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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - China (38909 bytes)
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
43: ...amia ([[Sumer]]ians), the [[Mayans]], [[India]]([[Sanskrit]]),and Egypt.
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S...
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
3: ...most of the [[Indian subcontinent]], from present day [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]] and as far south a...
5: ... retrospect exceeds the boundaries of the present-day republic of India.
7: ...hines brightly like a bright star, even unto this day."
18: ...e he met Devi, who was his personal nurse and the daughter of a merchant from adjacent Vidisha. After ...
20: ...a. At that stage of his life, many called him Chanda Ashoka meaning murderer and heartless Ashoka. - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...i Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mother and the Motherland are Worth More than ...
58: ... North India and southern Terai region of present day Nepal (though the hilly and mountainous regions ...
66: ...ese tradition) in his hospital bed. He died three days later. ''See [[Dipendra of Nepal]].''
76: [[Bagmati]], [[Bheri]], [[Dhawalagiri]], [[Gandaki]], [[Janakpur]], [[Karnali]], [[Koshi]], [[Lumb...
81: .... Three broad physiographic areas run laterally — lowland [[Terai Region]] in the south; central... - Tibetan art (2932 bytes)
1: ...[[Himalayas|Himalayan]] kingdoms ([[Bhutan]], [[Ladakh]], [[Nepal]], and [[Sikkim]]). Tibetan art is ...
7: ...reas the [[Buddha]] did not previously have a standardized statuary representation, the Greek models i...
15: ...ad. These images represent the ''Protectors'' ([[Sanskrit|Skt]]. ''[[dharmapala]]'') and their fearsome bea...
18: ... deity of the district who often appears angry or dark. These gods once inflicted harm and sickness o... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...nowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-sci...
11: ...dge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
40: ... long period that followed is also known as the [[Dark Ages]]. While the [[Byzantine Empire]] still he...
43: ...[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the bl...
46: ...vitalization of Europe. This provided a solid foundation for all future scientific work. Contact with ... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions the castes and compares them to t...
7: ...t refers to the the lustrous colour of the sky at dawn.
20: ...e with the Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to...
27: ...ociety, and must endure 12 years studying the [[Vedas]].
31: ... the [[Iran|Persia]]ns and the [[levites]] of [[Judaism]]. - India (27950 bytes)
5: ...}), which is derived from the [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] name of an ancient [[Hindu]] king, whose story ...
46: ...]] and with several mostly-regional parties. The NDA, led by the BJP, currently forms the main opposit...
53: ... two scientific bases in [[Antarctica]] – [[Dakshin Gangotri]] and [[Maitri]], but has made no t...
61: ...]]), the [[Brahmaputra]], the [[Yamuna]], the [[Godavari]], and the [[Krishna River|Krishna]]. The riv...
79: ...ion within the highly diverse Indian population today. Its biggest [[metropolitan]] agglomerations are... - Mars (27704 bytes)
8: ... land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is on ...
27: ...Mare Sirenum]] and [[Aurorae Sinus]]. The largest dark feature seen from Earth is [[Syrtis Major]].
31: ...las impact basin at an altitude of 4 km below the datum). In comparison, the difference between Earth'...
39: ... [[mean gravity surface]] must be selected. The [[datum]] for Mars is defined by the fourth-degree and...
41: ...e line of Beer and M䤬er, was chosen by [[Merton Davies]] of the [[RAND Corporation]] to provide a mo... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
33: established_dates = From [[France]]<br>[[1949]]<br>[[1953]] |
45: .... Most Cambodians are [[Theravada Buddhism|Therevada Buddhists]] of [[Khmer people|Khmer]] extraction....
57: ... a formal word meaning "country"; it comes from [[Sanskrit]] and is a cognate of the word ''pradesh'' as in ...
59: ...ujadesa''). [[Kambojas |Kambuja]] is the ancient Sanskrit name of an early north [[India]]n tribe which was...
