INTRODUCTION Asoka (c. 300-232 BCE) was born into the Mauryan royal family. After his father’s death, he became in 270 BCE the ruler of an empire extending from Afghanistan to Bengal, and covering the Ganges plain and the Deccan plateau. He pushed out the boundaries of his empire during the next decade...
literature also provide useful information about the early life of the rulers of the dynasty. DYNASTY A dynasty rule means that the member of the same family became the next ruler on after another. The Mauryan dynasty had 3 important rulers CHANDRAGUPTAMAURYA (321-297 B.C.) Chandragupta Maurya succeeded...
the Mauryan Dynasty (324BC-183BC), Gupta rulers, and the Nomadic invasion. Under the rule of Ashoka, Mauryan rule followed the characteristic of the imperial pattern of dividing territory into provinces and use of a strong military. With the death of Ashoka the empire collapsed and a new one came to...
centuries of the Common Era, the people in various parts of South and South East Asia came to know of Buddhism as a result of increased contact with the Indian merchants who had come to the region to trade. These merchants not only established trading stations in Southeast Asia, but also brought their religions...
names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history, their majesties and graciousnesses and serenities and royal highnesses and the like, the name of Ashoka shines, and shines almost alone , a star. From the Volga to Japan his name is still honoured. China,Tibet ,and even India , though it has left his...
The Code of Hammurabi The code of Hammurabi was the only one of many law codes that Mesopotamian societies produced, probably because in the culture rulers considered divine. From this civil law codes separate from religious regulations was necessary to govern human behavior. Hammurabis code seem unfair...
of the Indian subcontinent by the end of his reign.[nb 1] His empire extended from Bengaland Assam in the east, to Afghanistan and Balochistan, eastern and south-east Iran in the west, to Kashmir in the north, and to the Deccan Plateau in the south. It was the largest empire yet seen in Indian history...
Macedonia crossed Indus river to confront Indian armies Chandragupta Started out as a penniless servant Established himself as ruler of kingdom of Magadha Created largest empire in Indian history, Mauryan Annexed the Indus valley Acquired Afghanistan King Ashoka-grandson and successor Buddhist ideals...
sentiment to the romantic or pathetic. With its semi divine characters, the Sakuntala is the model of the most elevated Indian dramatic form, which may be classed as “heroic romance.” Indian heroic romances represent human emotions in a theatrical universe of symbolically charged characters and events in...
BAT held Peninsular Tobacco, which manufactured cigarettes in India. Dominion Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and Arcadian Tobacco were sales outlets. Indian Leaf Tobacco was responsible for distribution and trade of tobacco leaf (see Exhibit 2). By 1953, BAT had reorganized its business holdings and added...
Indian rebellion of 1857. Brutal execution of Indian soldiers who participated in the Indian rebellion of 1857 by British cannons 1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising and rebellions in mostly northern and central India against British colonial rule on the subcontinent. The war brought about the...
and chessboard problem The inventor of chess, an Indian mathematician showed the leader of his country his game (chess) and so the leader of the country asked him what he would like in return for this creation. The smart mathematician told his ruler that for the first square of the chess board he would...
to sugar in large scale plantations created a need for labour that the existing population on the islands could not fill adequately. The native Neo-Indian population had dwindled significantly by this time, so the settlers considered indentured labourers from Europe. English and French indentured labourers...
Gandhian perspective on Indian Nation State Gandhi’s political and moral thought is based upon a simple metaphysics. For him the universe is regulated by a supreme intelligence or the principle which he called TRUTH or GOD. It is embodied in all living beings and above all in Man, in the form of as...
did they come from? What do most people do? What created a “localist” flavor (society revolving around the village)? THE FRAMEWORK FOR INDIAN HISTORY: GEOGRAPHY AND A FORMATIVE PERIOD What civilizations impacted India the most? What direction did they come from? What made political...
respect. • Comparing Ancient Male Rulers. Take any two (2) of these rulers and write an essay comparing them: Ramses II, Shihuangdi, Constantine, Ashoka, Pericles, or Charlemagne. Select rulers from different cultures. You may also propose (for approval or not) a ruler not listed. Avoid lengthy quoting...
{draw:rect} {draw:rect} {draw:rect} {draw:rect} {draw:g} {draw:g} {draw:frame} If you were an Indian living in the 1700’s and heard that an entity by the name of the East India Trading Company was coming to your country would you be suspicious? Of course not, and neither was anybody who lived in India...
India 1949 (rev. 2002) Page 3 constituteproject.org PDF generated: 19 Sep 2013, 12:58 8 Rights of citizenship of certain persons of Indian origin residing outside India Notwithstanding anything in article 5, any person who or either of whose parents or any of whose grand-parents was born...
literature on social change in the 1960s and 1970s.[15] The terms came into widespread use in the 1980s and 1990s, promoted by Bill Drayton the founder of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public,[16] and others such as Charles Leadbeater.[17] From the 1950s to the 1990s Michael Young was a leading promoter of social...
make a difference. They are the Father, the Mother and the Teacher". Color and purpose of the Indian National Flag I would like now to explain explain briefly about various aspects of our Indian flag before ending my speech on this topic. The Saffron / Orange colour of the flag explains the strength...
political groups, there runs a pan-Indian identity and symbolism which proves the unity of the country. The greatness of Indian culture is that it leaves space of various groups to preserve and practice their own culture and at the same time accommodates them under one pan-Indian culture. (http://www.crvp.org/seminar/05-seminar/bala...
(Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west...
other. Kashmir at the time of the partition had a Muslim majority while its ruler was a Hindu and therefore decided neither to join India nor Pakistan. Although after the attacks from tribal militancy of Pakistan, its ruler decided to join India which resulted in war. Till today it is a dispute, Pakistan...
cultural systems, highly developed agriculture, and large urban and political units. Columbus’ mistaken designation of the inhabitants of the Americas as Indians implies a nonexistent common identity. The great diversity of cultures requires concentration on a few major civilizations, the great imperial states...
Century. The Indian Chola Empire conquered not only south of India but also extended their empire over the seas and ruled parts of the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Vijayalaya The founder of Chola Kingdom was Vijayalaya who conquered the kingdom of Tanjore during mid 8th century. The Indian Chola dynasty...
discarding hegemonic designs in the region. The views of Indian analysts and commentators show that India has not yet given up its pursuit of regional hegemony. In an article in the Foreign Affairs issue of July-August, 2006, a well-known Indian analyst, C Raja Mohan, stressed that India had sought "primacy...
of the ghats and on the eastern side where there is less rainfall. These forests contain several tree species of great commercial significance (e.g. Indian rosewood Dalbergia latifolia, Malabar Kino Pterocarpus marsupium, teak and Terminalia crenulata), but they have now been cleared from many areas. In...
1947, the British Indian Empire was divided into two countries: India and Pakistan. “The partition of British India into an independent India and Pakistan was a very complicated problem. The British had made no preparation for such things as the division of financial assets, of the Indian Army, the communications...
number of reasons. As with most ancient civilizations, the social, political and economic systems were guided by religious beliefs. For ancient Indians; however, religious practice literally dictated most levels of social organization and political direction. Also, the same basic religious beliefs...
what really happened but we believe in it as we have seen the evidence. We know that a great indian warrior king called Ashoka existed as we have sources such as the works of scholars and the artefact of the Ashoka Pillar.19 If there had not been such artefacts or evidences to establish our history, not...
of religious commitment in worshipping the Goddess, but the sectarian nature of such worship has now all but vanished. Buddhism was originally an Indian religion arising out of the same milieu as the mystical forms of Hinduism represented in the teachings of the Upanishads. The Buddha himself was an...
shapes and their functions then according to Lewis Lord, different shape’s mound were built by Indians like octagons, circles, even the zigzag of a snake. Almost 120 biggest mounds were built by the Indians, among them 87 have been acknowledged. Three types of mounds were built i.e. conical, flat top...
The Palace on Wheels is a . It was launched by the Indian Railways to promote tourism in Rajasthan, and has been highly popular since its launch. Palace on Wheels comprises 14 deluxe air-conditioned saloons, completely self-sufficient and tastefully equipped to impress modern travellers. Each compartment...
This seemed to be a truly happy civilization. After much excavation there were still no bodies to be found, but that was not much of a surprise. Indians since ancient times have been known for cremating the dead so there were no human remains to be found. Most of the inhabitants of this magnificent...
lands. Therefore, in conquering lands means conquering those people who occupy it which in this case are the Indians. Problems rose in this conquest which includes mistreatment of the Indians, exploitation, slavery and rape. As we all know, the method used by the Spanish conquistadores and Portuguese...
The Ramayana is one of the two great Indian epics,the other being the Mahabharata. The Ramayana tells about life in India around 1000 BCE and offers models in dharma. The hero, Rama, lived his whole life by the rules of dharma; in fact, that was why Indian consider him heroic. When Rama was a young boy...
Underneath is a motto: "सत्यमेव जयते". Flag Emblem Motto: "Satyameva Jayate" (Sanskrit) "Truth Alone Triumphs"[1] Anthem: Jana Gana Mana "Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People"[2][3] MENU0:00 National song: Vande Mataram "I Bow to Thee, Mother"[a][1][3] Image of a globe centred on India, with...
to evict Hindus from Jammu region after making Kashmir a Hindu-less region. And before that terrorists had attacked Ayodhya in July, 2005. And Indian Parliament was attacked in 2001. During 1980s and 1990s, Pak- sponsored terrorists killed thousands of Hindus in Kashmir forcing several lakhs...
done justice with the characters according to the perspective of colonialism. There could be no friendship between haughty British rulers and humble natives___ the Indians. Can the barriers be removed? Characterization of the novel makes an attempt to find out the answers. The greatness of the novel lies...
once but twice, in 1998 and 1999.3 If the BJP is yet to govern in its own right, it has replaced, at least for the moment, the once-dominant 'secular' Indian National Congress as the most popular and powerful party in India. Pakistan's 'ambivalence', as Rafiq Zakaria has put it, is now seemingly matched...
past were mostly governed by ______. a) Rulers (b) Religious (c) Priest (d) Panchyayat 37. By serving to the society, individual serves to the ______. a) Society (b) Priest (c) God Almighty (d) Rulers 38. The three parties involved in any...
little more than invaders in India and wanted nothing to do with them. Sir Syed believed that the Muslim community had to accept that the British were rulers who intended to stay for many years. The Muslim position could only be improved if they adopted a more positive approach to the British. They needed...
