Search results for "Indo-Aryans" - New World Encyclopedia
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- George Erdosy, (ed.) The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. (Walter de Gruyter, 1995. ISBN 978-3110144475 ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- as one of the prominent mahajanapadas of the Indo-Aryans. In the post-Mahabharata period (around 500 B.C.E.) Avanti became an important kingdom in western ...38 KB (5,752 words) - 11:00, 9 March 2023
- The Maurya Empire (322 – 185 B.C.E.), ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was a geographically extensive and powerful political and military empire ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Geography Category:Archaeological sites {{Infobox World Heritage Site ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- Heimdall is the sentry of Asgard and a member of the Aesir (the gods of the Norse pantheon). His most important function within Norse mythology ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is one of the classical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was carved by the famed sculptor Phidias around ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- The Qutb complex refers to an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India, the Qutub Minar standing out as the most famous. ...14 KB (2,079 words) - 16:04, 7 December 2022
- Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit languages ...46 KB (6,448 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir (the gods of prosperity and fertility), and is seen as the god of ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- including Aryan tribes (Iranian peoples, Indo-Aryans), Medes, Persians, Mauryas, Scythians, Kushans, Hephthalites, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, and ...61 KB (8,656 words) - 18:55, 23 March 2023
- Since the creation of the separate states of India and Pakistan in 1947, the two neighboring nations have engaged in four wars. The first conflict ...51 KB (7,827 words) - 00:17, 28 July 2023
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- Zanskar is a subdistrict or tahsil of the Kargil district, which lies in the eastern half of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Situated ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- Islam in India constitutes the second-most practiced religion after Hinduism, with approximately 151 million Muslims in India's population ...25 KB (3,703 words) - 06:10, 8 March 2024
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Nautilus (from Greek nautilos, "sailor") is the common name of any marine creatures of the cephalopod family Nautilidae, the sole family ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 04:24, 11 March 2023
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- In geometry and trigonometry, an angle (or plane angle) is the figure formed by two rays sharing a common endpoint. The endpoint is called the ...20 KB (3,182 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- Urdu ( ur|اردو , trans. Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European ...53 KB (7,869 words) - 13:44, 3 May 2023
- Cro-Magnon Man is a name applied to the earliest known European examples of Homo sapiens sapiens, modern human beings. Cro-Magnons lived from ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- Starfish, or sea stars (a less confusing designation, since they are only very distantly related to fish), are marine invertebrates belonging ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 04:39, 28 April 2023
- The Etruscan civilization is the name given today to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy whom ancient Romans called Etrusci ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- Polytheism (from the Greek: polus, many, and theos, god) refers to belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or deities. This mode of belief is ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη) is the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. She is primarily associated with selfish sexual ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- The Vedas (Devanagari sa|वेद ) are a large corpus of texts originating in ancient India. They are the oldest scriptural texts of Hinduism ...32 KB (4,855 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Afghānistān, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Pashto language: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, or Persian ...50 KB (7,441 words) - 05:59, 16 June 2023
- Friedrich Max Müller (December 6, 1823 – October 28, 1900), more commonly known as Max Müller, was a German philologist, mythographer, and ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- In Norse Mythology, Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) was a widely worshipped deity among the Viking peoples and revered as the "God of Thunder. ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- ( sa|देवनागरी , ˈdeɪvəˌnɑgəri ) is an abugida script used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, ...27 KB (3,705 words) - 10:12, 29 January 2024
- Hinduism, known as Sanātana Dharma, (सनातन धर्म) and Vaidika-Dharma by most Hindus, is a worldwide religious tradition rooted ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- Tongariro National Park, established in 1887, was the first national park in New Zealand, and the fourth in the world. Located in the central ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 03:58, 1 May 2023
- The Holy Grail is a mythical object or symbol associated with Jesus Christ. In earliest Grail literature, it was described as the dish, plate ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- In Norse Mythology, Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya or Freja), sister of Freyr and daughter of Njord (Njǫrđr), is a prototypical Norse ...27 KB (4,334 words) - 12:25, 13 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Archaeology [[Image:Gamla uppsala.jpg|350px|thumb|The Royal mounds of Gamla ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- Australasia is a term used to describe a region within Oceania. The physical countries, islands or regions that comprise Australasia vary greatly ...24 KB (3,586 words) - 05:58, 10 January 2023
- Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, and peoples by Western scholars. It can also refer to the ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- Russian ([[:Media:Ru-russkiy jizyk.ogg| ru|русский язык ]] (help), transliteration: ru|ALA|russkiy yazyk) is the most geographically ...41 KB (5,525 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- Anat, also ‘Anat, was a major northwest Semitic goddess who was also worshiped in ancient Egypt. In Ugaritic her name appears as ‘nt and ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- Wilhelm Schmidt (February 16, 1868 – February 10, 1954) was a German Roman Catholic priest, and a famous linguist, anthropologist, and ethnologist ...10 KB (1,397 words) - 12:00, 5 May 2023
- Neptune (Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the sea in Roman mythology. He is most identifiable as a tall, white-bearded figure carrying a trident ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- Kābul (Persian: کابل, IPA: [kɑː'bʊl]) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, as well as an economic and cultural center ...23 KB (3,382 words) - 16:50, 14 May 2024
- Dugong is the common name for a large, herbivorous, fully aquatic marine mammal, Dugong dugon, characterized by gray-colored, nearly hairless ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- Nemertea is a phylum of largely aquatic invertebrate animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms and characterized by long, thin, unsegmented ...11 KB (1,500 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- Michel Foucault (IPA pronunciation: [miˈʃɛl fuˈko] ) (October 15, 1926 – June 25, 1984) was a French philosopher, historian and sociologist ...48 KB (6,765 words) - 17:10, 9 November 2022
- Flounder is a common name for various marine fish in the Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish), and in particular those comprising the families ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Bachofen, Johann Jakob [[Image:Johann Jacob Bachofen.jpg|thumb|Johann Jacob Bachofen]] ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- The Himalayas (also Himalaya, IPA: [hɪ'mɑlijə], [ˌhɪmə'leɪjə] ) are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent ...37 KB (5,509 words) - 23:27, 18 December 2020
- The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and the Anatolian peninsula (Turkey) and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand formed by eolian (aeolian, or wind-related) processes. Dunes can take different forms and sizes ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- Telugu (తెలుగు; ['t̪elʊgʊ] ), a Dravidian language (South-Central Dravidian languages), is the official language of the Indian ...39 KB (5,358 words) - 22:05, 13 January 2024
