signed 15 August 1985 following the six-year Assam Agitation.