Prompt: What is history The stories of history that we often make are formed from uninterested facts that seem cold and heartless. That are molded into epic dramas that show humanity of an event creating a martyr capable of rallying tired spirits and strengthening broken resolve of those under siege by an unrelenting enemy These stories are meant to teach lessons‚ but often have little based in fact. As legends are required to rally nations not just simple recounts of an event. It is the legend
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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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Newars‚ a Cultural Identity I have respect for all religion‚ castes‚ races and each culture that is associated with them. Each one of them have their own physical features‚ specialty and importance. Each one of them is different‚ but not less or inferior than any other. Comparing one to the other would be only for the sake of finding out the differences‚ and not deciding on which is superior to the other. This should be clarified to everybody. As being born and raised in the environment
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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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Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activitity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism‚ a social andenvironmental movement that started in the 1960s‚ addresses environmental issues through advocacy‚ education and activism. The carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has already exceeded 400 parts per million (NOAA) (with total "long-term" GHG exceeding 455 parts per million). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report) This level is considered
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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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