Search results for "Religion in India" - New World Encyclopedia
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- array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India, the Qutub Minar ... In addition to the most famous monument in the complex, Qutub Minar ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- Ashrama, in the Hindu religion (from Sanskrit āśramaḥ: meaning ... of life" for a twice-born man laid out in the Manusmrti and later Classical ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 04:45, 18 August 2023
- royal patronage allowed pre-Muslim India to become a land of many ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 22:03, 17 April 2023
- IAST Ayodhyā), an ancient city of India, holds a cherished place ... (320 to 550 C.E.), Hinduism again ascended in Ayodhya, entering a golden ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- Goa Velha ("Velha" means old in Portuguese), referring to ... Christianity constitutes India's third-largest religion, following ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. He is best ... * The philosophy of religion in India. Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- Khajuraho (Hindi खजुराहो), a village in the Indian state ... thirteenth century C.E. until rediscovered in the jungles of northern India ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- often referred to as the Golden Age of India. Chandragupta had been the ... In addition to military prowess, Chandragupta II elevated culture ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- December 11, 1767 – August 13, 1795) of India ruled as a Holkar dynasty ... Rani Ahilyadevi ordered the building of a multitude of Hindu temples ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 06:51, 16 June 2023
- that controlled North-central and Eastern India as well as parts of the northwest ... The beginning of larger, centralized polities in India was largely ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- Damdami Taksal, a Sikh religious group based in India."Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: ... In 1981, the government arrested Bhindranwale for his suspected involvement ...16 KB (2,278 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- site and World Heritage Site located in the Indian state of Madhya ... The Bhimbetka shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 03:37, 1 October 2023
- Christianity stands as India's third largest religion, following ... has been rapidly growing religion in India, spreading greatly ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- The Partition of Bengal in 1947 divided Bengal into the two separate ... third state, rather than joining either India or Pakistan. However, the ...19 KB (2,769 words) - 23:04, 28 June 2023
- Empire and the Deccan sultanates, resulting in a rout of Vijayanagara, ending ... and Christians, the Hinduism of southern India remained strong and resilient ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. A soldier-adventurer ... or chief constable at Budikote, near Kolar in present-day Karnataka. He is ...12 KB (1,977 words) - 18:40, 31 July 2023
- John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also ... In 1294, he finally reached Khanbaliq (Beijing), just after the death ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas. Located ... All four pilgrimage sites sit in the Himalayas, previously difficult ...11 KB (1,617 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- on the isolated Nilgiri plateau of Southern India. Prior to the late eighteenth ... and linguists would prove important in the creation of the fields ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- her schooling, took her vows to the order in 1936. She taught school for ... her death, and often involved the children in the convent school where she ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 19:04, 22 December 2022
