The Pyramids Place- Egypt They were built as tombs. Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of 7 wonders of ancient world. It is the tallest man- made structure in the world. It took 15- 20 yrs in its construction. The Taj Mahal Place- Agra (bank of river Yamuna)‚ India. The tomb is made up of white marble. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. It’s the symbol of eternal love. It took 22 yrs & 20‚000 workers to complete it. The Great Wall of China
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Medieval period Krishna at Goddesss Radharani’s feet Indian women’s position in society further deteriorated during the medieval period‚[7][14] whenSati‚ child marriages and a ban on remarriage by widows became part of social life in some communities in India. The Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent brought purdah to Indian society. Among the Rajputs of Rajasthan‚ the Jauhar was practised. In some parts of India‚ the Devadasis or temple women were sexually exploited. Polygamy was widely
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2.1) Property law in PRE-MUGHAL PERIOD: Before Mughals period tenure system of ownership of land during ancient period is too. The question arises on ownership of land has been very large discussion issue amongst economic historians‚ which led them in a conclusions which are largely confined into two options‚ first is the state ownership and second is the peasant ownership. There are many combinations of the states & peasant rights which have been suggested earlier. The king don’t have any kind of
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English Assignment No.:1 Assignment On: Composition PREPARED FOR: Lecturer Nasrin Farzana PREPARED BY Batch: BBA 051 B 051 15879 Md. Majharul Haque Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH Dhanmondi‚ Dhaka. 1 PAHELA BAISHAKH Bangla New Year or Pohela Boishakh marks the first day of the Bangla Calendar. Pohela Boishakh is celebrated with great fervour in the South Asian region of Bengal (Bangladesh and Indian/West Bengal) and among Bengali communities living in
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Empress of the Mughal Empire that covered much of the Indian subcontinent. She was an aunt of Empress Mumtaz Mahal‚ Emperor Shah Jahan’s wife for whom the Taj Mahal was made. Begum Nur Jahan was the twentieth and favourite wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir‚ who was her second husband. The story of the couple’s infatuation for each other and the relationship that abided between them is the stuff of many (often apocryphal) legends. She remains historically significant for the sheer amount of imperial
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The Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is by Miguel Cabrera and was created around 1750. The artwork depicts a portrait of a Catholic nun‚ Sor Juana. The artwork is located in Latin America in the Spanish colonies of Mexico. Sor Juana joined the religious order of the Catholic Church and became a nun in order to pursue her intellectual interests. Sor Juana is depicted looking straight at the view and the iconography of the portrait is quite typical of nun portraits from 18th century Mexico. She
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contributions of some exceptional women shaped what we call the Mughal state. Introduction This paper can find its inception in Indu Sudareasn’s intriguing book‚ “The Twentieth Wife” which dealt with the life of Nur Jahan’s life and her love story with Jahangir. But in order to exalt her position delved deep into the harem politics of the Mughal State. The female characters of this book were an enigmatic lot‚ drawing an extreme amount of influence on from emperors Akbar to Shahjahan and while well hidden
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meaning‚ and finally‚ they give form to the immaterial ideas and feelings (A World of Art‚ 2010) Two works of art that distinguish artistic roles very well are Jahangir in Darbar‚ and Claude Monet’s representation of Gare Saint-Lazare. In the painting Jahangir in Darbar‚ the artist makes a visual record of an audience that Jahangir is holding at court. This allows observers to place themselves in this setting. Also‚ the diversity of the crowd signifies the ethnic and religious tolerance of the
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------------------------------------------------- Mughal emperors The Mughal era is a historic period of the Mughal Empire in South Asia (mainly Northern India‚ North Eastern Pakistan and Bangladesh). It ran from the early 15th century to a point in the early 18th century The imperial family directly descended from two of the worlds greatest conquerors[citation needed]: Genghis Khan‚ founder of the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world; and the Amir‚ The Mughal Empire lasted for
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AKBAR Akbar (Hindustani: [əkbər]; 14 October 1542 – 27 October 1605)‚ known as Akbar the Great‚ was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death. He was the third and greatest ruler of the Mughal Dynasty in India. Akbar succeeded his father‚ Humayun‚ under a regent‚Bairam Khan‚ who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general‚ Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include nearly all of the Indian Subcontinent north of
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