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- Language 32 (1) (Jan-Mar 1956): 5, India as a Lingustic Area. quote ... some of the greatest contributions of India to the art world. The music ...56 KB (8,191 words) - 16:28, 13 January 2024
- the map and not strictly defined as to where in the shifting desert sands it ... be due to its having been a country divided in two for the better part of ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- 1948) was one of the most important leaders in the fight for freedom in India ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- the selection of marriage partners. In the case of exogamy, even the ... of exogamy and endogamy has fluctuated. In cases where a minority group ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- of philosophical thought that originated in India. Indian philosophy has ... philosophy conceives of man as spiritual in nature, and relates him to ...22 KB (3,133 words) - 22:02, 4 February 2023
- nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. The country ... The earliest settlers were probably Tamils from southern India. Today ...34 KB (4,966 words) - 06:36, 5 November 2022
- sitar, a plucked stringed instrument used in Indian classical music. He ... Although Shankar enjoyed great success in playing with popular rock ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- cluster of religious schools and traditions in Hinduism devoted primarily ... The central figure is seated in a yogic posture and is surrounded ...34 KB (5,141 words) - 19:47, 14 April 2020
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Like all art forms in Indian culture, music is believed to have a ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- and beyond, from present day Afghanistan in the north to Bengal in the ... The name ‘Ashoka’ translates as “without sorrow” in Sanskrit ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- parts of southern, central and northern India between the sixth and the ... impressive empire with the Gulbarga region in modern Karnataka as its base ...53 KB (7,699 words) - 00:10, 14 November 2023
- Bali is an Indonesian island positioned in a chain with Java to the ... Most of the Balinese people are involved in agriculture, primarily ...19 KB (2,723 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- existed as a South Indian empire based in the Deccan. Established in ... The empire's legacy includes many monuments spread over South ...55 KB (7,789 words) - 20:20, 3 May 2023
- Annie Wood Besant (October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933) was born ... M. K. Gandhi said that she woke India from a deep sleep and that he ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- education established by the Government of India in 1950. The first of the ... to train scientists and engineers after India attained independence in ...32 KB (4,594 words) - 21:31, 11 November 2021
- Religion plays a major role in life in Indonesia, which has the largest ... History-and-Legal-Position-of-Confucianism-in-Post-Independence-Indonesia ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in ... Founded in 723, Kathmandu was ruled by the Malla Dynasty from the ...23 KB (3,313 words) - 20:04, 4 June 2024
- Purana, and Bhagavata Purana. Practice in Vaishnavism is also informed ... with the vast majority of adherents situated in India. The Gaudiya Vaishnava ...42 KB (6,471 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- tenth century B.C.E.), who is commonly known in the West as Zoroaster. Zoroastrians ... was the first religion to believe in angels, a day of judgment, ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- 1399–1947 C.E.) was a kingdom of southern India founded in 1399 by Yaduraya ... Under the Mysore Kingdom, the fine arts flourished in southern India ...57 KB (8,382 words) - 23:21, 21 October 2023
