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- The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as ... Yuga, or "Scholar Era" – a time in which Gujarati writers explored ...44 KB (6,296 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2023
- attested areas of settlement (North India). The Indo-Aryans derive ... In the case of the Indo-Aryan race, they indeed appear to have origin ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- history, although each remains controversial in certain sects of modern society. ... isolation, have begun to find their place in the world. In fact, it may ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- doctrine of bhedabheda dvaitadvaita, duality in unity. There is considerable ... generally accept the date given in the Vedic Scriptures. There ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- British Raj (rāj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) or British India ... (contemporaneously, "British India") as well as the princely ...52 KB (7,786 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- The First War of Indian Independence was a period of rebellions in ... Mangal Pandey, a Sepoy in the colonial British army, was the spearhead ...43 KB (6,818 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- . It is also a significant minority religion in many other Asian countries ... situate the origins of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka circa 200 B.C.E. ...32 KB (4,844 words) - 18:28, 30 April 2023
- Hazing refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating ... Hazing is seen in many different types of social groups, including ...40 KB (5,725 words) - 16:55, 30 June 2022
- 1936 he was a Church of Scotland missionary in India, where he was consecrated ... Despite roots in a non-Episcopal tradition, he became convinced that ...30 KB (4,685 words) - 22:01, 25 October 2022
- 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 ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- 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
- by the other religion(s). People involved in dialogue are rarely oriented ... of unprecedented global interaction in the modern age, which has provided ...33 KB (5,242 words) - 16:49, 26 February 2022
- Sikhism is a religion that began in sixteenth-century Northern India ... Sikhism is centered on the principle belief in one God (monotheism). For Sikhs ...38 KB (5,913 words) - 22:00, 29 January 2023
- is a predominantly Buddhist island nation in South Asia, located 18 miles ... Portugal and the Dutch, the British gained control in 1796. ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- taken to eliminate discrimination—whether in employment, housing, or education—but ... action, such as quotas for race or gender in college admissions, have been ...23 KB (3,279 words) - 20:11, 7 July 2023
- ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, between the tenth and twelfth ... For over a century, the two empires of southern India, the Western ...49 KB (7,018 words) - 17:18, 4 May 2023
- In the cosmology of Hinduism, the term Yuga (meaning: "age" ... In Hinduism, the devolution from the Satya Yuga to the Kali Yuga is ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 21:36, 4 June 2023
- Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. Its status as capital ... the nation gained independence from Britain in 1948, and several decades of ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- 200px|right|Sherpa porter carrying wood in the Himalaya, near Mount Everest ]] the most mountainous region of Nepal, high in the Himalayas. In Tibet shar ...16 KB (2,467 words) - 14:10, 27 January 2023
- universal themes, and roles of religion in society. There is particular ... writing extensively on the role of religion in society. Today, sociologists ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in eastern India on the east bank ... Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- ) are a large corpus of texts originating in ancient India. They are ... Law"), refers to this belief in the ageless nature of the wisdom ...32 KB (4,855 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” in Pali "śakamuṇi" ... " that bind us to suffering and keep us in ignorance. More than any other ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
- ruling dynasty of ancient Karnataka in India, known as Western Gangas ... of Manyakheta replaced the Chalukyas in 753 C.E. as the dominant power ...47 KB (6,741 words) - 17:20, 4 May 2023
- , Hindi: अहमदाबाद Ahmadābād), the largest city in ... Founded in 1411, the city served as the capital of the Sultanate of ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- as one of the most brilliant mathematicians in recent history.Doug Peterson ... ill health, and his lack of formal training in higher mathematics, Ramanujan ...35 KB (5,270 words) - 16:14, 5 November 2023
- from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his own demise in ... of the French, he built a church, the first in Mysore. In alliance with the ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India ... First settled in the tenth century B.C.E. by speakers of Proto-South ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In 1917, the United States purchased ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- began as a mutiny of sepoys of British East India Company's army on May ... northern Indian Gangetic Plain and central India." ...41 KB (6,196 words) - 18:35, 4 March 2024
- He was and is a very controversial figure in Indian history. ... person from person. His policies polarized India and may have directly contributed ...35 KB (5,433 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
