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- Conch (4541 bytes)
17: ... a [[sea]] creature, a [[mollusk]], and more specifically, a marine [[gastropod]]. Still, it should be...
19: ... Conch]], ''Strombus gigas'', and the West Indian Fighting Conch (''[[Strombus pugilis]]'').
37: ... either in the place of bricks or as bulk for landfill.
45: ...ious practices, blowing it during worship at specific points, accompanied by ceremonial bells. - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ... ancient [[Bharata]] ([[India]]), after the famed Mahabharata rulers, to unify such a vast territory under his ...
14: ...volting militias and the uprising ended without a fight. (The province revolted once more during the r...
16: ...inga]] and stayed incognito there. There he met a fisherwoman named [[Kaurwaki]], with whom he fell in...
18: ...ated by Buddhist monks and nuns. This is where he first learned the teachings of the [[Gautama Buddha|...
20: ...ed his mother instead. As the folklore goes, in a fit of rage, Prince Ashoka attacked [[Pataliputra]] ... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...n reference to non-fiction. As opposed to a [[profile]] or [[curriculum vitae]], a biography develops...
8: ... a method called [[cuneiform]]. The ramayana and mahabharata are also iographies. These biographies only detai...
16: ...[priest]]s used this historic period to write the first modern biographies. Their subjects were usual...
22: ...iographical writing used today. In [[1683]], the first [[English language]] biography appeared in his...
24: ...'[[Life of Johnson]]'' (first edition, [[1791]]). Filled with seemingly verbatim accounts of the write... - Caste (32815 bytes)
3: ...scribe [[social insect]]s species who have a specific sub-type of which is specialised in a certain ta...
5: ...ather than a socio-religious [[caste]] system was first attested in the [[Rig-Veda]], though it genera...
7: ...t", or faith (faithless), preference, religious affiliation, conviction, or "to choose", or lustre). I...
13: The caste system, although not currently officially sanctioned by their governments, is used by...
20: ...re the [[serf]]s, and performed the physically difficult work shunned by the higher castes. - India (27950 bytes)
3: ...g the past two decades the country has grown significantly, in its economic and military roles, region...
5: ... over how representative it is as a national signifier.
11: ...earliest known traces of human life in India. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 yea...
13: ...do-Scythian]] and [[Indo-Parthian]] kingdoms, and finally the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd centur...
20: ...Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Na... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 yea...
8: ...do-Scythian]] and [[Indo-Parthian]] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd cen...
11: ...blishment of a number of indigenous dynasties. We find reference, in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor...
18: ...Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Na...
20: ...in [[1857]] popularly known as the [[Sepoy Mutiny|First War of Indian Independence]], resulted in Indi... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
17: ...om [[monism]], [[dualism]], [[vishistadvaita|qualified non-dualism]], [[pantheism]], [[panentheism]] (...
23: Contemporary Hinduism, specifically, [[Smartism]], is most widely accepted to c...
25: ...([[Ramayana]]), the Prince of Ayodhya, Krishna ([[Mahabharata]]), Buddha, and Kalki.
33: ...Supreme Being. I alone am the enjoyer of all sacrificial services (Seva, Yajna) and Lord of the univer...
38: ...gamic schools into the one ocean of Hinduism, the first of the Dharma religions. See [[Schools of Hind... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...ence and location have never been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Gree...
12: ...e island of Atlantis. Atlantis might be a work of fiction, yet an extended [[parable]] intended to ill...
14: ...n the centre of the island at a distance of about fifty [[Ancient_weights_and_measures#Length_4|stadia...
17: ...tinent beyond the islands, in order to offer sacrifice to the gods of the ocean.
23: ...] and the wise Silenus mentions the Meropids, the first men with huge cities of gold and silver. Silen... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements appeared 9,000 yea...
8: ...do-Scythian]] and [[Indo-Parthian]] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd cen...
11: ...blishment of a number of indigenous dynasties. We find reference, in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor...
18: ...Image:Lightmatter vishnu1.jpg|thumb|130px|right|A figurine of [[Vishnu]], a [[Hindu]] god, in the ''Na...
20: ...in [[1857]] popularly known as the [[Sepoy Mutiny|First War of Indian Independence]], resulted in Indi... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
1: ...emistry]], [[medical science]] and [[surgery]], [[fine arts]], [[mechanical]] and [[production]] [[tec...
13: *Medical science & surgery � Around 800 BC, first compendium on medicine and surgery was complie...
14: ...ecitation has to be correct, which gave rise to a finer study of [[sound]] and [[phonetic]]s. The natu...
15: ...ion technology � [[Greek]] historians have testified to [[smelting]] of certain [[metal]]s in India ...
26: ...d calculation was documented in a book named �''Five Principles''� (''Panch-Siddhantika'') which d... - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
8: ...o rule the Indian subcontinent. Its decline began fifty years after Ashoka's rule ended, and it dissol...
10: ... the creation of a single and efficient system of finance, administration and security. After the [[Ka...
12: ...Mauryan empire is considered one of the most significant periods in Indian history. The ''[[Lion Capit...
22: ...with the Himalayan king Parvatka, sometimes identified with Porus (Sir John Marshall "Taxila", p18, an...
26: ...a are same people as the '''Harahunas''' of the [[Mahabharata]] (II.32.12). They were located in Herat/Aria acc... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
3: ... As a result, some forms of yoga have gained significant popularity outside [[India]], particularly in...
11: ... various physical and breathing exercises and purification techniques - is actually the third and the ...
17: ...krit. Because these Sanskrit terms reflect a specific world-view and historical development of thought...
26: ...prescribe any particular form of worship and specifically allows for and encourages its practice in th...
28: ...enerally defined as "a system of worship" which defines all the classic forms of Hindu/Yoga; i.e., Kar...
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