agriculture 1. Harvest two crops in a year‚ help support large population g. Formative period – Vedic and Epic ages – Aryan migrants – hunting and herding peoples 1. Knowledge passed down through epics written in Sanskrit – Vedas a. Mahabharata b. Ramayana c. Upanishads 2. Aryans settled‚ made tight-knit villages a. Families patriarchal‚ connected across generation b. Aryans created social classes a. Warrior/governing – Kshatriyas b. Priests – Brahmins c. Traders/farmers – Vaisyas d. Common
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‚ 2012. Pop art on Saswata Chatterjee ’s character. [Online] Available at: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-22/news-interviews/31224239_1_sujoy-ghosh-fan-frenzy-character [Accessed 10 April 2013]. Murthy‚ K.M.K.‚ 2001. Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda in Prose. [Online] Available at: http://www.valmikiramayan.net/ayodhya/sarga11/ayodhya_11_prose.htm [Accessed 10 April 2013]. OneIndia.com‚ 2012. Vidya Balan ’s Kahaani Guest House‚ now a tourist hotspot in Kolkata. [Online] Available
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R. K. Narayan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Not to be confused with K. R. Narayanan. R. K. Narayan | | Born | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami 10 October 1906 Madras‚ British India (now Chennai‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India) | Died | 13 May 2001 (aged 94) Chennai | Occupation | Writer | Nationality | Indian | Genres | Fiction‚ mythology and non-fiction | Notable award(s) | Padma Vibhushan‚ Sahitya Akademi Award‚ AC Benson Medal | Influenced[show] | R.
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Technology The earliest evidence of technological progress in the India is to be found in the remains of Harappan civilization (4000-3000 BC.). Archaeological remains point to the existence of well planned urban centres the boasted of private and public dwelling laid out in orderly fashion along with roads and drainage systems completing them. The drainage systems are particularly remarkable for the times since they are built underground and constructed in a manner to allow for regular cleaning
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In a nation that produces around 800 films a year Indian people see films a a very important part of their culture. For Indian people "cinema is integral to their lives; it is not a distant‚ two to three hour distraction‚ but an explicit life-style for them."(Jaya Ramanathan). The large screen provides an alternative‚ an escape from the realities of day-to-day life. The protagonists are totally identified with‚ the hero is applauded‚ the virtuous is worshipped and the villain is condemned. The actors
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HINDUISM Historical basis of Hinduism: Hinduism does not have a founder. Its origins can be traced back as far as 3500 B.C.E‚ the date given for the civilisation of the Indus Valley. ‘Hindu’ derives from the word ‘Sindu”‚ the word the Persians gave to the Indus River. This civilisation included a religion that centred on the worship of fertility gods and goddesses. In 1500 B.C.E‚ the nomadic tribal group‚ the Aryans invaded India. They brought with them the worshipping of nature gods‚ an economic
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THE INDIAN RELIGIONS The Indus Valley Civilization Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (2500 – 1500 B.C.) - trade‚ commerce‚ domestic‚ sewage system‚ drainages‚ buildings‚ establishments‚ streets‚ paved roads‚ fortresses‚ urban planning‚ infrastructure‚ peaceful civilizations - indigenous Indian people – Dravidian‚ language – Dravidian or Indo-Aryan - declined between 1800 – 1700 B.C.E.‚ possibly due to the effects of flooding and drought - Aryan (‘Noble Ones’) Invasion/Migration - nomadic tribe located
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In 1913 the Quaid-i-Azam joined the All India Muslim League without abandoning the membership of the Congress of which he had been an active member for some years. But this membership of the two organizations ended in December 1920. On the occasion of the special session at Nagpur the Congress adopted a new creed which permitted the use of unconstitutional means and decided to resort to non-violent non-co-operation for the attainment of self-government. The new policy and programme in essence envisaged
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Legalism dominant belief system of the Qin rulers. Qin Shihuangdi first emperor recentralized various feudal kingdoms that had split apart at the end of the Zhou Dynasty standardized all the laws‚ currencies‚ weights‚ measures‚ and systems of writing; refused to tolerate any dissent whatsoever burn books and kill scholars if dissent occurred in the book or mind. Confucianism emerged in the classical period; emphasized education as the key to moral improvement. became the most important
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