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- Conch (4541 bytes)
17: ...more specifically, a marine [[gastropod]]. Still, it should be noted that many other gastropods have c...
21: ...national trade is heavily restricted.[http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml]
26: ...d lip on their shells upon reaching [[sexual maturity]].
31: ...ither raw, as in [[salad]]s, or cooked, as in [[fritter]]s, [[chowder]]s, [[gumbo]]s, and burgers.
33: ...any ways including as paint and ink holders for elite scribes, as bugle or trumpet, and as hand weapon... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ...amed Mahabharata rulers, to unify such a vast territory under his empire, which in retrospect exceeds ...
7: The [[United Kingdom|British]] author [[H. G. Wells]] wrote of Ashoka: "In ...
10: ...w his sword away. Ashoka found the sword and kept it.
14: ...f Ashoka, but this time the uprising was crushed with an iron hand.)
16: .... There he met a fisherwoman named [[Kaurwaki]], with whom he fell in love; recently found inscription... - Biography (6028 bytes)
1: ...birth, education, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing suc...
8: ... a method called [[cuneiform]]. The ramayana and mahabharata are also iographies. These biographies only detai...
16: ...people, vehicles for [[conversion]] to [[Christianity]].
22: ...English language]] biography appeared in history with the publication of a biography of [[Plutarch]] b...
24: ... letters, it presented its subject to the reader with an intimacy and detail rarely seen before that t... - Caste (32815 bytes)
1: ...re|cultural]] context, is usually in conjunction with the [[social division]] in [[Hinduism|Hindu]] so...
3: ...ocial insect]]s like [[ant]]s, [[bee]]s and [[termite]]s have caste divisions of [[Queen bee|queen]] (...
5: ...s, [[Kshatriya]]s, [[Vaishya]]s, and [[Shudra]]s. It is believed that one is born into a caste dependi...
7: ...[[Agni]] or [[Ushas]]. In RV 3.34.5 and RV 9.71.2 it refers to the the lustrous colour of the sky at d...
13: ...indu]]s, particularly in [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. It is based on four ''varnas'', (meaning "colours"): - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...second most populous]] [[country]] in the world, with a [[population]] of over [[1 E9|one billion]], a...
3: ...y has grown significantly, in its economic and military roles, regionally as well as globally.
5: ... due to domestic disputes over how representative it is as a national signifier.
11: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters with paintings at [[Bhimbetka]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]]...
13: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in the northern Ind... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...[[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements...
8: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India o...
11: ...ience]], [[Indian art|Art]], [[Indian literature|literature]], [[Indian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[I...
14: ...n by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
20: ...ed in India coming under the direct rule of the British crown. - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
3: ...yllablle and a quintessential symbol of Hinduism. Its meanings are many.]]
6: ...dest religion." It is the third largest religion with approximately 940 [[million]] followers worldwid...
8: Perhaps the Hindu spirit of unity in diversity is best captured in a line from the ancient [[Ri...
10: :[[Sanskrit]]: '''एकम् सत...
11: :Transliteration: ''Ekam Sat Viprāha Bahudhā Vada... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
1: ...e:Atlantis1.jpg|thumb|222px|right|An artistic rendition of an imaginary Atlantis]]
2: ...e in one of the cradles of civilization, the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
7: ...s learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
10: ''Main article: [[Critias %28Plato%29]]''
12: ...(Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it into [[Greek language|Greek]] for Solon. - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
5: ...[[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements...
8: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India o...
11: ...ience]], [[Indian art|Art]], [[Indian literature|literature]], [[Indian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[I...
14: ...n by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
20: ...ed in India coming under the direct rule of the British crown. - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
1: ...] [[technology]], [[civil engineering]] and [[architecture]], [[shipbuilding]] and [[navigation]], [[s...
3: ''Grant Duff'', a [[British]] [[historian]] has remarked: �Many of the a...
9: ...|zero]], the techniques of [[algebra]] and [[algorithm]], [[square root]] and [[cube root]].
11: ... [[atom]] and [[theory of relativity]] were explicitely stated by an Indian Philosopher around [[600 B...
14: *Fine Arts � [[Veda]]s were recited and recitation has to be correct, which gave rise to a fine... - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
4: ...ower (international)|powers]] in the wake of the withdrawal westward by [[Alexander the Great]]'s Gree...
6: ... the emperors Chandragupta and [[Bindusara]], but it excluded a small portion of unexplored tribal and...
8: ... Ashoka's rule ended, and it dissolved in 185 BC with the foundation of the [[Sunga Dynasty]] in Magad...
10: ...o [[Sri Lanka]], Southeast Asia, West Asia and Mediterranean Europe.
12: ...ficant periods in Indian history. The ''[[Lion Capital of Asoka]]'' at [[Sarnath]], is the [[emblem of... - Yoga (18820 bytes)
1: [[Image:Girl-practicing-meditation-yoga-while-sitting-on-mat-clipart-9029.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cli...
3: ...some forms of yoga have gained significant popularity outside [[India]], particularly in the West duri...
7: ...ed to by the name is that of the individual soul with the cosmos, or the Supreme.
9: ...can be any activity that leads or brings the practitioner closer to this mystical union - a state call...
11: ...l analysis or the discrimination of truth and reality ([[Jnana Yoga]]). The most conspicuous form of y...
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