Because of the death of a king known as Ashoka‚ it is said to be the trigger that created Mahayana Buddhism. However‚ the creation of the new scriptures added on to the ancient Buddhists text also was a direct cause for Mahayana Buddhism to start flourishing as an independent belief from Theravada
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Chapter One 1. Introduction Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord Buddha‚ is situated about 22 km. from Bhairahawa (Siddharthanagar)‚ below the Churia range‚ 24 km. south from the foothills of the Himalayas‚ on the western bank of Telar river in Rupandehi district of Lumbini zone in Nepal. It is about 300 km. west of capital city Kathmandu. Kapilvastu‚ Rupandehi and Nawalparasi Terai districts of Lumbini Zone are around Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord
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History of India [pic] The History of India can be traced in fragments to as far back as 700‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ one of the oldest in the world‚ dates back at least 5‚000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis‚ the Aryans‚ a nomadic people‚ possibly from Central Asia or northern Iran migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. Their inter-mingling with the earlier Dravidian cultures apparently resulted
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CHAPTER – 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION The Travel and Tourism industry is still one of the largest single businesses in world commerce and its importance is widely recognized. The tourism industry is now one of the largest sectors earning foreign exchange. In the face of many benefits‚ many countries have started assigning due weight age to the tourism industry in their national development agenda. Tourism is an industry that operates on a massively broad scale: it embraces activities ranging from
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CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AFFILIATED TO JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY‚ NEW DELHI M.A. APPLIED ECONOMICS RECRUITMENT GUIDE 2013-14 1 ABOUT CDS Set up in 1971 by the renowned economist‚ Late Professor Kakkadan Nandanath Raj‚ the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) is an internationally renowned‚ selfgoverning institution known for its cutting edge research in applied economics and topics germane to socio-economic development‚ impeccable pedagogy‚ and extensive and exhaustive training
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BUDDHIST MYTHOLOGY BUDDHISM - One of the great religions of the world‚ was founded in India in the 500 B.C.‚ and then spread throughout Asia. Over time‚ many different Buddhist sects have developed‚ each with its own doctrines‚ gods‚ and legends. Although Buddhism has produced little mythology of its own‚ it has incorporated stories from mythologies of various groups that adopted the religion. Buddhist History and Teachings The roots of Buddhism can be traced to one man: Siddhartha Gautama
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system and the use of zero. The earliest epigraphic evidence of the use of decimal system belongs to the fifth century A.D. Before these numerals appeared in the West they had been used in India for centuries. They are found in the inscriptions of Ashoka in the third century B.C. Indians were the first to use the decimal system. The famous mathematician Aryabhata (A.D. 476-500) was acquainted with it. The Chinese learnt this system from the Buddhist missionaries‚ and the western world borrowed it
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into the state grid from 300 MW Phase-I of the power project‚ which went operational. – December 2009 :: Rosa Phase II :: Electric Corporation (SEC)‚ China. The project will use Coal as the primary fuel. The coal will be supplied from the Ashoka Coal mines of Central
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peace. The silk road was a major trade route between the two and so to the spread of Buddhism. Between the 200 and 300 BC India and China were strong empires they grew and prospered. The Han emperor Wudi one the greatest rulers of Ancient China and Ashoka one of the greatest of India‚ both powerful but different in economics. The Han empire promoted economics growth‚ new roads and canals and an immense army. In the early 300s BC both India and China consisted of local states or kingdoms fighting
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Civilizations: East Asia Shang Dynasty a) Pan Ku (mythic ancestor of Chinese)‚ stories about early kings b) Hwang He River (Yellow River)‚ isolated from rest of world-> little trade c) Line of kings called the Shang‚ powerful military d) Developed ideas based on basic harmony Ancestor worship Gods controlled all aspects of peoples’ lives e) Irrigation and advanced technology Skilled in pottery and silk Horse drawn chariots Good bronze workers Oracle bones (writing)
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