PROGRAMME FOR HISTORY SUBJECT SECONDARY SCHOOL TOPIC: HINDUISM FRAME 1. Hinduism is considered to be the oldest religions of the world. It made significant progress during the Golden Age of the Guptas. (i) Which is considered to be the oldest religion of the world? (ii) During which age Hinduism made a great progress? Answer (i) Hinduism (ii) Golden Age of the Guptas FRAME 2. Main tenets of Hinduism are: (i) Belief in an Omnipotent God. (ii) This belief does not debar them from worshipping
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Unity In Diversity India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and boasts of many ethnic groups following different cultures and religions. Being a diverse civilization‚ India is a land of myriad tongue with over 1650 spoken languages and dialects. Despite of different cultures‚ religions and languages‚ people of India live together with love and brotherhood. The immense unity in diversity makes India an example of cultural brotherhood. Each and every region of the country from Jammu &
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KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY POWER DHARAMBANDHU Education plays a major role in nurturing human talent and potential which in turn enhances their ethical values and enables them to become self reliant and achieve prosperity. One of the major intellects of his time Swami Dayanand Saraswati said that education is a tool through which a person achieves knowledge‚ civility‚ righteousness and control over his senses and because of which the darkness of illiteracy‚ immorality‚ vanity and …………… are destroyed
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NEHRU’S ‘THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA’ A Brief Study JAGDISH V. DAVE M. N. College‚ Visnagar (NG)‚ Gujarat The Discovery of India is‚ in fact‚ the discovery or Nehru’s rich and graceful personality. It gives us glimpses into the manifold aspects of this great man symbolised for many years the youth of our rejuvenated race awakened after long slumber. What was the essential self of Pandit Nehru? He was a politician by accident as he himself confessed‚ a thinker and a humanist by
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Bhagvad Gita Reflection Paper Ariston Carter Prof. John Dalrymple World Religions 205 July 12‚ 2011 While perusing through the Bhagvad Gita‚ one of the most important books in the Mahaabbharata‚ certain elements must be analyzed and recognized as critical to understanding the complex religious and social system that is Hinduism. These elements include karma‚ reincarnation‚ yoga‚ and dharma. Beginning with karma‚ we must first identify what it is before we relate it to Hinduism. Karma is the
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The Story of India is a documentary series created by the BBC that explores the 10 000-year history‚ diversity and legacy of India. For over two millennia‚ India has been at the centre of world history. It comprises of one of the richest culture of the world. This documentary helped me in exploring the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples‚ cultures and landscapes. This piece of art helps me in understanding the origin of Indian civilization. The first question in everyone’s mind that
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Bharat‚ India And Nature By Sandeep Singh‚ February 2013 [sandeepconsultant@gmail.com] * 1 Chapter : In recent times the nation has witnessed a debate on ‘Bharat’ and ‘India’. The word “Bharat” has been essentially used by marketers to define rural India and unfortunately‚ this is the only language understood by most in media. However‚ for the rest‚ ‘Bharat’ and ‘India’ represent a cultural difference. The difference of ‘East and West’ has become difference of ‘Bharat and India’ or to a great
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The Bhagavad Gita as translated by Juan Mascaro is a poem based on ancient Sanskrit literature contained in eighteen chapters. The period of time‚ around which it was written‚ although it is merely an educated guess‚ was approximately 500 BCE. " there are a few archaic words and expressions‚ some of the greatest scholars have considered it pre-Buddhistic‚ i.e. about 500 BC‚" (Bhagavad Gita‚ xxiv). This quote is found in the introduction to the book and further explains that the exact time it was
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Indian Home Rule or Hind Swaraj Mohandas K. Gandhi H IND S WARAJ OR I NDIAN H OME RULE Original editor & publisher (1938): Jitendra T. Desai Navajivan Publishing House (Navajivan Mudranalaya) Ahmedabad 380014 India Translation of “Hind Swaraj”‚ published in the Gujarat columns of Indian Opinion. 11th and 18th December‚ 1909 ISBN 81-7229-070-5 Published by Yann FORGET A on 20th July 2003‚ with LTEX 2ε . c Navajivan Trust‚ 1938 2 Contents I Hind Swaraj or Indian Home
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seeing my kinsmen standing with desire to fight‚ my limbs fail and my mouth becomes dry” “I see no use of killing my kinsmen in battle” 2. For homework‚ apply your understanding of dharma to Arjuna’s dilemma. Pretend you are the Hindu god‚ Krishna. Write a two-paragraph letter to Arjuna. Give him advice on what he should do and why. Be sure that your response answers the Focus Question: How does Arjuna’s dilemma in the Bhagavadgita teach the concept of dharma? Arjuna‚ I understand
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