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- Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric migrations of the early Indo-Aryans to their historically attested areas ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- The Indo-Greek Kingdom (or sometimes Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern Indian subcontinent from 180 B ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- 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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- Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric migrations of the early Indo-Aryans to their historically attested areas ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- Some scholars believe the Indo-Aryans moved into an already Dravidian ... * Erdosy, George. The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- the Soma: The botanical evidence in The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia ... and archaeological evidence in The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- Sogdiana or Sogdia ( Суғд - Old Persian: Sughuda; سغد ; 粟特 - Sùtè) was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a province ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- Ahura Mazda is the supreme divinity of the Zoroastrian faith, which is called by its adherents Mazdayasna (meaning "the worship of Mazda ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- Indra is the most important deity in ancient Vedic Hinduism and the supreme deva (god) of the Rigveda scripture. Known as the god of storms and ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- split may have occurred between the early Indo-Aryans and Iranians. (The cognate word in Avestan is daēva and in Zoroastrianism ahuras are supreme ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later: von) Schlegel (March 10, 1772 - January 12, 1829) was a German poet, critic and scholar, and a founder of German ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- Dasa (Sanskrit for "servant") is a Hindu term with two primary usages: Originally, "Dasa" denoted enemies of the ancient ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Linguistics {{Infobox Writing system |name=Linear A |type=Undeciphered |typedesc=(likely Syllabic ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- The Vedic Period (or Vedic Age) (c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Marlin is the common name for several, large marine billfish in the family Istiophoridae of the bony fish order Perciformes. As with the other ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 16:04, 6 November 2022
- The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an ancient civilization thriving along the lower Indus River and the Ghaggar River-Hakra River in what ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- * Erdosy, George. 1995. The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. Indian philology and South Asian studies ...37 KB (5,773 words) - 19:19, 9 November 2022
- The Greek conquests of India took place in the years before the Common Era, and a rich trade flourished between India and Greece, especially ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 15:30, 28 January 2023
- Hinduism is an umbrella term for various religious traditions that originated in India, and now are practiced all around the world, though more ...19 KB (2,973 words) - 13:22, 22 January 2024
- known as Vedic Aryans, a subgroup of the Indo-Aryans) and their enemies, the ... hark back to clashes between the early Indo-Aryans with the BMAC in what ...41 KB (6,083 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- The Vatsa (a branch of the early Indo-Aryans) were rulers of Hastinapur (near present day Delhi), and they established the town of Kaushambi ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- The Sunga Empire (or Shunga Empire) is a Magadha dynasty that controlled North-central and Eastern India as well as parts of the northwest (now ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- Category:Linguists and lexicographers Category:Biography Jones, William (philologist) [[Image:Sir William Jones.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Sir William ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- Menander I Soter, (The Saviour), known as Milinda in Indian sources, was one of the Indo-Greek rulers in northern India from c. 155 B.C.E. to ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- hymns of the Rig Veda (the holy book of the Indo-Aryans) meant any supernatural spirit—good or bad. Hence, even some of the devas (demigods), especially ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- ritual strongly resemble those of the Vedic Indo-Aryans and the pre-Zoroastrian Iranians. Kalash mythology and folklore has been compared to that of ...33 KB (5,092 words) - 07:01, 28 February 2023
- The swastika (from Sanskrit: svástika sa|स्वस्तिक ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- Zoroaster (Greek Ζωροάστρης, Zōroastrēs) or Zarathushtra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra), also referred to as Zartosht ( زرتشت ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- Literature in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents a continuous cultural tradition from the time of the Vedas in the second ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- The Mongol invasions of Korea (1231 - 1273) consisted of a series of campaigns by the Mongol Empire against Korea, then known as Goryeo, from ...9 KB (1,252 words) - 19:58, 9 November 2022
- A ganachakra (Sanskrit: gaṇacakra, or 'gathering circle'; Tibetan: tshogs kyi 'khor lo), also known as tsog, ganapuja, chakrapuja ...14 KB (2,144 words) - 04:22, 18 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology [[File:Human migrations and mitochondrial haplogroups.PNG|400px|right|thumb|Hypothesized ...28 KB (4,050 words) - 16:22, 23 December 2022
