country. Centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley‚ including some at the Kathmandu Durbar Square‚ the Patan Durbar Squar‚ the Bhaktapur Durbar Square‚ the Changu Narayan Temple and the Swayambhunath Stupa. Geophysicists and other experts had warned for decades that Nepal was vulnerable to a deadly earthquake‚ particularly because of its geology‚ urbanization‚ and architecture.[19][20] [21] A major aftershock occurred on 12 May 2015 at 12:51 NST with
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The Influence of Western Culture on Indian Art The Influence of Western Culture on Indian Art The modern Indian art traces its roots to colonial era when western influences were highly felt when Indian artists started to draw inspiration‚ styles and techniques from western schools established during this time. Indian artists also internalized the western artistic designs and successfully used them to portray Indian social themes. Indian art is today composed of many western elements as
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the water and pick it up as soon as anything falls on it. And truly‚ you would never find even a single leaf floating on the surface. The lake premises can be reached by walking for a short distance from the entrance. A small Buddhist shrine and a Stupa with numerous prayer flags around can be visited in the lake premises. A wooden boardwalk leads to the lake and visitors must remove their footwear before walking on it. Numerous prayer wheels are lined up along the
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MINISTRY OF NATURE‚ ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM‚ MONGOLIA HOW TO DEVELOP TOURISM IN UMNUGOBI PROVINCE MRS.BAYASGALAN SARANJAV SENIOR OFFICER OF TOURISM DEPARTMENT CONTENTS: BACKGROUND OF THE COUNTRY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES TOURISM POLICIES TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF UMNUGOBI HOW TO DEVELOP TOURISM IN UMNUGOBI? MONGOLIA Country status: At 1‚564‚116 square kilometre‚ Mongolia is the 17th largest and the most sparsely populated country in the world‚ with a population
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Fatehpur Sikri :- Akbar Bara Imambara (Lucknow) :- Asaf-ul-Daula Sher Shah Mausoleum (Tomb of Sher Shah Suri ) :- Aliwal Khan Mahabodhi Temple :- Ashoka Chanderi Fort (Keerthi Durgam) :- Pratihara Kings Bhopal city :- Raja Boja Paramar Great Stupa of Sanji :- Ashoka Jahas Mahal (Mandu‚Mlava‚Madhya Pradesh) :- Giyas-ud-din Q1. Which movie has won best movie award at 14th IIFA-2013? Ans. Barfi Q2. Recently‚ which state has launched the “Phulwari” scheme to tackle malnutrition? Ans. Chhattisgarh
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Classical China and Classical India Classical China and Classical India are one of the most unique early civilizations during the Classical Period. They are known for their contributions to its modern world. China and India are similar and different in many ways. Both China and India had many similarities and differences in politics‚ economics‚ and religion. The Qin and Han dynasties of Classical China developed a kind of government called bureaucracy. The Qin stressed central authority
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held Gyalpo Shugden (Dolgyal) as the supreme refuge and the embodiment of all the Three Jewels. Many monks from minor monasteries in the southern area‚ supposedly possessed by Shugden‚ ran madly in all directions destroying images‚ scriptures and stupas) and so
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Brief History of Nepal The history of Nepal (नेपालको इतिहास) is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two dominant neighbors‚ India and China. Due to the arrival of disparate settler groups from outside through the ages‚ it is now a multi-ethnic‚ multi-cultural‚ multi-lingual country. Its population is predominantly Hindu with significant presence of Buddhists‚ who were in majority at one time in the past. Nepal was split in three kingdoms from the 15th to 18th century
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How did Doegyal gain Immense Popularity? Je Pabongka composed the Shugden´s life-entrustment ritual on the insistence by Shugden himself. Pabongka conferred the Shugden Life-Entrustment practice for the first time in 1921. However‚ in 1935‚ he went to meet his teacher Takpo Dorjechang Pema Benza in the hope of obtaining a reliable source of the practice‚ which he needed desperately. The pro-Shugden followers say that the Life-Entrustment practice originated from the pure vision of Takpo Dorjeechang
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Name Date 12-17-12 Homework AP World Homework: Read from 218‚ starting with “Jainism” through 222 to answer the following questions. 1. According to legend‚ how did Mahavira start Jainism? A. According to legend‚ Mahavira started Jainism by leaving his home at the age of thirty to seek salvation by escaping from the cycle of incarnation‚ he lived an ascetic life in the Ganges Valley in which he achieved enlightenment‚ and he then taught an ascetic doctrine of detachment
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