made." Apart from Einstein Will Durant‚ American historian stated that "India was the motherland of our race‚ and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother‚ through the Arabs‚ of much of our mathematics; mother‚ through the Buddha‚ of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother‚ through the village community‚ of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all". One of the essential features about the Vedic
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The Apotheosis of Zebu‚ or Why the Cow Is Sacred in Hinduism‚" by Frank J. Korom; Asian Folklore Studies (2000)). In honor of the Buddha‚ he reduced the tax burden on the village of Buddha’s birth‚ Lumbini (according to "Historical Memory without History‚" by Romila Thapar; Economic and Political Weekly (2007)). Likened to the Roman Emperor Constantine spreading Christianity‚ Ashoka helped spread Buddhism beyond the Indian subcontinent into Asia. The Ancient Conquerors Conquerors pursue their
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Professor Sistrunk History 101 March 7‚ 2012 Edicts of Ashoka The Edicts of Ashoka are a group of writings on the pillars of Ashoka‚ as well as boulders and cave walls‚ made by the Emperor Ashoka These writings are spread throughout the areas of modern-day Bangladesh‚ India‚ Nepal and Pakistan and represent the first concrete evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the first wide expansion of Buddhism through the support of one of the most powerful kings of Indian history. According to
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indicator to understand global well-being. “Creating the environment which imparts equal status to women in family‚ society and country is the sole motive behind various facets of programmes being run for women empowerment.” –Pratiba Patel‚ President of India (Express newspaper apr.14‚ 2011) Though Women have a unique position in every society whether developed‚ developing or underdeveloped‚ she still belongs to a class or group of society which is in disadvantaged position on account of several social
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CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION “History has come to a stage when the moral man‚ the complete man‚ is more and more giving way‚ almost without knowing it‚ to make room for the commercial man‚ the man of limited purpose. This process aided by the wonderful progress in science‚ is assuming gigantic proportion and power causing the upset of man’s moral balance‚ obscuring his human side under the shadow of soul-less organization.”- Rabindranath Tagore‚ Nationalism‚ 1917. Aristotle felt that the purpose of
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Indian architecture encompasses a wide variety of geographically and historically spread structures‚ and was transformed by the history of the Indian subcontinent. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that‚ although it is difficult to identify a single representative style‚ nonetheless retains a certain amount of continuity across history. The diversity of Indian culture is represented in its architecture. It is a blend of ancient and varied native traditions‚ with building
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never allowed to recite the Vedas or even witness a Vedic ritual. When social hierarchies began to be created in association with the creation of cities worldwide‚ social developments generally resulted in the restriction of the rights of women. In India‚ women began to be subjugated more and more to family and husband and began to lose their role as independent actors. But as soon as the early urban period had come to fruition‚ perhaps as early as 400 CE‚ women began to participate as direct actors
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Structure of the organised banking sector in India. Number of banks are in brackets. Banking in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Banking in India originated in the last decades of the 18th century. The oldest bank in existence in India is the State Bank of India‚ a government-owned bank that traces its origins back to June 1806 and that is the largest commercial bank in the country. Central banking is the responsibility of the Reserve Bank of India‚ which in 1935 formally took over these
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India Around 2000 B.C. people called Aryan started invading India. This process continued to approximately 1000 B.C. Aryan tribes were led by kings. The Aryans conquered the native population‚ intermarried with it and settled in peasant villages. The Aryans brought their religion to India. The various sacrifices of the Aryan cults were accompanied by chanted hymns. These hymns comprised the first great religion work of the Aryans - the Rig Veda. The Veda and the Brahmins‚ the priests‚ came
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randomly c. is to write fast d. is to do speed writing Direction for questins 6 to 15: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each. 6. Football evokes a ___ response in India compared to cricket‚ that almost ___ the nation. a. tepid ... boiling b. lukewarm ... electrifies c. turbid ... fascinating d. apocryphal ... genuinely fascinates 7. Social studies‚ science matters of health and safety‚ the very atmosphere of the
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