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located in north-western India in what is now Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Found ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Gandharvas (from the Sanskrit: गंधर्व, gandharva, possibly meaning "fragrances") refers to a group of low-ranking male ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- Ladakh ( t=ལ་དྭགས་|script=yes|w=la-dwags , Ladakhi lad̪ɑks , Hindi: लद्दाख़, Hindi ləd̪.d̪ɑːx , Urdu: لدّاخ; ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan GCMG, MBE, Hilal-i-Jurat, NPk, (May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974) was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- Operation Gibraltar, the name given to Pakistan's failed plan to infiltrate the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region in north-western India ...17 KB (2,428 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertily, as well as ploughlands and gardens. She was considered ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky and the very first king of the gods. He was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother ...9 KB (1,482 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2023
- The languages of India primarily belong to two major linguistic families, Indo-European (whose branch Indo-Aryan is spoken by about 75 percent ...30 KB (4,092 words) - 06:53, 4 March 2023
- Goose (plural geese) is the common name for any member of a variety of species of wild or domesticated large waterbirds in the family Anatidae ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 01:17, 5 March 2021
- The Buddha most commonly refers to Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhāttha Gotama), also called Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate Greek speakers. Its equivalent in Sanskrit is the word "Yavana" ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- In Greek mythology, Zeus was the highest ranking god among the pantheon of Olympian gods. He held jurisdiction over Mount Olympus, as well as ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- The historic Philistines (Hebrew: פלשתים, plishtim) were a people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival ...22 KB (3,372 words) - 03:59, 24 November 2022
- The Three Jewels (also called the Three Treasures or Triple Gem) are three religious vows that are made in the process of becoming a Buddhist ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- Taxila is an important archaeological site in Pakistan containing the ruins of the Gandhāran city of Takshashila (also Takkasila or Taxila) ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens. The Titans (Greek: ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- In Greek mythology, Cronus (Ancient Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos), also called Cronos or Kronos, was the leader of the first generation of Titans ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- The Indo-Greek Kingdom (or sometimes Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern Indian subcontinent from 180 B ...61 KB (8,976 words) - 19:50, 4 March 2024
- The Dharmakāya (lit. Truth Body or Reality Body) is a central concept in Mahayana Buddhism forming part of the Trikaya doctrine that was first ...13 KB (2,027 words) - 10:18, 29 January 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, or Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, marking the region where South Asia converges with Central ...40 KB (5,985 words) - 19:54, 7 March 2024
- 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
- <!-- Glitch in calculations equations under Notable Features. --> {{Infobox World Heritage Site | WHS = Nanda Devi and Valley of ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 01:17, 11 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
- An entheogen, in the strictest sense, is a psychoactive substance used in a religious or shamanic context. Historically, entheogens are derived ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
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- Atiśa Dipankara Shrijnana (Bangla: অতীশ দীপঙ্কর শ্রীজ্ঞান) (982 - 1052 C.E.), a Buddhist teacher from ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- The Kathmandu Valley ( नेपाः स्वनिगः Nepāḥ Svānigaḥ ), located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 20:17, 28 February 2023
- Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which existed through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in Britain until ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Roma |image=[[Image:Spiezer Schilling ...37 KB (5,594 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny Микола Вікторович Підгорний, Mykola Viktorovych PidhornyyНикола́й Ви́кторович ...24 KB (3,354 words) - 16:40, 29 April 2023
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- In Indian philosophy and religion, Samadhi (Sanskrit: समाधि, lit. "establish, make firm") is a term used in a variety of ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 02:04, 23 December 2022
- Houston Stewart Chamberlain (September 9, 1855 - January 9, 1927) was a British-born author of books on political philosophy, natural science ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
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- In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera was the wife and older sister of Zeus. She was also called upon as the goddess of ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- Nathu La (Nepali: नाथू ला, IAST: Nāthū Lā) a mountain pass in the Himalayas located on the Indo–China border connecting the ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- Mehrgarh (Urdu: مﮩرگڑھ , also spelled as Mehrgahr, Merhgarh, or Merhgahr) is one of the most important Neolithic (7000 B.C.E. to ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- Iran (ايران, Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (جمهوری اسلامی ايران, transliteration: Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī ...82 KB (12,001 words) - 11:17, 6 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Category:Physical sciences Category:Biographies of Scientists and Mathematicians ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- Bragi is the god of poetry in Norse mythology. Given the prominent role that poetry played in Nordic society (as it was the primary means of ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 14:56, 28 April 2020
