The Harappan Civilization some several thousand years ago there once thrived a civilization in the Indus Valley. Located in what ’s now Pakistan and western India‚ it was the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. (1) The Indus Valley Civilization‚ as it is called‚ covered an area the size of western Europe. It was the largest of the four ancient civilizations of Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ India and China. However‚ of all these civilizations the least is known about the Indus Valley people
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study on the financial sustainability of village internet centers in rural Menon‚ R.‚ 2007. Danger signals for India’s biodiversity. http://www.boloji.com/environment/102.htm Prahalad‚ C.K.‚ 2006 Shiva‚ V.‚ 2004. An open letter to the finance minister. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?224354 Shiva‚ V.‚ 2006
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applied to verses in a uniform manner. * The history of India has contributed to the growth and development of their music. Music - gift from heaven‚ sound is God and everything is a manifestation of God. a. Brahma - creator b. Vishnu - preserver c. Shiva – destroyer 2 Distinct cultural styles 1. Hindustani * Northern Indian style (foreign influence) 2. Carnatic * South Indian style (remained untouched by foreign influence) Art of Indian music is called Guided Improvisation meaning musician
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the Mathura school. • The Buddha sitting in his Dharma Chakra mudra belongs to Sarnath. • Buddha images of Bamiyan belonged to Gupta period. • Ajanta Paintings is of this time. They belong to the Buddhist art. • Images of Vishnu‚ Shiva & some other Hindu Gods feature I time in this period. Gupta Literature in India • Kalidas‚ the great Sanskrit dramatist‚ belonged to this period. His books are: Abhigyanashakuntalam the other work being the Bhagavadgita‚ Meghadutam‚ Kumarasambhavam
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world as “what goes around comes around”. It is the outcome of one’s good and bad deeds done in a lifetime. The second is the belief in Dharma or social order and Hindu traditions. They must believe in the three main Hindu gods: Brahma‚ Vishnu and Shiva. They must believe in reincarnation after death‚ honor the sacred Vedas and have a belief that if one has lived a religious life‚ they can achieve ‘moksha’ meaning freedom . Hindus worship many gods‚ but they believe in a single god‚ Brahma. Everything
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My hometown is Thrissur known as the cultural capital of Kerala.Now talking about Kerala‚Kerala is one among the 28 states in the Republic of India and is known as GOD’S OWN COUNTRY because this place is bestowed with nature’s two favorite darlings - Lush green grounds and crystal clear water. Thrissur is a place which withholds the Kerala culture- its festivals‚ arts and art forms. This ancient town is very famous for one big event which brings all the people of the town together ‚where everyone
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a) Describe one most serious impact of globalization on the community The biggest impact of globalization is that it has enabled corporations to grow to such a level that allows them to stand above the demands of national and local governments. Major corporations have shown they are able to overrule foreign policy decisions. This has caused them to make decisions that hurt the local economies such as Ladakh. These corporations should not be trusted in major decision making of global
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Hindu Religions Tradition Paper Phonesia Machado University of Phoenix REL 133/ Calvin Habig‚ Faciliatator The sacred elements of Hinduism are comprised of Hindu religious traditions‚ and their transcendent connotations. It would be very difficult to completely list all the sacred elements of Hinduism that make up the Hindu religious traditions because of the sheer enormity and depth of the Hindu culture and traditions that have evolved through thousands of years. However‚ I will deign to describe
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group in displacement. The present anthology examines the works of key writers‚ many now based across the globe in Canada‚ Denmark‚ America and the UK – V.S. Naipaul‚ Salman Rushdie‚ Balachandra Rajan‚ M.G. Vassanji‚ Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gautam Malkani‚ Shiva Naipaul‚ Tabish Khair and Shauna Singh Baldwin‚ among them – to show how they exemplify both the diasporic imaginary and the respective traumas of Indian diasporas. Corelating the concept of diaspora – literally dispersal or the scattering of a people
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rough copy : indiana jones temple of doom movie review in relation to hinduism. what it got right‚ wrong and why Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones‚ is known as a famous character protagonist of his own movie‚ television‚ and comic book franchise: known for his love of adventure and signature crack of his whip makes for a good time at the cinema‚ and does well at the box office. In his first ever on screen full feature movie adventure “Indiana Jones: The temple of doom” directed by Steven Spielberg‚ and
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