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- Conch (4541 bytes)
9: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Stromboidea]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Strombidae]]}}
17: ...ches''' (pronounced "Konk") in the family [[Strombidae]]. A '''conch''' is a [[sea]] creature, a [[mol...
19: While most Strombid species are extinct, at least 65 species are livi...
26: ...indentation near the anterior end called a stromboid notch. They also have a foot ending in a pointed,... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ... ancient [[Bharata]] ([[India]]), after the famed Mahabharata rulers, to unify such a vast territory under his ...
10: ...s exemplary intellect and warrior skills, he is said to have been the favourite of his grandfather [[C...
18: ...e of his sons should marry a [[Buddhist]], so he did not allow Ashoka to stay in [[Pataliputra]], but ...
26: ...y state of [[Orissa]]. Kalinga was a state that prided itself on its sovereignty and democracy; with i...
30: ... about 100,000 people were killed on the Kalinga side and 10,000 from Ashoka's army; thousands of men ... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...e [[film]], based on the written accounts of individual lives. While a biography may focus on a subje...
8: ... a method called [[cuneiform]]. The ramayana and mahabharata are also iographies. These biographies only detai...
14: == Dark and Middle Ages ==
16: The [[Middle Ages]] (AD [[400]] to [[1450]]) began with the...
18: By the late Middle Ages, biographies became less church-oriented ... - Caste (32815 bytes)
22: ...ries that are supposed to be present in each individual.
27: ...mes from [[Sanskrit]] for 'knowledge', root word Vid 'to know') are the priestly caste, and are respon...
29: They are not presently considered the rulers of society, but in the past they h...
31: ...s well known from many cultures, such as the [[Druids]] of the [[Celts]], the [[Magi]] of the [[Iran|P...
42: *''[[Gautama_Buddha|Siddhartha Gautama]]'', who is known to have become t... - India (27950 bytes)
5: ...Hindu]] king, whose story is to be found in the [[Mahabharata]], as an official name of equal status. A third n...
9: <!-- THIS SECTION IS A SUMMARY. CONSIDER ADDING MATERIAL TO THE 'HISTORY OF INDIA' ARTIC...
21: During the middle of the second millennium, several European cou...
32: ...iamentary majority. The constitution does not provide for a post of Deputy Prime Minister, but this op...
34: ...ok Sabha]]'', or House of the People, and the President. The 245-member ''Rajya Sabha'' is chosen indi... - History of India (31279 bytes)
20: During the middle of the second millennium, several European cou...
30: ... middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle palaeolithic quarry in the Kaladgi Basin, sout...
36: ...late it may have been a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]], while others argue that it was an ...
38: ... and east. The water ways of the Indus valley provided an excellent resource for trade and commerce th...
40: ...unique and rich environmental resources India provided. - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
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6: ...ith approximately 940 [[million]] followers worldwide, 96 percent of whom live in the [[Indian subcont...
17: To the Hindu, this idea has been an active force in defining the 'Etern...
19: ...ght separated into colours by a prism, and are valid to worship. Some of the Hindu aspects of God incl...
23: ...ry Hinduism, specifically, [[Smartism]], is most widely accepted to consist of a Holy Trinity. This i... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ... own time. Plato did mention it was somewhere outside the [[Pillars of Hercules]] (i.e. the [[Straits ...
7: ...om his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
12: ... intended to illustrate Plato's philosophy of the ideal government. Plato's account purports to be bas...
14: ...], there was a [[mountain]] not very high on any side. There at the inner hill the land was enclosed ...
17: ... other writers called it ''Poseidonis'' after Poseidon. [[Plutarch]] mentions ''Saturnia'' or ''Ogygia... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
20: During the middle of the second millennium, several European cou...
30: ... middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle palaeolithic quarry in the Kaladgi Basin, sout...
36: ...late it may have been a [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian language]], while others argue that it was an ...
38: ... and east. The water ways of the Indus valley provided an excellent resource for trade and commerce th...
40: ...unique and rich environmental resources India provided. - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
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12: ...in distillation of [[perfume]]s, [[aromatic]] liquids, manufacturing of [[dye]]s and [[pigment]]s, and...
22: ...American historian ([[1885]]-[[1981]]) has once said that �India was the mother of our philosophy......
24: ...nya''�, literal translation of which is �''void''�, and zero emerged as a derivative symbol to ...
26: ... a book named �''Five Principles''� (''Panch-Siddhantika'') which dates to [[5th Century]] AD. - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
4: ..., who had overthrown the [[Nanda Dynasty]] and rapidly expanded his power westwards across central and...
10: ...India. Ashoka sponsored the spreading of Buddhist ideals into [[Sri Lanka]], Southeast Asia, West Asia...
12: ...s of the Mauryan times. The Mauryan empire is considered one of the most significant periods in Indian...
20: ... surprised and defeated the Macedonians and consolidated the region under the control of his new seat ...
22: ...iance with the Himalayan king Parvatka, sometimes identified with Porus (Sir John Marshall "Taxila", p... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
1: ...at-clipart-9029.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ...ms of yoga have gained significant popularity outside [[India]], particularly in the West during the p...
7: ...union referred to by the name is that of the individual soul with the cosmos, or the Supreme.
9: ... yoga ("union") deals with the nature of the individual soul and the cosmos, and how the two are relat...
17: ...e to use the original Sanskrit terms. Most yoga guidebooks include glossaries of these terms with loca...
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