concern among some Company officials about being seen as foreign rulers. They argued that the Company should try to win over its subjects by outdoing the region’s previous rulers in the support of indigenous learning. Guided by this belief‚ the Benares Sanskrit College was founded in Varanasi in 1791 during the administration of Lord Cornwallis. The promotion of knowledge of Asia had attracted scholars as well to the Company’s service. Earlier‚ in 1784‚ the Asiatick Society had been founded in Calcutta
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inscription‚ dated 575 AD‚ was found in the Rayalaseema region and is attributed to the Renati Cholas‚ who broke with the prevailing custom of using Sanskrit and began writing royal proclamations in the local language. During the next fifty years‚ Telugu inscriptions appeared in Anantapuram and other neighboring regions. Telugu was more influenced by Sanskrit and Prakrit during this period‚ which corresponded to the advent of Telugu literature. This literature was initially found in inscriptions and poetry
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May 8‚ 2013 LUMBINI ‚ THE BIRTH LAND OF THE BUDDHA‚ FROM THE MAGAR HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC STANDPOINT Posted by The Himalayan Voice: [The Lumbini Ashokan Pillar standing by the ‘Maya Devi Temple’ in Lumbini Garden speaks the fact. The writing on the pillar‚- ‘hida bhagabvam jateti Lummnigame’ – exclusively provides a proof that the Buddha was born in present Nepal’s Lumbini some 2600 years ago. It is therefore worth the time discussing lexical importance of – ‘Lummini+game’ i.e. ‘Lumbini’ also
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INDIA / HINDU LITERATURE LOCATION * India is the most populous nation (after China) and seventh largest in area. * Located in South Asia on the Indian subcontinent. * About 3000 km ( 1865 mi) wide and has‚ 7000 km (4350 mi ) along the Bay of Bangal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. * India’s land frontier of about 5700 km ( 3540 mi) is shared with Pakistan on the west; with China‚ Nepal‚ and Bhutan on the north; and with Bangladesh‚ and Burma on the east. India’s seventh
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the grandmother of legend‚ and the great grand mother of tradi*on. Our most valuable and most construc*ve materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only” Mark Twain "India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. India was the mother of our philosophy‚ of much of our mathema*cs‚ of the ideals embodied in chris*anity... of self‐government and democracy. In many ways‚ Mother India is the mother of us all."
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of mankind‚ the dweller in Arabia‚ Ye have collected a great force to kill the Devil and you yourself have been protected from the malecha opponents." The Prophecy clearly states: The name of the Prophet as Mohammad. He will belong to Arabia. The Sanskrit word Marusthal means a sandy track of land or a desert. Special mention is made of the companions of the Prophet‚ i.e. the Sahabas. No other Prophet had as many companions as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). He is referred as the pride of mankind (Parbatis
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nuclear explosion. Survivors were thrown back to the Stone Age. As a proof a heavy layer of radio active ash was found at 10 miles west of Jodhpur‚ Rajasthan‚ India covering 3 square km with the blast dating back to 8‚000 12‚000 years. As per old Sanskrit books it should be 15‚000 years back. Also a high rate of birth defects and cancers were reported in this area as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is believed that the Atlantis did
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baka with the modern kanji 馬鹿. Etymologies[edit] Although the origins of baka are uncertain‚ Japanese scholars have proposed various etymologies and folk etymologies. The two most widely cited are a Classical Chinese idiom and a loanword from Sanskrit. First‚ the oldest hypothesis suggests that baka originated as a Chinese literary "allusion to a historical fool"‚ the Qin Dynasty traitor Zhao Gao (d. 207 BCE).[4] This etymology first appears in the (c. 1548) Unbo irohashu 運歩色葉集 dictionary‚
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AP World Final Study Guide Definitions up to 600 BCE: Paleolithic: The period of the stone age associated with the evolution of humans (Old Stone Age‚ and was a time of nomads and hunter gatherers) Neolithic Revolution: Agricultural Revolution in the New Stone Age Pastoralists: A way a life dependent on large herds of small and large stock (Africa and Central Asia) Hunter-Gatherers: A way of life of people who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering edible plants and insects
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is based on the legend of Trojan war. Iliad means the tale of ilios or the tale of troy. It narrates the story of the Greek struggle to rescue Helen‚ from Trojans‚ the wrath of Achilles and subsequent destruction of Troy. 2. Mahabharata by Vyasa (Sanskrit) - Mahabharata is one of the great Indian epic compiled around 8th century BC. This epic
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