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- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali language: শেখ মুজিবর রহমান Shekh Mujibur Rôhman) (March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975 ...37 KB (5,519 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना) in (Sanskrit) means "insight" and is often used to describe a type of ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 20:31, 3 May 2023
- The Trikaya doctrine (Sanskrit, meaning "Three Bodies" of the Buddha) refers to an important Mahayana Buddhist teaching about the nature ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- The Göktürkler(s) or Köktürkler(s) were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia. Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 Tūjué ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- In Greek mythology, Demeter (Greek: "mother-earth" or possibly "distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
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- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Category:Linguists and lexicographers Sapir, Edward Edward Sapir (January 26, 1884 ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- A fetus (or foetus, fœtus) is a developing mammal or other viviparous vertebrate, after the embryonic stage and before birth. In humans, the ...27 KB (3,955 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- Toothed whale is the general term for any of the various aquatic mammals comprising the suborder Odontoceti, characterized in extant species ...13 KB (1,677 words) - 05:01, 4 November 2022
- Ardhanarisvara (also known as Ardhanari and Mohiniraaj) is an androgynous Hindu deity consisting of Shiva and his consort, Parvati (viz. Shakti ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- Mudrās (Sanskrit, मुद्रा, literally "seal") are religious gestures, normally made with the hands or fingers, used in meditation ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- Beltane ( ˈbɛltən ) is the anglicized spelling of Bealtaine or Bealltainn, the Gaelic names for either the month of May or the festival that ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 08:55, 27 September 2023
- Stingray is the common name for any of the various cartilaginous fish comprising the family Dasyatidae, characterized by enlarged and flat pectoral ...25 KB (3,545 words) - 18:03, 21 October 2022
- Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller or rustic") is a term that has been used from antiquity to derogatorily denote ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- <!-- date=September 2007 --> [[Image:India-locator-map-blank.svg|thumb|right|Current political map of India showing [[States and territories ...40 KB (5,861 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious images, sculpture, dance, visual mythology, and symbols deriving from ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[Image:Ccross.svg|thumb|right|200px|A Celtic cross.]] ...49 KB (7,613 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- Duck is the common name for any member of a variety of species of relatively short-necked, large-billed waterfowl in the Anatidae family of birds ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 17:18, 12 February 2024
- Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is a large, sparsely populated area which takes up about one sixth ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- Karikala Chola (Tamil: கரிகால சோழன்), the greatest among the early Chola kings of the Sangam age in South India, was the ...14 KB (1,806 words) - 20:57, 26 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[Image:Thai Bride Price 2008.jpg|thumb|250 px|A traditional, formal presentation ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- Category:Public In a matriarchy, power lies with the women of a community. Conclusive evidence for the existence of true matriarchal societies ...26 KB (3,881 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- Shangdi (上帝, pinyin: Shàngdì, Wade-Giles Shang Ti), or simply Di (帝), is the High God (or Clan Ancestor) postulated in the earliest-known ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- An ocean (from Ωκεανός , Okeanos (Oceanus) in Greek) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately ...25 KB (3,710 words) - 21:09, 17 April 2023
- Yoga (from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke")) refers to a series of interrelated ancient Hindu spiritual practices that originated ...28 KB (4,293 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- Lisbon ( Lisboa , liʒˈboɐ ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost capital in mainland Europe. Over the course of ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Sarojini Naidu (February 13, 1879 – March 2, 1949), known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedom fighter ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- Rhododendron is the common and genus name for a large and diverse group of woody shrubs and small (rarely large) trees in the flowering plant ...16 KB (2,229 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American nation of Venezuela ...48 KB (7,150 words) - 17:39, 2 May 2023
- Dolphins are largely marine cetaceans (order Cetacea) with many teeth that belong to the "toothed whales" suborder Odontoceti, along ...28 KB (4,061 words) - 16:40, 29 January 2024
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of the Roman Empire. It usually refers to ancient Greek philosophy. It can also ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign and independent state in Western Europe located along the French Riviera ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive ...33 KB (4,842 words) - 20:11, 25 February 2023
- A carpet is a heavy fabric usually used as a floor covering, although it may also be used for table and wall coverings. The hand-knotted pile ...28 KB (4,327 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- Ravi Shankar, KBE ( রবি শংকর ), (April 7, 1920 - December 11, 2012), often referred to by the title Pandit (a scholar and a teacher ...35 KB (4,906 words) - 19:06, 16 April 2023
