CH 12 BUILDINGS , PAINTINGS AND BOOKS

structure built by humans intended to imitate caves. man-made cave.

A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation. A related architectural term is a chaitya, which is a prayer hall or temple containing a stupa.

Maharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivision globally.

Amaravati (/ɑːməˈrɑːvəti/) is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of river Krishna in Palnadu district.

 It was constructed over 1500 years ago during the reign of the Guptas. The pillar is made of iron. It is 7.2 metre high and weighs about 3 tonne.

Mehrauli, New Delhi, Delhi 110030.

Our current archaeological three-age system – Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age – ends in the same place, and suggests that we haven’t yet left the iron age.

What was the Iron Age in India?India’s Iron Age emerged in an era of transition known as the Vedic period, lasting from approximately 1500 to 600 BCE. The Vedic period covers both the end of the Bronze Age following the collapse of the Harappan civilization around 1400 CE and the start of the Iron Age.

 the period of human culture characterized by the smelting of iron and its use in industry beginning somewhat before 1000 b.c. in western Asia and Egypt

a period of time between about 3000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. in which people used iron to make weapons and tools. The Iron Age followed the Bronze Age. an Iron Age tool.