63: ...ājp;#257;}}'', same meaning) -ch⫠(from Sanskrit ''cakra'', meaning "'''wheel'''", a symbol of pow... - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Felidae]]}}
12: ...Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1775]]}}
15: ...s an atypical member of the [[cat]] family ([[Felidae]]) that hunts by speed rather than by stealth or...
22: ...di]] ''chiitaa'', which is perhaps derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''chitraka'', meaning "the spotted one". Other ... - Bodhisattva (7734 bytes)
2: ...y means a "wisdom ("bodhi") being ("sattva") in [[Sanskrit]].
4: == Bodhisattvas in Theravada Buddhism ==
6: ...dha [[Maitreya]] ([[Pali]]: Metteyya). The Theravada tradition, i.e. the Pali Canon, speaks of no othe...
28: ...ially emphasizing generosity (''[[dana (Buddhism)|dana]]'').
53: ...apan. A modern bodhisattva for many is the [[14th Dalai Lama]], considered by many followers of Tibeta... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
15: ...ful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
17: ...s immodest), also considered [[politics]], modern-day [[physics]], [[geology]], [[biology]], [[meteoro...
21: ...[http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/G001]. Boundaries between categories are not distinct in Wester...
65: ...Leibniz]], [[George Berkeley]], [[John Locke]], [[David Hume]], [[Thomas Reid]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousse...
67: ...ers include [[Donald Davidson]] (now deceased), [[Daniel Dennett]], [[Jerry Fodor]], [[Jurgen Habermas... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: At [[Bhimbetka]] in the present-day state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earlie...
11: ... in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor [[Ashoka]], dating to the [[500 BC|5th century BC]], of the [[Ch...
20: ...ntury. By the year 1818, virtually all of present-day India was under the sway of the [[British East I...
30: ...uthern India. A tradition of Indian [[rock art]] dates to 40 or 50,000 years ago.
32: ...|7th Millennium BCE]], in northwest India. Recent data, substantiated by satellite imagery and oceanog... - French language (40201 bytes)
3: ...], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Mali]], [[Senegal]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Repub...
19: ...unced {{IPA|[fʀɑ̃sɛ]}} in standard French, but often heard pronounced {{IPA|[f@...
25:
27: ...were no words in Latin were imported into Latin — for example, clothing items such as ''les brai...
37: - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
2: subject_name=Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
3: image_name=Mohandas Gandhi.jpg |
4: ... the Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
6: date_of_birth=[[October 2]], [[1869]] |
7: place_of_birth=[[Porbandar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] | - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
8: ... best captured in a line from the ancient [[Rig Veda]]:
10: :[[Sanskrit]]: '''एकम् सत...
11: ...iteration: ''Ekam Sat Viprāha Bahudhā Vadanti''
13: ::— ''The Rig Veda (Book I, Hymn CLXIV, Verse 46)''
27: ...these ideas strictly. After all, [[Swami Vivekananda]], a follower of [[Ramakrishna]], along with many... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ... [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhism was influenced by refo...
4: ...ast to [[Bengal]] and west to [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]) Guru Nanak preached to Hindus, Muslims and ot...
8: ...nguages including [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].
10: ...e is attributable to its single central concept – the sovereignty of the One [[God]], the Creato...
12: ...alsehood" around those who live totally in the mundane world of material desires (consumerism). This m... - Siachen glacier (3348 bytes)
3: ...eans 'the place of roses', a reference to the abundance of Himalayan [[wildflower]]s found in the vall...
7: ...]] (named after the divine cloud messenger in a [[Sanskrit]] play) was launched on 13 April 1984 when the [[... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
15: ...estor of the Guitar. Excavated in Susa, [[Iran]]. Dated 3rd Millennium BC.]]
16: ...mbination of two words. "''Guit''" comes from the Sanskrit word ''"Sangeeta"'' meaning "music." The second h...
17: ...where it was later to be established as classical sanskrit of India. So the word "guitar" is Iranian in Orig...
18: ...Persian lute which indeed had three strings but today has four. The Chitra Veena is depicted in Indian...
20: ..., the name moved into the English language. And today the guitar, or what it has evolved into, is used...
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