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines "planet" as a celestial body that, within the solar system,[http://www.iau.org/news/press ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- A fjord (or fiord) is a long, narrow deep inlet of the sea bordered by steep cliffs. Fjords commonly extend far inland and are extremely deep ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state of Rajasthan in north India. It was formerly the seat of a princely state ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 06:32, 5 April 2024
- The Long March ( t=長征|s=长征|p=Chángzhēng ) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the Communist Party of China ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- The Atlantique Incident represented an event in which the Indian Air Force shot down a Pakistan Navy plane, Breguet Atlantique, carrying sixteen ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, (I) signifies an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and ...55 KB (8,309 words) - 08:36, 28 February 2023
- Ajmer Ajmer.ogg|pronunciation ( अजमेर /ədʒmeːr/ ) is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. The city gave its ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- Pan (Greek Πάν , genitive Πανός ) is the Greek god of nature who watches over shepherds and their flocks. He is most commonly depicted ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Hindi: LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg|2={{lang|hi|लगे रहो मुन्नाभाई}} , ləgeː ɾəhoː ...43 KB (6,480 words) - 05:34, 4 March 2023
- Kashmir (Kashmiri: کٔشِیر, कॅशीर; Urdu: کشمیر) is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Historically the term ...52 KB (7,879 words) - 07:24, 5 October 2022
- Kerala refers to a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. To its east and northeast, Kerala borders Tamil Nadu and Karnataka respectively; ...79 KB (10,302 words) - 22:30, 3 March 2023
- Iðunn (romanized "Idun") is one of the goddesses of the Norse pantheon. She is best known in two unrelated roles: as the wife of Bragi ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- Loki (sometimes referred to by his full name, Loki Laufeyjarson) is the god of mischief, lies, and trickery in Norse mythology. He is the son ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group [[Image:HiltonofCadboll01.JPG|thumb|A replica of the Hilton ...35 KB (5,272 words) - 05:13, 24 November 2022
- Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Empire. The dynasty was founded by Ardashir ...72 KB (11,035 words) - 16:49, 23 December 2022
- Jaisalmer Jaisalmer.ogg|pronunciation (Hindi: जैसालमेर), nicknamed "The Golden City," is a town in the state of Rajasthan ...15 KB (2,331 words) - 12:43, 6 November 2021
- For the bird, see Turkey (bird) native_name = {{native name|tr|Türkiye Cumhuriyeti|icon=no |conventional_long_name = Republic of Turkey ...58 KB (8,535 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (Persian language: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی) (October 26, 1919 – July 27, 1980), styled ...53 KB (8,258 words) - 19:29, 9 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Mysore (Kannada ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ) (1399–1947 C.E.) was a kingdom of southern India founded in ...57 KB (8,382 words) - 23:21, 21 October 2023
- Tin (chemical symbol Sn, atomic number 50) is a silvery, malleable metal that is not easily oxidized in air and resists corrosion. It is obtained ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 2023
- The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, T. Lay, H. Kanamori, et al., [https://websites ...44 KB (6,499 words) - 06:40, 13 June 2023
- Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless ...33 KB (4,676 words) - 00:39, 2 May 2023
- The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, comprises roughly three thousand individual reefs and nine hundred islands ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 01:04, 21 January 2023
- Völund is a mythical smith-god of the Nordic and Germanic peoples, whose shocking and brutal tale of revenge is relayed in the Völundarkviða ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- Horseshoe crab is the common name for various marine chelicerate arthropods of the family Limulidae, and in particular the extant species Limulus ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 18:15, 7 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Anthropology Category:Paranormal [[Image:John William Waterhouse - Circe (The ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- The Seljuqs (also Seljuk or Seljuq Turks) were a Muslim dynasty of originally Oghuz Turkic descent that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle ...17 KB (2,487 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- Southeast Asia [[Image:Southeast asia.jpg|180px|center|Topography of Southeast Asia.]] {| style="background: transparent; text-align: left; ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Campbell, Joseph [[Image:JosephCampbell.jpg|frame|right|Joseph Campbell]] ...35 KB (5,308 words) - 07:20, 10 August 2022
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia. It is a culturally rich kingdom with eight of ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- In Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was said to be "foremost among the goddesses," Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning. wife of Odin ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 07:03, 15 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Sociology [[File:Гумплович.jpg|thumb|225px|Polish sociologist Ludwig ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt. (June 19, 1947 - ) is an Indian-born British-American novelist novelist and essayist. He first achieved wide recognition ...35 KB (5,157 words) - 01:51, 23 December 2022
- The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature ...38 KB (5,850 words) - 17:11, 10 February 2024
- The Uyghur (also spelled Uygur, Uighur, Uigur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; s=维吾尔|t=維吾爾|p=Wéiwú'ěr ) are a Turkic people of Central ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is one of the foundational principles of the universe known as a maelstrom of dark, roiling seawater. ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- Sin is a term used to describe either an action that is prohibited in religious ethics or law, or a fallen state of being. The religious concept ...36 KB (5,730 words) - 22:21, 29 January 2023
