The Indus and Aryan Civilizations The Indus civilization‚ an ancient civilization in South Asia‚ existed from about 2700 to 1750 BC. It is sometimes referred to as the Harappa civilization; one of its major centers. It stretched from north of the Hindu Kush down the entire length of the Indus and beyond into peninsular India. The Indus civilization is known only from archaeological evidence. Its origins traditionally were viewed as the result of the diffusion of farming and technology from more
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Siddhartha Gautama Biography Siddhartha Gautama‚ Gautama Buddha‚ Shakyamuni or formally known as Buddha is a famous for his teachings of Buddhism from 563- 483 BCE. It is believed that Buddha was born in present day Nepal. He was born into a royal family‚ his father being Suddhodana‚ an elected chief of the shakya clan‚ and his mother being Queen Maha Maya‚ and‚ was a Koliyan princess. There is a rumor that goes along with Siddhartha’s conceiving. On the said night his mother dreamt that a white
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Ganga river basin is the largest among river basins in India and the fourth largest in the world‚ with a basin (catchment area) covering 8‚ 61‚404 sq km. It has a total length of 2‚525 km‚ out of which 1‚425 km is in Uttaranchal and UP‚ 475 km is in Bihar and 625 km is in West Bengal. Already half a billion people live within the river basin‚ at an average density of over 500 per sq km‚ and this population is projected to increase to over one billion people by the year 2030. The Ganges plains were
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ABSTRACT The world is currently facing extremely difficult challenges in the protection of environment. With the progression and development of the world‚ there is a rapid depletion of natural resources‚ thus increasing the negative environmental impact‚ deteriorating the biosphere balance‚ as a result of which consequences of climate change have become perceptible everywhere in the world. To meet the challenges of continuing growth‚ sustainable development becomes necessary. In light of it‚ a different
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Aryabhatta is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in Kerala‚ South India in 476 AD but later lived in Kusumapura‚ which his commentator Bhaskara I (629 AD) identifies with pataliputra (modern Patna) in Bihar. His first name “Arya” is hardly a south Indian name while “Bhatt” (or Bhatta) is a typical north Indian name even found today specially among the trader community. Aryabhatta studied at the University of Nalanda. One of his major works was Aryabhatiya
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Jharkhand is a newly formed state that was carved out of the state of Bihar. It came into being in November 2000. Since then‚ it is making rapid strides in terms of economic progress. In 2004‚ Jharkhand’s GDP was estimated at $14billion. The population of Jharkhand is about 26.90 million and the sex ratio is 941 females to 1000 males. The tribal population accounts for about 28 percent of the state. 40 percent of the country’s mineral reserves are from Jharkhand. It is the only Indian state to produce
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Assembly and 25 seats from the State in the Lok Sabha. This was yet just a beginning; Indian politics was now to embark on an era of coalition government and the politics of regionalism. Trinamul Congress in West Bengal. Rastriya Janata Dal in Bihar‚ The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its Left Front Partners in West Bengal‚ Kerala‚ and Tripura ‚ TDP in Andhra Pradesh‚ AGP in Assam‚ Samajwadi party and BSP in Uttar Pradesh and National Conference and PDP in Jammu & Kashmir
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IMPACT OF MGNREGA ON THE LIVING CONDITION OF RURAL POOR A STUDY IN THE BARPETA AND MORIGAON DISTRICTS OF ASSAM WRITE UP FOR PRESENTATION IN FINAL REGISTRATION SEMINAR FOR Ph.D DEGREE UNDER GAUHATI UNIVERSITY BY HIMANGSHU KALITA SUPERVISER GOPAL BARDOLOI STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Poverty and unemployment are two acute problems common to most of the underdeveloped economies
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EASSAY Causes of Corruption in PAKISTAN Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It hurts everyone who depends on the integrity of people in a position of authority. Corruption is an evil which has played havoc with the socio-economic development of Pakistan. Corruption is a curse and major hurdle to the progress of Pakistan. Pakistan faces many types of corruption. Commonly known types are 1) Systematic corruption 2) Sporadic (individual) corruption 3) Political
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A Case study on Colgate Palmolive. Even as India once more self-declares its “arrival on the world stage” with a symbol for the Indian rupee‚ a global assessment presents a depressing picture of India’s actual economic performance. In a study whose conclusions were to be expected‚ the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHDI) has revealed that an appropriate index of poverty (and deprivation) finds its incidence in India and elsewhere to be much greater than estimated by the controversy-dogged
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