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- History of China (45919 bytes)
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ...
28: ...C)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.
30: ...ang Di|First Emperor]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This... - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...tory characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war ...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
22: ...empire. Three are with the Man and Yi barbarians. Five are in ''Zhongguo''." - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ...without, ''shoka'' – sorrow). Asoka was the first ruler of ancient [[Bharata]] ([[India]]), afte...
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]] ... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...i Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mother and the Motherland are Worth More than ...
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
28: | office vacant since February 1, 2005
36: | '''Unification'''
58: ... Buddhist empire was displaced by resurgent Hindu fiefdoms such as the Licchavi dynasty. - Tibetan art (2932 bytes)
1: ...kh]], [[Nepal]], and [[Sikkim]]). Tibetan art is first and foremost a form of [[sacred art]], reflect...
13: More specifically, Tibetan Buddhism is a subset of [[Tantric B...
15: ...teaching as well as to the protection of the specific tantric practices underway in the monastery to p... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...estigating the [[universe]] known as the [[scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces th...
4: ...al that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosoph...
6: ...e, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external ...
11: ...owledge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-fr...
13: ...; and [[Paul Feyerabend]], who argued that scientific knowledge is not cumulative or progressive, and ... - 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... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...ed, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on i...
11: ...re by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbit...
18: ... to the surface, while the presence of a magnetic field would have helped to protect the planet from [...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence ... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
9: official_languages = [[Khmer language|Khmer]]; [[Frenc...
45: ...xtraction. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as '''Cambodian''', or more often, '''Khmer'''.
49: ... "the fresh water river"), an important source of fish.
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... - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
19: ==Classification==
22: ...di]] ''chiitaa'', which is perhaps derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''chitraka'', meaning "the spotted one". Other ...
25: ...ve cubs after a [[gestation]] of ninety to ninety-five [[day]]s. The cubs weigh from 150 to 300 g (5 t... - Bodhisattva (7734 bytes)
2: ...y means a "wisdom ("bodhi") being ("sattva") in [[Sanskrit]].
6: ...ghtenment so that, once awakened, he or she may efficiently aid other beings with the expertise of sup...
16: ... he or she first must travel the first two of the five paths, which are said to correspond to words fr...
28: ...t being close to enlightenment and seeing the benefit for all [[sentient]] beings, one achieves great ...
35: # ''Very difficult to train'' - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
3: ...ech. This article will focus on philosophy as a ''field of study''.
5: ...n philosophy]] is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This articl...
9: ...f philosophy. Philosophers are motivated by specific questions such as:
17: ...[Aristotle]], who was the first to use this classification (as he believed that to call himself a [[so...
21: ...ar, used different categories than the Greeks. Definitions were not based on common features, but wer... - 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... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...er including second language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communi...
27: ...f the entire Gallic region for both mercantile, official and educational reasons, yet it should be rem...
60: ...owing a period of unification, regulation and purification, the French of the 17th to the 18th centuri...
62: ...f foreign words and expressions. Some recent modifications include the change from ''software'' to ''...
66: ..., the future of specific "regional" accents is difficult to predict. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
15: ...s]]. Gandhi's principle of ''satyagraha'' (from [[Sanskrit]] ''satya'': truth, and ''graha'': grasp/hold), o...
18: ...iving beings, vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between members of va...
20: ...o continue the family tradition of holding high office in Gujarat. Unhappy at Samaldas College, he le...
25: ...t he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], ...
29: ... first class to third class while travelling on a first class ticket. Later, travelling by stagecoach... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
10: :[[Sanskrit]]: '''एकम् सत...
17: ...om [[monism]], [[dualism]], [[vishistadvaita|qualified non-dualism]], [[pantheism]], [[panentheism]] (...
23: Contemporary Hinduism, specifically, [[Smartism]], is most widely accepted to c...
25: ...ars of Vishnu. The ten avatars of Vishnu are The Fish ([[Matsya]]), The Tortoise ([[Kurma]]), The Boa...
33: ...Supreme Being. I alone am the enjoyer of all sacrificial services (Seva, Yajna) and Lord of the univer... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...uru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]].
6: ...s. The five baptised Sikhs were named Panj Pyare (Five Beloved Ones), who in turn baptised the Guru at...
8: ...nguages including [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Bhojpuri]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].
26: ... [[1604]] he installed the [[Adi Granth]] for the first time as the [[Holy Book]] of the Sikhs. In [[1...
28: ...]] and led the Sikhs until [[1675]], when he sacrificed his life to save the [[Kashmiri Hindu]]s who h... - Siachen glacier (3348 bytes)
7: ...]] (named after the divine cloud messenger in a [[Sanskrit]] play) was launched on 13 April 1984 when the [[...
10: ...s are killed because of severe weather than enemy firing. Both the sides have lost close to 4,000 pers...
12: ...[President of India]], [[Abdul Kalam]] became the first head of state to visit the area. - Guitar (36953 bytes)
4: ...cal instrument]] played with the [[fingerpicking|fingers]], or a [[plectrum]] ([[guitar pick]]). The ...
8: ...tric guitar|electric]] (i.e. with electrical amplification) or both.
15: [[image:Elam-tar.jpg|thumb|left|Figurines playing the ancestor of the Guitar. Excava...
16: ...mbination of two words. "''Guit''" comes from the Sanskrit word ''"Sangeeta"'' meaning "music." The second h...
17: ...bviously rooted in Persian. The name "guitar" was first introduced to the Western World when guitars w...
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