- The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India and the Indian subcontinent. Folklore is the body of expressive culture, ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- Hrafnkels saga (ˈr̥apncɛls ˌsaːɣa) is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It tells of struggles between chieftains and farmers in the east ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- Indian Railways (Hindi भारतीय रेल), abbreviated as IR, refers to a Department of the Government of India, under the Ministry ...37 KB (5,222 words) - 13:17, 4 March 2024
- * Cordaitales† * Pinales * Pinaceae - Pine family * Araucariaceae - Araucaria family * Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family * Sciadopityaceae ...19 KB (2,759 words) - 20:26, 15 May 2020
- Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins ...37 KB (5,561 words) - 17:22, 24 November 2023
- Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. The country's name ...34 KB (4,966 words) - 06:36, 5 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[Image:British Museum from NE.JPG|thumb|300 px|Main entrance of the British Museum ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- In Norse mythology, Brunhild or Brynhildr is one of the Valkyries or warrior maidens esteemed for their military prowess. Her honored status ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- Almaty ( Алматы ), Kazakhstan's former capital, is the scientific, cultural, historical, financial and industrial center of Central ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- The leopard (Panthera pardus) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family and one of the four "big cats" in the Panthera genus, along ...20 KB (3,062 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- The Tibetan people are indigenous to Tibet and surrounding areas stretching from Central Asia in the North and West to Myanmar and China Proper ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- Vegetable in a general and common sense refers to any edible part (root, leaves, stem, flowers, seeds, bulbs, fruit) of herbaceous plants consumed ...18 KB (2,509 words) - 16:34, 14 November 2022
- Karnataka ( ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ , IPA: [kəɾˈnɑːʈəkɑː]), a state in the southern part of India, was created on November 1, 1956, with the ...50 KB (6,914 words) - 20:25, 4 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Tomtebobarnen.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Little älvor ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning ...112 KB (16,049 words) - 21:16, 26 February 2023
- The word Magi refers to a class of ancient Zoroastrian astrologer-priests who once lived in the Persian Empire. Today, the word is most commonly ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- Estonia (older English spelling Esthonia), officially the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti or Eesti Vabariik), is a country in Northern Europe ...40 KB (5,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- <!-- --> {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕೂಟ / राष्ट्रकूट |conventional_long_name ...53 KB (7,699 words) - 00:10, 14 November 2023
- Armenia (Armenian language: "Hayastan"), officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked, mountainous country located in the Southern ...47 KB (6,850 words) - 03:48, 15 August 2023
- The dog (Canis lupus familiaris or Canis familiaris) is usually considered to be humankind's first, and perhaps most important, domestic ...38 KB (6,036 words) - 11:04, 2 August 2023
- Kolkata ( কলকাতা , IPA: 'kolkat̪a]), formerly Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ki (in romanized Japanese), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Hellenes (Greeks) "Getae." Dacia was ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles (500 kilometers) east of the Philippines. Having emerged from United Nations ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- Wheat includes any agricultural cereal grass of the genus Triticum in the grass family Poaceae. Wheat is one of the top three cereal crops in ...21 KB (3,052 words) - 18:29, 17 April 2023
- The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, or simply Shqipëria) is a Balkan country in south-eastern Europe. Its motto is ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- Elapidae, whose members are known as elapids, is a family of venomous snakes characterized by hollow, permanently erect, relatively short fangs ...24 KB (3,370 words) - 21:57, 24 December 2021
- Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, known as Ceylon before 1972, is a predominantly Buddhist island nation ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- Socotra or Soqotra (Arabic سقطرى ; Suquṭra ) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- The Ganges (also Ganga Devanāgarī: hi|गंगा ) is a major river in the Indian subcontinent flowing east through the eponymous plains of ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- The Grameen Bank ( গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক ) is a microfinance organization and community development bank started in Bangladesh ...25 KB (3,568 words) - 12:15, 24 January 2023
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, about 130 miles (200 km) southwest of Mauritius, the nearest island ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- Gangtok Gangtok-pronunciation.ogg|pronunciation (Nepali/Hindi: गंगटोक), the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 04:26, 18 April 2024
- Animism (from the Latin: animus or anima, meaning mind or soul) refers to a belief in numerous personalized, supernatural beings endowed with ...26 KB (4,193 words) - 06:15, 28 July 2023
