The Mauryan Empire created a power vacuum that would fill the absence of Alexander the Great. In 320 B.C.E. Chandragupta Maurya began his conquest of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. However‚ the main figure of this dynasty was Ashoka‚ who ruled from 268 B.C.E. until 232 B.C. using a highly organized bureaucracy‚ not unlike the Chinese emperors. Following his death the empire went into decline‚ due in large part to financial problems. It eventually disappeared in 185 B.C.E. Economically
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India has a long history of organized education. The Gurukul system of education is one of the oldest on earth but before that the guru shishya system was extant‚ in which students were taught orally and the data would be passed from one generation to the next. Now everything has changed. New method of education has taken the Indians to the next level. Thus it improved the knowledge and innovative ideas has come up in the minds of the Indians. II. Types of Education There are different types of
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Caste (Oxford India Short Introductions). By SURINDER S. JODHKA. New Delhi: Oxford University Press‚ 2012. xvii‚ 201 pp. Rs 195 (paperback). Surinder S. Jodhka’s monograph Caste provides a concise yet very informative history of the complex reality of caste in India. At the same time‚ the author brings together all the major literature available on the issue into a single thread and thereby taking the reader through the timeline of the changing ideas of caste. Hence‚ the book‚ while newly engaging
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Taxation is the major instrument in the hand of the modern Governments to raise finance to meet expenditure done on various public services. It is a compulsory obligation on the people and the payment of which is the legal duty of the citizens. It may be on their property‚ income and even it may be required to pay at the time of manufacturing and selling or purchasing a commodity. Tax constitute the major source of the government’s income Meaning of Tax The tax is compulsory payment to the
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Essay on Indian Education System To strengthen the Indian Education System‚ an educational policy was adopted by the Indian Parliament in 1968. Education was made an important and integral part of the national development efforts. After independence there has been an effort to spread education to all levels of Indian society. Statistics point to the fact that 99 per cent of children in age group 6-11 years have been enrolled in school. However‚ to bring the remaining into the ambit of universal
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Indian Financial System Introduction Financial system plays a very important role in the development of the country. It is through the financial system that funds get transferred from funds surplus to funds deficient sectors of the country. The fund surplus parts of the economy essentially include households while fund deficient parts of the economy include businesses and government. The financial system acts as an intermediary through which funds are channelized from one part of the economy to
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part‚ as out in the open as it used to be‚ it is still maintained by preserving the social castes today. The presence of a social caste system in today’s society implies truthfulness in Alexander’s statement. When Alexander insisted that American democracy was built on a time when the black person was seen as three fifths the value of a white person‚ she pointed out that America has still maintained a caste system concept that it was built on and it also goes to lengths to preserve power. I agree that
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Indian Legal System The Indian Legal System is one of the oldest legal systems in the entire history of the world. It has altered as well as developed over the past few centuries to absorb inferences from the legal systems across the world. The Constitution of India is the fountainhead of the Indian Legal System. It demonstrates the Anglo-Saxon character of judiciary which is basically drawn from the British Legal System. The primary origins of law: * The Indian Constitution * The Indian
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the whites‚ but the whites have more respect just because of the color of their skin. Jack Kessler Your ethnicity in India does not determine your social status. In India their social hierarchy is organized by your occupation. This system is known as the Caste System. In the 1900’s in the United States your social placement was determined by your race; having Whites
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NAME:-MAYANK DEV TOPIC:-RESERVATION SUMMAURY Caste based reservation in government jobs and higher education was first introduced during the British rule of India as representation through affirmative action in government jobs and higher education for castes traditionally excluded from government jobs and education such as castes of the Shudra Varna (backward castes) and Dalits (scheduled castes). Objectives of Reservation: 1:-Uplift lower strata of society 2:-Ensure proper political representation
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