would not have become so widespread if it were not for King Ashoka. In the beginning‚ Buddhism was only an Indian religion. However‚ after King Ashoka had spent a lot of his time fighting in battlefields to be able to rule more land‚ he decided it was time to end all the violence after witnessing a horrifying event. From that moment on he started to act in a nonviolent way and even began to speak out about many Buddhist values. King Ashoka wanted to spread these new principles to many areas past India
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victories no less renounced than: By the word victory we generally understand the winning of a battle. We know the history of victories of great conquerors like Alexander‚ Changiz Khan and Napoleon. But like heroes like Buddha‚ Ashoka and Akbor won greater glory by bringing to mankind the blessing of peace. We have seen the two devastating world wars. They crippled the world economy‚ maimed and killed millions of people. Civilization is the slow achievement of workers in peace
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History of science and technology in the Indian subcontinent * Outline of South Asian history * History of Indian subcontinent | Stone age (7000–3000 BC)[show] * Mehrgarh Culture (7000–3300 BC) | Bronze age (3000–1300 BC)[show] * Indus Valley Civilization (3300–1700 BC) * – Early Harappan Culture (3300–2600 BC) * – Mature Harappan Culture (2600–1900 BC) * – Late Harappan Culture (1700–1300 BC) * Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (from 2000 BC) * Swat culture (1600–500 BC) |
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and describe the social life during the Vedic times. 4. Discuss the nature of Ashoka’s Dhamma. Was it responsible for the downfall of his empire? 5. Describe the expansion of the Gupta empire under Samudragupta with the help of the Allahabad pillar inscription. 6. Discuss the contribution of the Pallavas to South Indian art. Was this art wholly indigenous?History (Mains) Question Paper 1980 Page 3 of 56 ► For more on UPSC‚ visit mrunal.org Section B 7. Describe the village administration
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the chants expanded into mother scales—source of ragas Performing arts as gift from gods‚ musical expression as sacred‚ ancient‚ timeless -Kingdoms during Classic and Medieval Periods (500 B.C.E. – c. 1400 C.E.) Great Kingdoms: Buddhist emperor Ashoka (268-231 B.C.E.) Chandragupta II (c. 340- c. 415 C.E.) Sanskrit-language of the educated Like Latin of medieval Europe Upanishads (“forest books”)--religious and philosophical thought—nature of reality‚ self introspection Sages invented
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In 500 years of no nation has everything stayed the same and Rome is no exception. While the economics of Rome managed to stay the same between 100 and 600 CE‚ and the laws of Rome with it‚ government and religion in 600 CE would not be recognizable to leaders and civilians from 100 CE. In 100 CE‚ the Roman economy was booming. The Roman Roads were used for trade within the empire‚ and the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean were traveled for imported goods. The government was as it had always been:
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the respective god and goddess for both nation In India during the rule of the Buddhist ruler Ashoka‚ the Great Stupa of Sanchi was commissioned. The Great Stupa was considered to be one of the greatest monasteries patriotisms to Buddhism. Even though it can be dated back to Ashoka’s reign‚ its consists of many buildings and parts that was made overtime and well beyond the time period of Ashoka. The dome of the stupa is roughly fifty feet high and is filled with earth and rubble. The stupa
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concerned industries/entrepreneurs/ project developers. A 500cum biogas generation per day capacity BGFP project for generation‚ purification/enrichment‚ bottling of biogas has sanctioned by the MNRE with Rs. 50 lakh CFA during the year 2009-10 to Ashoka Biogreen Pvt. Ltd. at vill.- Talwade‚ Dist. – Nasik (Maharashtra).
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SPOTLIGHT CAN ENTREPRENEURS SAVE THE WORLD? Spotlight ARTWORK Josh Keyes‚ Burst I‚ 2009 acrylic on panel‚ 30" x 80" A New Alliance 56 Harvard Business Review September 2010 HBR.ORG Bill Drayton is the CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public‚ a global organization with headquarters in Arlington‚ Virginia. Valeria Budinich is the founder and chief entrepreneur of Ashoka’s Full Economic Citizenship Initiative. Working together‚ corporations and social entrepreneurs can reshape
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5.1 Individual Reading Assignment 1. If the writing of the early Indus Valley civilization could be deciphered‚ what new information could they hope to learn? If the writings of the Indus Valley civilization could be deciphered‚ I believe we could discover where they came from‚ whether another civilization taught them how to fire bricks and cultivate cotton. I believe their writings would tell us how they learned to build vast assembly halls and what type of occasions they were used for. Since
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