- Kathmandu ( काठमांडौ , येँ ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in the World Heritage Site Kathmandu ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea or PNG) is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region including the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It is characterized by common ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is a Bodhisattva that many Buddhists believe will eventually appear on earth ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Cultural Anthropology (known as Social Anthropology in Great Britain) is one of the ...26 KB (3,726 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- The Cyrillic script, Slavonic script, or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated ...61 KB (8,412 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- Colombo (Sinhala: [[Image:Colombo sinhala.jpg|40px]] , ˈkoləmbə ; Tamil: கொழும்பு) is the largest city and commercial capital ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- Kalimpong (Nepali: कालिम्पोङ), a hill station (a hill town) nestled in the Shiwalik Hills (or Lower Himalaya) in the Indian ...23 KB (3,408 words) - 02:28, 5 October 2022
- The Mongol invasions of Europe were centered in their destruction of Russian principalities, such as Kiev and Vladimir, under the leadership ...27 KB (4,287 words) - 22:42, 30 September 2020
- Vancouver is the largest city in the province of British Columbia (B.C.), Canada. It is ranked as one of the most beautiful cities in the world ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree, Punica granatum. Pomegranate also is used to refer to the ...26 KB (3,898 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- The Acts of Thomas is is one of the New Testament apocrypha, describing the adventures and martyrdom of the Apostle Thomas, whom it portrays ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- Kālidāsa (fl. fourth–fifth century C.E.) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright ...29 KB (4,367 words) - 18:38, 26 January 2023
- Hoysala architecture ( ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ ) indicates the distinctive building style developed under the rule ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 17:15, 18 March 2023
- The cuisine of India is one of the world's most diverse cuisines, characterized by its sophisticated and subtle use of the many spices, ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- Alcyonaria Zoantharia See text for orders. Corals are those marine invertebrates of the phylum Cnidaria and the class Anthozoa that have external ...26 KB (4,043 words) - 19:01, 14 January 2023
- Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the chief god in Norse mythology whose role in the Norse pantheon is complex and multivalent: he is known as the ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 10:20, 11 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[File:Initiation ritual of boys in Malawi.jpg|right|330px|thumb|Initiation rite of ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- Freyr (sometimes anglicized Frey) The name Freyr is believed to be cognate to Gothic frauja and Old English frēa, meaning lord. It is sometimes ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans with strong cultural and political ties ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea," bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- The plow (British spelling plough) is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. It has ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Djakarta, Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- Tiridates I was King of Armenia beginning in 53 C.E. and the founder of the Arshakuni Dynasty which ruled until 428. The dates of his birth and ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- Greece ( Ελλάδα [eˈlaða] or Ελλάς [eˈlas] ), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ...73 KB (10,722 words) - 18:19, 27 January 2023
- The Volga ( Во́лга|a=Ru-Волга.ogg|p=ˈvoɫɡə ) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia ...31 KB (4,503 words) - 21:00, 3 May 2023
- Bamboo comprises more than 1200 species of usually woody, perennial plants in the true grass family Poaceae, occurring primarily in tropical ...29 KB (4,488 words) - 04:24, 11 January 2023
- Mithraism, properly known as the Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of Mithras, was a mystery religion practiced in the Roman Empire, particularly ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- Lahore ( {{Nastaliq|لہور}} , {{Nastaliq|لاہور}} lahor ) is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, and the capital of Punjab ...30 KB (4,227 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and, most recently, rock music. The origins of ...31 KB (4,712 words) - 02:37, 11 March 2023
- The kingdom of Ayutthaya ( อยุธยา ) was a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767. King Ramathibodi I (Uthong) founded Ayutthaya ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- The cross, found in many cultures and religions of the world, is an ancient human symbol that has become closely connected with the religion ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- History is a word of multiple meanings, all related to the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history traditionally refers to the ...33 KB (4,990 words) - 23:36, 20 April 2021
- The People's Republic of Bangladesh lies in a corner of South Asia and in the eastern part of the ancient region of Bengal. The nation& ...30 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984) nee Nehru) was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24 ...30 KB (4,508 words) - 00:36, 27 January 2021
- Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge with an emphasis on the conditions of its validity and finding answers ...69 KB (10,119 words) - 04:14, 24 November 2022
- Indian inscriptions engraved into stone or other durable materials, or etched into metal, are an important historical source beginning from the ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- Myanmar - swift and strong (from the native words, myan meaning swift and ma meaning strong). Officially known as the Union of Myanmar, (also ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- The Mughal Empire, (Persian language: مغل بادشاۿ) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled parts of Afghanistan, ...31 KB (4,705 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:EducationCategory:Psychology [[Image:Imhotep.JPG|right|thumb|Statuette of Egyptian polymath Imhotep ...38 KB (5,454 words) - 00:21, 12 April 2023
