Now that we are just almost 5 matches short of having a new IPL Champion we have all the statistics available to show us that the second edition of the tournament is a success. There is no doubt about it. Looking at the games played in the past, though some of the games were abandoned by the rains, we can say that a world class cricket was played at the stadiums of South Africa. The IPL management can pat its back for conducting the tournament in time though outside India, and making it such a big success, however if we look at the present and the future it does not look so promising for the game of Cricket in India. The tournament which is Indian was a success but the players, the Indian players were not. Looking at the statistics that have come up in this tournament, we will find a few Indians in the table talleys which is not very heartening news. On the batting front, we have no Indian player on the top. Even if we take into consideration the team performance we will find a few Indian with some outstanding positions. In Bangalore Royal Challengers, the batsman with maximum runs is Jacques Kallis, form Chennai Super Kings, it is Mathew Hayden, Adam Gil Christ is from the Deccan Chargers, AB de Villers from Delhi Daredevils, Jean Paul Duminy form Mumbai Indians, Brad Hodge from Kolkata Knight Riders. The only two exceptions that we have from the Indian squad are Yuvraj Singh of Kings XI Punjab and Ravinder Jadeja from Rajasthan Royals. However, if you compare their scores with all the above mentioned players, you would not find them in first five places. The only player that we have in the first five places is Suresh Raina. Taking about the best average, we have only MS Dhoni who stands at #4 in the top 5 best averaged batsmen in the tournament. When it comes to hitting maximum sixes the Indian players find their place after #3. Though out of 5 we have 3 players. We do not have any of our Indian players for in the top five players who have scored fifties. Manpreet Goni from Chennai tops the list of striking rate. It is not necessary for me to tell you what exactly it means for Team India. Other than him there is no other Indian [...]
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The Gupta-Vardhana Age: Political Life of India
May 21st, 2009 
Aman India witnessed many important changes during the Gupta Vardhana age in almost every aspect of life of people- political, social, religious, literary and economic. This period was a germinal period which apart from its own notable achievements in every field sowed the seeds of later development. In was divided into numerous petty states during the Gupta Age, kingdoms as well republics. The kingdoms were generally ruled by the princes of foreign origin, while the republics were ruled by local tribal chiefs. None of these states were strong enough to build itself into an empire. Most of these states owed allegiance to the Gupta Empire of Magadha which retained its sovereignty over them till about the close of the 5th century. About this time, the Hunas swooped down on the North West Indian and established their supremacy over Kashmir, Punjab and western India from about 500 AD onwards. North and Western India passed under the control of about half a dozen feudatories who parceled out Gupta Empire among themselves. After a span of about half a century, one of these dynasties ruling at Thaneshwar in modern Haryana extended its rule over all other feudatories and established a large empire in north India. The ruler who established this empire was Harshavardhan. During the period of instability and political confusion, the administrative system received setbacks but it did not collapse altogether. The Gupta emperors set up an efficient system of administration both at the center and in the provinces. The central government consisted of the king and a council of ministers which included civil and military officers such as the commander in chief of the army, the generals in command of elephantry, cavalry and infantry., the chief warden of the royal court etc. the framework of the government and the titles of officials at the center were mainly borrowed from the administrative set up of the Maurya. The Gupta Empire was divided into a number of provinces known as the Desas. The governor of a Desa was called by various names such as Uparika, Bhogika etc. the province was divided into bhuktis which were further subdivided into districts called Vishyas. The lowest unit of administration was the village called Grama. It seems that the Gupta rulers did not interfere with the autonomy of the village community. Town administration was carried out by a Pusapala who generally belong to the class of high [...]
