others-centered 4) Follow 8 fold path Siddhartha rejects caste system believes in reincarnation The Land of India • 110 languages • 1‚000 dialects • Indian subcontinent shaped like a triangle hanging from the southern ridge of Asia • Himalaya • Ganges River • Deccan • Monsoon- seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro • 35‚000 inhabitants-Harappa • 35‚000-40‚000- Mohjeno Daro • Broad streets ran in north to south direction • Crossed streets ran from east to west •
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Tehri Dam| | Location of Tehri Dam| Country|India| Location|Uttarakhand[->0]| Coordinates|30°22′40″N 78°28′50″ECoordinates[->1]: 30°22′40″N 78°28′50″E| Status|Operational| Construction began|1978| Opening date|2006| Construction cost|US$1 billion| Owner(s)|Tehri Hydro Development Corporation| Dam and spillways| Type of dam[->2]|Embankment[->3]‚ earth and rock-fill| Height|260.5 m (855 ft)| Length|575 m (1‚886 ft)| Crest width|20 m (66 ft)| Base width|1‚128 m (3‚701 ft)| Impounds|Bhagirathi
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Nanda Dynasty (345–321 BCE) Mahapadma Nanda Ugrasena (from 345 BCE)‚ illegitimate son of Mahanandin‚ founded the Nanda Empire after inheriting Mahanandin’s empire Pandhuka Panghupati Bhutapala Rashtrapala Govishanaka Anal Dashasidkhaka Kaivarta Dhana (Agrammes‚ Xandrammes) (until 321 BCE)‚ lost his empire to Chandragupta Maurya after being defeated by him Maurya Dynasty (324–184 BC) Chandragupta Maurya (Chandragupta The Great) (Sandrakottos) (324–301 BC)‚The greatest emperor of ancient
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ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN INDIA BY DIVISION OF EDUCATION SERVICES (VISITOR SERVICES) NMNH (MoEF)‚ NEW DELHI ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN INDIA • Critically Endangered species in India According to the Red Data Book of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)‚ there are 47 critically endangered species in India (As of 5 September 2011 (2011-0905) • The Red list of 2012 is out on 18 february 2012 at Rio +20 Earth Summit. Red List has listed 132 species of plants and animals as Critically Endangered
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India’s booming urbanization brings the problem of waste management. The amount of waste is increasing at a high pace and waste management is likely to become a critical issue in the coming years. Rag pickers play an important‚ but usually unrecognised role in the waste management system of Indian cities. They collect garbage in search of recyclable items that can be sold to scrap merchant (paper‚ plastic‚ tin...). This activity require no skills and is a source of income for a growing number of
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e Ganges‚ or as it known in India‚ the Ganga‚ is a river of stories. Scholars have collected many tales about this river that springs from a dozen sources on the roof of the world. Each of the stories shares the theme that Ganga‚ daughter of the Himalaya‚ is persuaded to shed her purifying waters on the sinful Earth and thus bring salvation to humanity. The Ganga is the great collector of Himalayan snows. The many sources of the Ganga flow south and east from melting glaciers in these highlands
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Islamic and Hindu Kingdoms • In 451 C.E‚ white Huns from central Asia invaded India and disrupted the gupta administration • Turkish people known as the Mughals extended their authority and their empire to much of the subcontinent. The quest for centralized imperial rule • In northern India‚ politics became chaotic and nomadic Turkish speaking peoples from central Asia took advantage of that unsettled state of affairs to cross the Kyler pass and force their way into India • Nomadic people
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through the scriptures of the Aryans- the Vedas (more of which will be discussed later). Beliefs of the Indus people have been determined through archaeological finds. The Aryans‚ now with adopted Indus beliefs‚ extended their settlements toward the Ganges River. By 1000 B.C.E‚ the Aryan culture had become predominant in northern India. Even with India under Muslim and British rules‚ it did little to affect the grassroots level on traditional Hindu society. Nothing was able to threaten its stability
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Atal Behari Vajpayee has now retired from active politics. Charasmatic leader and face of modern India‚ Pramod Mahajan was killed in a tragic incident. Stalwarts like Govindacharya and Jaswant Singh were thrown out. Prime Ministerial candidate Murli Manohar Joshi has been made to sit on the sidelines with no influence on national level politics. L K Advani is close to retirement years and firebrand Sushma Swaraj hasn’t proved to be a winner yet. That leaves the party with only one leader of mass
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Prohibition was when the government made the using selling and making of alcohol highly illegal . This had many affects on our way of life which you can still find there’s changes in our society today . After the government made alcohol illegal many people still tried ways to make money selling the illegal product . One thing that happened in many large cities was the rise of speakeasies . Theses were like our now day bar people would go out to have a drink and just have a good time allround . Prohibition
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