- Delhi, sometimes referred to as Dilli or Dhilli, is the second largest metropolis in India after Mumbai. Located in northern India on the banks ...33 KB (4,788 words) - 09:20, 28 January 2024
- Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa also spelled "Djawa") is an island of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only English-speaking country in South America. It is also one of four non-Spanish ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional ...43 KB (6,361 words) - 16:51, 25 February 2023
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948) was a major political leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan ...37 KB (5,500 words) - 01:48, 11 March 2023
- Montenegro, meaning "black mountain" is a small, mountainous state in south-west Balkans, bordering Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...62 KB (8,958 words) - 22:21, 14 March 2024
- category:image wanted General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Urdu:محمد ضياء الحق) (August 12, 1924 – August 17, 1988) was the president and ...33 KB (4,947 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- Saint George (ca. 275/281 – April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George of Lydda, is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- Annie Wood Besant (October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933) was born in Clapham, London and died in Adyar, India where she was President of the ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- According to Genesis [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%2011;&version=31; Chapter 11] of the Bible, the Tower of Babel ( ...34 KB (5,579 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
- The Norse pantheon consisted of numerous minor dieties that were often overshadowed by the more famous gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freyja ...36 KB (5,860 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E. - 232 B.C.E.; also known as Asoka, Sanskrit: अशोक, Aśoka; pronounced Ashok, even though there is an 'a ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- Latvia (historically Lattonia, Lettonia, or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or Latvijas Republika), is a country ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- The Hoysala Empire (Kannada: ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ) (pronunciation: Hoysala_Empire.ogg|[hojsəɭə saːmraːdʒjə] ...35 KB (5,038 words) - 18:09, 15 March 2023
- Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in south Eastern Europe, bordering five countries: Romania to the north (mostly along ...61 KB (8,943 words) - 18:41, 22 November 2023
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is a republic of the western Balkans Peninsula of Southern Europe that is home to three ethnic constituent peoples: Bosniaks ...64 KB (9,164 words) - 19:47, 20 November 2023
- Bluefin tuna is the common name for three of the eight species of tuna in the Thunnus genus (family Scombridae): the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus ...38 KB (5,827 words) - 18:16, 31 October 2023
- In Hinduism, the Rāmāyaṇa is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the poet Valmiki and is an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces, joining the confederation on September 1, 1905. It is located in western Canada, bounded by ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- Evil is a term used to describe something that brings about harmful, painful, and unpleasant effects. It is understood to be of three kinds: ...41 KB (6,708 words) - 23:52, 24 March 2024
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 - April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- Oral tradition, oral culture and oral lore is a way for a society to transmit history, literature, law and other knowledges across generations ...37 KB (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- Vietnam officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a nation in Southeast Asia. It borders the People's Republic of China to the north ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Lifestyle [[Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-18.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kazakh nomads ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- Shaktism is a denomination of Hinduism that worships Shakti (or Devi)—the female principle of the divine—in her many forms as the absolute ...40 KB (6,102 words) - 10:18, 26 January 2023
- Atlanta is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia with a population of 420,003 as of 2010, and is the core city of the ...39 KB (5,622 words) - 06:05, 21 August 2023
- Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, known as Buddhists. Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions ...93 KB (13,393 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, a leader of the Indian independence ...41 KB (6,185 words) - 23:02, 3 May 2023
- Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई, IAST: Mumbaī , IPA: 'mumbəi), formerly known as Bombay, is the the most populous city in India and capital ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa with a population ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- Ahmedabad ( અમદાવાદ Amdāvād , Hindi: अहमदाबाद Ahmadābād), the largest city in the state of Gujarat and the seventh ...41 KB (5,921 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- Thutmose III (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis III and meaning Thoth is Born) was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- The guitar is a musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, as acoustic and electric models, in both classical and contemporary ...50 KB (8,328 words) - 03:18, 12 July 2023
- The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ( Bataille de Diên Biên Phu ; Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ ) was the climactic battle of the First Indochina ...46 KB (7,166 words) - 11:39, 20 September 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family [[Image:EN BESKYTTERINDE AF INDUSTRIEN ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- Karachi (كراچى) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the largest city in Pakistan. Located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, north ...42 KB (6,146 words) - 08:28, 28 February 2023
