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- Conch (4541 bytes)
2: ...box_image | image = [[image:conch.jpg|240px]] | caption = A conch shell}}
45: ... the beginning of the war of Kurukshetra in the [[Mahabharata]], the famous Hindu epic. The conch shell is a de... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
5: ... ancient [[Bharata]] ([[India]]), after the famed Mahabharata rulers, to unify such a vast territory under his ...
10: ...hrew his sword away. Ashoka found the sword and kept it.
16: ..., with whom he fell in love; recently found inscriptions indicate that she went on to become his secon...
18: ...er recovering, he married her. It was quite unacceptable to Bindusara that one of his sons should marr...
26: ...s, which was intrinsically entwined with the concept of bravery and [[Kshatriya dharma]]. - Biography (6028 bytes)
8: ...complishments. The [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[holy scripture]] is an [[anthology]] of some of the earliest ...
26: ...de it easier for authors to assemble vast manuscripts, biographies of a thousand pages or more became ... - Caste (32815 bytes)
20: ...ght and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. To the Brahman belongs the right of teaching a...
58: ...ts of untouchability lies in the hatred and contempt which the Brahmins created against those who were...
84: ...as synonyms of brahmin, seems to justify the assumption that the profession had already, to a certain ...
86: There is, however, with the exception of a solitary passage in a hymn of the last bo...
98: ... the elaboration of a system of conventional precepts, partly forming the basis of [[Manusmriti|Manu's... - 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...
13: ...]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as Indi...
32: ...de for a post of Deputy Prime Minister, but this option has been exercised from time to time.
38: ...uch as the [[Election Commission of India]], [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]] and the [[At... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as Indi...
38: ...t, and jungle. All of these environments are susceptible to unpredictable periods of flood, drought, a...
58: ''[[Chandragupta Maurya]]'', a famed Hindu monarch, founded the [...
64: Between the [[Maurya]] and [[Gupta]] empires, northern India was ruled by smaller k...
68: ...he [[Shunga period]] is known for its art and sculpture. - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...iverse array of belief systems, practices and scriptures. It has its origin in the ancient [[Indo-Arya...
8: ... the Hindu spirit of unity in diversity is best captured in a line from the ancient [[Rig Veda]]:
21: ...sa, which means "non-violence." Through this concept, strict movements of vegetarianism and tolerance ...
23: ...m, specifically, [[Smartism]], is most widely accepted to consist of a Holy Trinity. This is comprise...
25: ...([[Ramayana]]), the Prince of Ayodhya, Krishna ([[Mahabharata]]), Buddha, and Kalki. - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
7: ... origins of the story of Atlantis date back to Egyptian priests who transfered it to [[Solon]]. Solon ...
12: ... legendary event. Sonchis, priest of [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it int...
17: ...ypt|Saite]] priest showed him its history in [[Egyptian hieroglyph|hieroglyphic]] characters. Some ot...
23: ...by an outer ring-shaped continent, with the inscription, "The earth beyond the Ocean, where men lived ...
27: ...of Ocean."'' —Jordanes, ''[[Getica]]'', chapter 1:4. - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ...]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as Indi...
38: ...t, and jungle. All of these environments are susceptible to unpredictable periods of flood, drought, a...
58: ''[[Chandragupta Maurya]]'', a famed Hindu monarch, founded the [...
64: Between the [[Maurya]] and [[Gupta]] empires, northern India was ruled by smaller k...
68: ...he [[Shunga period]] is known for its art and sculpture. - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
9: ...ics � [[Vedic]] literature is replete with concepts of [[0 (number)|zero]], the techniques of [[alge...
11: *Physics � Concepts of [[atom]] and [[theory of relativity]] were ex...
24: ...ative symbol to represent this philosophical concept.
28: ...nly due to the fact that Indians had a clear conception of the abstract number as distinct from the nu...
30: ...hem, named �''Siddantha Shiromani''� has a chapter on algebra. In [[1816]], [[James Taylor]] tran... - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
4: ...nd western [[India]] taking advantage of the disruptions of local [[power (international)|powers]] in ...
6: ...ral and southern regions by the emperors Chandragupta and [[Bindusara]], but it excluded a small porti...
10: ...ansion of the sciences and of knowledge. Chandragupta Maurya's embrace of [[Jainism]] increased social...
12: Chandragupta's minister [[Kautilya Chanakya]] wrote the ''[[A...
17: ===Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya=== - Yoga (18820 bytes)
23: ...deity). "Christ the Yogi" is not an uncommon concept in the world of Yoga today. Most religions, when ...
26: ...eligious about most yoga techniques. The sole exception to this is [[Bhakti yoga]], which is a special...
36: ...ripture of Yoga" (see the final verses of each chapter).
38: ...amily members. The book is contained within the [[Mahabharata]], and is thought to have been written some time ...
65: ...ru-initiated system that as yet finds few true adepts outside of India.
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