The Munda are tribal (Adivasi) people of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region. They are found across much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Odisha ‚ West Bengal‚ Chhattisgahr ‚ Bihar and into parts of Bangladesh. Their language is Mundari‚ which belongs to the Munda subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family * Mostly Munda people follow the Sarna religion‚ believing in a god called Singbonga. * However one-fourth of them have adopted Christianity.[citation needed] * The surname
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Bangladesh‚ see History of Pakistan and History of Bangladesh. "Indian history" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Native American history. Part of a series on the | History of India | | Chronology of Indian history | Ancient India | Prehistoric India and Vedic India Religions‚ Society‚ Mahajanapadas | Mauryan PeriodEconomy‚ Spread of Buddhism‚Chanakya‚ Satavahana Empire | The Golden AgeDiscoveries‚ Aryabhata‚Ramayana‚ Mahabharata | Medieval India | The Classical AgeGurjara-PratiharaPala
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Andia‚ Nicole Jimenez A.P World History‚ P.2 11/21/14 Research Writing on Pattachitra Art Pattachitra is a well-known traditional cloth painting in India‚ mostly from Orissa and West Bengal. The paintings are done by artists who are known as chitrakaras. These paintings are also inspired by Jaggannath and the Vaishnava cult‚ and they represent stories of Hindu deities. Pattachitra use to be a form of art that was dying by the early 50s of the last century since the kings did not condescend the
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Scientists Solved the Mystery behind Bengal White Tigers Scientists from Peking University‚ Beijing in May 2013 discovered that a change in single amino acid (A477V) in one pigmentation relate gene (SLC45A2) is the cause of white fur or sepia brown stripes in some tigers. The scientists studied 16 captive white tigers from three different parents to come up with the conclusion. As per the scientists‚ two types of melanin namely pheomelanin and eumelanin are used for identifying the color of
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than us and have long arms because they are bipedal which means they walk using both their hands and feet. The oldest Australopithecine skeleton was named Lucy and found in Afar‚ Ethiopia. There are three humanlike species that arose during the prehistoric time. They are collectively called as Homos. a.) Homo habilis b.) Homo erectus c.) Homo sapiens a. Neanderthals b. Cro-magnons To begin with‚ Homo habilis are also known as “man of skills”. They lived during the first
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Sati (practice) "Ceremony of Burning a Hindu Widow with the Body of her Late Husband"‚ from Pictorial History of China and India‚ 1851. Satī (Devanagari: सती‚ the feminine of sat "true"; also called suttee)[4] is a religious funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recentlywidowed Hindu woman either voluntarily or by use of force and coercion immolates herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.[1] The practice is rare and has been outlawed in India since 1829.[2] The
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Pre-historic hunter gatherers Subject: History Lesson: Pre-historic hunter gatherers Course Developers: 2.1: Telling our story: hominid evolution and the stone age 2.2: Palaeolithic cultures 2.3: Mesolithic cultures Pre-historic hunter gatherers 2.1: Telling our story: hominid evolution and the stone age Understanding hominid evolution: in search of ourselves In biological terms‚ evolution means that living organisms have their origin in other pre-existing forms and biological
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Indian Art is the art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BC to modern times. To viewers schooled in the Western tradition‚ Indian art may seem overly ornate and sensuous; appreciation of its refinement comes only gradually‚ as a rule. Voluptuous feeling is given unusually free expression in Indian culture. A strong sense of design is also characteristic of Indian art and can be observed in its modern as well as in its traditional forms. The vast scope of the art of
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The Current Position of the Textile Industry in Bangladesh Today‚ the textile industry of Bangladesh can be divided into the three main categories: the public sector‚ handloom sector‚ and the organized private sector. Each of these sectors has its advantages and disadvantages. Currently‚ the organized private sector dominates‚ and is also expanding at the fastest rate. Public Sector The public sector is that portion of the industry controlled by organizations that are part of the government
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magical." (Roger Bacon) Prehistoric art can be several things‚ from little stone figurines to paintings on the walls of caves. The term “prehistoric” actually tells us that the culture that produced the artwork didn’t have a written language. Prehistoric artwork can be found all over the world. A lot of artists and historians believe that at the core of each action to create prehistoric art was a ritual act or ceremony in some way.’ As everyone else‚ prehistoric people understood the world
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