- The Republic of Finland is a Nordic country situated in Northern Europe. It borders the Scandinavian Peninsula with Sweden to the west, Russia ...43 KB (6,190 words) - 19:49, 26 March 2024
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- Atal Bihari Vajpayee (December 25, 1924 - August 16, 2018) was the Prime Minister of India, briefly in 1996, and from March 19, 1998 until May ...47 KB (6,896 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian nation situated between India and China. A strategic location, it controls several key Himalayan ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- Hypnosis is a natural psychological process in which critical thinking faculties of the human mind are bypassed and a type of selective thinking ...52 KB (7,367 words) - 16:49, 27 October 2022
- Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November 20, 1750, Devanahalli – May 4, 1799, Srirangapattana), was the first son ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- Few concepts in human history have generated as much fascination, intense longing, rapturous devotion, somber contemplation, and endless debate ...102 KB (16,134 words) - 19:54, 31 December 2023
- Coral reef is the term for any fully marine, underwater ecosystem with a calcium carbonate foundation produced by the skeletons of living organisms ...54 KB (8,146 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it. An arch can either support the load above it or perform a purely ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- The climate of India comprises a wide range of weather conditions across a large geographic scale and varied topography, making generalizations ...54 KB (7,582 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
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- England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and is located to the ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- The Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova) is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the ...57 KB (8,247 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, the Franco-Vietnamese War, the Franco-Vietminh War, the Indochina War and the ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी; Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was created after World War II as part of the United Nations. It was designed to address the failings ...68 KB (9,754 words) - 11:45, 3 May 2023
- Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country that is bigger than Western Europe, and stretches over a vast expanse of northern ...51 KB (7,364 words) - 17:17, 5 October 2022
- Category:Public Tagore, Rabindranath [[Image:Tagore3.jpg|thumb|200px|Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata, c. 1915, the year he was knighted by Charles ...50 KB (7,214 words) - 16:18, 7 December 2022
- Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic is a Middle Eastern country bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Lebanon to the west, Israel to the ...53 KB (7,689 words) - 00:57, 21 April 2023
- The Shahnameh or Shahnama ( شاهنامه|Šāhnāme| lit. The Book of Kings, ʃɒːhnɒːˈme|pron ) (Also romanized as Šāhnāmeh, Shahnama ...59 KB (8,437 words) - 22:06, 30 March 2023
- Vallabhbhai Patel (October 31, 1875 - December 15, 1950), a political and social leader of India, played a major role in the country's struggle ...64 KB (9,693 words) - 19:34, 15 September 2022
- A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater at very high pressures beyond the range of unaided human survivability. Submarines ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern country spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- Viking refers to a member of the Scandinavian seafaring traders, warriors and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in Central Europe, is a modern great power, the world's third largest economy ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. It was the largest and ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945) was the 32nd president of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the ...67 KB (10,424 words) - 05:13, 9 April 2024
- The Russian Federation (Росси́йская Федера́ция, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya), commonly known as Russia (Rossiya), is a transcontinental ...137 KB (20,217 words) - 18:16, 22 December 2022
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe on the boundary between Eastern and Western European continental masses ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe, formerly a part of the Soviet Union, bordering Russia, Romania and the Black Sea. From at least the ninth ...72 KB (10,102 words) - 01:29, 3 May 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. {{Infobox country | conventional_long_name ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- Northern Ireland ( Tuaisceart Éireann ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, and consists of six ...84 KB (12,511 words) - 06:37, 16 November 2022
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family and one of the four species of "big cats" (subfamily Pantherinae ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- Edson Arantes do Nascimento ( (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛtsõ aˈɾɐ̃tʃiz du nasiˈmẽtu]; October 23, 1940 – December 29, 2022), better ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- In biological terms, a human being, or human, is any member of the mammalian species Homo sapiens, a group of ground-dwelling, tailless primates ...94 KB (13,955 words) - 12:18, 4 February 2023
- The Republic of Ireland, often referred to as simply Ireland, is a country in north-western Europe occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland ...93 KB (13,994 words) - 13:49, 15 April 2024
- Hungary, officially in English the Republic of Hungary, is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe. After a Celtic and ...107 KB (15,967 words) - 21:14, 9 February 2024
- France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various ...109 KB (16,195 words) - 06:41, 1 April 2024
