Chapter 8: State‚ Society‚ and the Quest for Salvation in India Megasthene‚ Seleucid Emperor * Lived during late 4 and early 3 century bce. * Indika‚ long lost book‚ quotations of the respect on Indian land‚ people‚ and society. * Ant story * Monstrous human beings * Fertile land * 2 harvest/yr of grain * Pataliputra‚ capital * Near Ganges river with timber wall with 570 towers & 64 gates. * Large armies with war elephants *
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Indian History - Important events History of India . An overview : The people of India have had a continuous civilization since 2500 B.C.‚ when the inhabitants of the Indus River valley developed an urban culture based on commerce and sustained by agricultural trade. This civilization declined around 1500 B.C.‚ probably due to ecological changes. During the second millennium B.C.‚ pastoral‚ Aryan-speaking tribes migrated from the northwest into the subcontinent. As they settled in the middle Ganges
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||Om Sree Guru Devaya Namah|| About the Institution In the year 1973‚ the renowned Hindi magazine named ‘Kadambini’ had printed an interesting article about two sages from India. The article threw light upon the pious activities of the sages. It said that they spent most of their time in practising meditation. One of the sages chose Amarkantak‚ the king of pilgrimages as the meditation. Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and the meeting point of the Vindhyas and the Satpuras
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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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I. Introduction: Have you ever met a person who behaves as if he is the greatest person on earth ever? Have you ever worked with a person who pretends that you are only an error-prone “mere mortal” whereas he is the most sublime creation of the divinity? Have you ever seen someone who never wants to move away from his own area of expertise & keeps perfecting those expertise secretly so that they can “perform” them in front of public? If you have managed to experience at least one of the situations
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INTRODUCTION: World is becoming multi-faith day by day. There isn’t any single country in the world occupied by the people of a single belief. Each country has different faiths in the form of minorities and majorities. People of different communities are living with each other around the world and coming closer day by day. This is an era of globalization which calls for “interfaith awareness and understanding”. A basic understanding of the diverse range of cultures‚ faiths and their histories has
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Tradition is the collective wisdom and modes of behavior of the ancestor’s cherished and ritualistical iy observed by the present generations. Tradition is also belittled occasionally when it is seen to sanction or promote unscientific and superstitious conduct and beliefs. Modernity as opposed to tradition refers to an outlook that is generally future oriented and forward looking. Modernity rests on a rational interpretation of religious‚ social and economic institutions and phenomena. Modernity
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This article is about the U.S. Air Force installation in Nevada. For other uses‚ see Area 51 (disambiguation). Area 51 A satellite image of Area 51 from 2000 shows dryGroom Lake just northeast of the site. IATA: none – ICAO: KXTA Summary Airport type Military Owner U.S. Federal Government Operator United States Air Force Location Southern Nevada‚ U.S. Elevation AMSL 4‚462 ft / 1‚360 m Coordinates 37°14′06″N 115°48′40″WCoordinates: 37°14′06″N 115°48′40″W Map KXTA Location
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EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH‚ VOL. I‚ ISSUE 8/ NOVEMBER 2013 ISSN 2286-4822‚ www.euacademic.org IMPACT FACTOR: 0.485 (GIF) DRJI VALUE: 5.9 (B+) Mythic Interpretations using Sociological Perspectives in South Asian Literature: An Analysis of Girish Karnad ’s Naga Mandala INAM UL HAQ Institute of Social and Cultural Studies University of the Punjab‚ Lahore Pakistan Abstract: The article shall explore the interpretations of myth in Girish Karnad’s play‚ Naga Mandala (1987-88). The paper
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INCARNATION Hinduism‚ being a dynamic religion caters for all types of people‚ high thinkers and common people as well. High thinkers can think of or conceive God as Impersonal (without attributes/form) whereas common people with attributes‚ i.e. they can think of God as being Personal. Concerning the Personal aspect of God‚ Hinduism believes in the Hindu Trinity where we have Brahma as the Creator‚ Vishnu as the preserver and Shiva as the Destroyer. Since Vishnu’s function is to preserve. Whenever
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