The Awami League under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won a landslide victory in the general election of 1970. But the Pakistani military rulers and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of the Pakistan People's Party could not accept the results of the election. The Pakistan army began committing genocide in...
regarded as an abiding contribution to modern Indian English drama. Girish Karnad, a versatile genius, is “one of the foremost prolific writers”1 in India writing in Kannada. He is, undoubtedly, “the most celebrated personalities among the living Indian dramatists today.” 2 He is also a well-known...
missionaries. Another chapter deals in detail the emotions felt and actions taken by the British women during the freedom struggle. As Indian we all are quite acquainted with the Indian view of the raj, but the book presents a rather refreshing look on the raj from the point of view of a foreigner and that too...
religious and social policy. Akbar's marriage with Rajkumari Heer Kunwari was a very important event in Mughal history. She is widely regarded in modern Indian historiography as exemplifying Akbar's and the Mughal's tolerance of religious differences and their inclusive policies within an expanding multi-ethnic...
Hobbes: An English philosopher who described life as nasty, brutish and short. People fear anarchy enough to give up their freedoms to an absolute ruler in exchange for peace, security. Joseph Stalin: Communist leader of Russia from 1922-1952, led the commuist movement in Russia, killed more than 16...
flourishing kingdom full of prosperity and happiness. But just as the Greeks and Romans before them, even the Mughals, one of the most affluent empires in Indian history, had to see their empire come to an end. The decline of the Mughals can be attributed to a number of reasons, including having an extremely...
Kabul in which he conquered in the year of 1504, prior to that he lost Ferghana Kingdom. He was well known in Asia and especially remembered by the Indians because he attempted five invasions, successful or not. Hence forth, Babur was summoned by the Governor of Punjab to overthrow the Lodhi Kingdom....
memorial and was built in the memory of 90,000 soldiers who laid down their lives during World War I the Afghan Wars .The India Gate today also houses the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Amar Jawan Jyoti. It is today one of the most famous monuments in Delhi. India Gate is perhaps one of the most...
and mostly harmless visit to Tenochtitlan. 8. After Onate was removed from his position of governor, the relations between the Spanish and Pueblo Indians improved. Many of the natives converted to Christianity under the influence of Spanish missionaries. Others went into important trading relations with...
Columbus never reached Asia, however he discovered the West Indians. Bartolome De Las Casas first heard about the “new discoveries” as a student in Seville in 1493. In 1502 Bartolome made his way to the Hispaniola, an island part of the West Indians, as a member of the new governor’s royal party. This was...
done justice with the characters according to the perspective of colonialism. There could be no friendship between haughty British rulers and humble natives___ the Indians. Can the barriers be removed? Characterization of the novel makes an attempt to find out the answers. The greatness of the novel lies...
Freedom at Midnight (1975) is a book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. It describes the events in the Indian independence movement in 1947-48, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten as the last viceroy of British India, and ending with the death and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi. The...
Hassan (31 kms) and Mysore (149 kms) in Karnataka. It is believed that the temple derived its name from Vishnuvardhana Hoysaleswara, the presiding ruler in those times. However, the erection of the temple was started and sponsored by the affluent Shaiva citizens (mainly Ketamalla and Kesarasetti) of...
Rivers Inter-Linking Project New Delhi—Quoting huge cost factor, the Indian government has scrapped the ambitious project to inter-link major rivers, which was seen as a means to control frequent floods and droughts that ravage the country in different parts the country each year. Federal Water Resources...
country Introduction: Indian national movement finally reached destiny in the midnight of 15th August, 1947.It leads in a new era wherein the belief that everyone is born free and has a right to fulfill one-self in human dignity was no longer a myth. The framers of the Indian Constitution in their collective...
The history of hockey in Malaysia goes as far back as 1862, when the British rulers introduced the game confining purely to European community. After the First World War, however, this unique Asian sport brought the local elements into its fold. The later years established that Malaysia was destined...
Malaysia is headed by the Paramount Ruler and a bicameral Parliament consisting of a non-elected upper house and an elected lower house. Four States do not maintain monarchy rulers; however maintain Governors, which are appointed by the Government. The Paramount Ruler is Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum...
The Death of Chingachgook as the Apogee of the tragedy of the Indian Nation in Cooper^s The Pioneers The Pioneers, written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1823 opens the popular series of books about the adventures of an inhabitant of the New England forests Natty Bampo ^ a white man, a scout, and...