Introduction: Culture is the set of patterns of human activity within a society or social group and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Customs‚ laws‚ popular styles‚ social standards‚ and traditions are all examples of cultural elements. The term culture refers to a state of intellectual development . The social and political forces that influence the growth of a human being are defined as culture. Culture is a total way of life shared by a people in a society.
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History of India [pic] The History of India can be traced in fragments to as far back as 700‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ one of the oldest in the world‚ dates back at least 5‚000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis‚ the Aryans‚ a nomadic people‚ possibly from Central Asia or northern Iran migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. Their inter-mingling with the earlier Dravidian cultures apparently resulted
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Alexander 336-323 B.C.E. King of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon Tutored by the philosopher Aristotle until the age 16 Succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of 20 Spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Asia Had created one of the largest empires in the ancient world by the age of thirty Overthrew the Persian king Darius III and conquered the entirety of the First Persian Empire Undefeated in battle and considered one
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Kinesics and Proxemics in Hindu Culture Culture is relative. Like many of the traditions and social behaviors depicted in this world‚ culture is not something that can be embedded within an individual at birth‚ it is simply not biological. Certain ceremonies and traditions practiced around the world have various meanings and gestures in comparison to one another. Kinesics and Proxemics are very terms that describe the behaviors and patterns depicted by individuals in a certain culture and are
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On the other hand‚ a religious framework would not be entirely sufficient to express the idea of India‚ Since it has been inhabiting 6 major religions since ancient times‚ It gave birth to two major religions Jainism and Buddhism displaying the innate spirituality pervading in Indian soil. What is Idea of India ? The heterogeneous strands of India like region‚ religion‚ caste‚ clans‚ tribes are bound by a single thread‚ which can be termed as Idea of India.
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Ayurveda (Sanskrit Āyurveda आयुर्वेद‚ "life-knowledge"; )or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to the Indian subcontinent . The oldest known ayurvedic texts are the Suśruta Saṃhitā and the Charaka Saṃhitā. These Classical Sanskrit encyclopedias of medicine are among the foundational and formally compiled works of ayurveda. Since Ayurveda is really the generic term for "traditional medicine" in India‚ actual practice may be widely divergent. Descriptively‚ one may either
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There are some parts of the world that once visited get into your heart and won’t let go. For me India is such a place when I first visited‚ I was stunned by the richness of the land by its lush beauty and exotic architecture by its ability to overload its senses with the pure‚ concentrated intensity of its colors‚ smells‚ tastes and souls. It was as if all my life I was seeing the world in black and white and when brought face-to-face with India‚ experienced every thing rendered in brilliant Technicolor
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” It was used as a religious symbol that many people used in worship. Possibly originating in Neolithic Eurasia‚ it might have represented the movement of the sun (“History”). In current day‚ the symbol is still sacred to Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Jainism (“History”). These religions commonly have it painted on temples and monuments in India. The use of the swastika faded away up until it became popular once more during the late 1800s when German archaeologist Hernrich Schliemann stumbled across the
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teacher’s home and complete their education. Although the ancient system of education has produced many geniuses and still a major area of research. Women and people of lower castes gradually lost their right to educate themselves. The spread of Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ Bhakti and Sufi movements did have some liberating effects on the condition of the women. But it is the English language and the reformation movements of the 19th century that had the most liberating effect in pre-independent India. Thus
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Religious Freedom What is meant by religious rights IV Christianity in the United States 4.1 Protestantism 4.2 Baptists 4.3 Lutheranism 4.4 Restorationism 4.5 Evangelicalism 4.6 Roman Catholic V Judaism VI Islam VII Buddhism VIII Hinduism IX Jainism X Agnosticism‚ atheism‚ deism and humanism Belief in the existence of a god 10 Biggest Churches in United States ------------------------------------------------- References I. The role of religion in our life. Religion can be explained as
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