History, The physical features of India and underlying unity, The pre-historic period, The culture of the vedic age, Later vedic age and Epic period, Jainism and Buddhism, minor religious facts and beliefs, the pre mauryan age, the mauryan age, periods of empire, the classical age and cultural floreseen, splendour of Art, Chinese travellers and their accounts of India, India and the western world, Hindu cultural expansion, Contributin of south India to Indian culture, education, (Topical Term)