Africans or their descendants that describe their life under enslavement. In Brazil‚ two mulatto abolitionists wrote sketchy descriptions of their personal experiences‚ and one autobiography of a black man was published before emancipation. In contrast‚ several thousand slave narratives and eight full-length autobiographies were published in the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War (1860-1865) (Conrad‚ p. xix). In Cuba‚ one slave narrative appeared in the nineteenth century. Penned by
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Sindhu River Originating from Kailash mountain‚ it covers 550 kms in Jammu and Kashmir. From there it enters Leh‚ and gets mingled with Zanzkar river. In Punjab it is met with five major rivers of Punjab – Jhelum‚ Chenab‚ Ravi‚ Beas and Satluj. The word Sindhu originates from the word sidh meaning to keep off . The river Sindhu has been mentioned 176 times in Rigveda‚ 95 times in plural‚ used in the generic meaning. In Rigveda – the Ancient Indian Scripture( 1500 B.C.)‚ is the earliest chronicle
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where the plains of Ganga are. These cities include Calcutta and Lucknow. Bombay‚ the most populated city in India‚ is located in the western coast of the country‚ in the Western Ghats. Another of the biggest cities‚ Bangalore‚ is located where the Penner and Palar rivers meet‚ in the south of India‚ in the verge of the Eastern Ghats. The capital‚ New Dehli‚ was placed in the north west of the country‚ where the Yammuna river flows‚ near the verge of the Plains of Ganga. One of the most sparsely
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Rudraprayag‚ a town in the northern Indian state of whose many temples draw tourists and Hindu pilgrims with magnetic force‚ visitors often stop for a meal at a popular hotel built right on the river Alakananda. One of the two head streams of the Ganga‚ the holy lifeline of India that gushes from the Gomukh snout of the massive Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas‚ Alakananda is revered as a goddess. A night in the hotel is cheap‚ and budget tourists from home and abroad come here for the breathtaking
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Uttar Pradesh was home to powerful empires of ancient and medieval India‚ including Magadha‚ Nanda‚ Mauryan‚ Sunga‚ Kushan‚ Gupta‚ Gurjara‚ Rashtrakuta‚ Pala and Mughal empires. The two major rivers of the state‚ the Ganga and Yamuna‚ join at Allahabad and then flow as the Ganga further east. The state has several historical‚ natural‚ and religious tourist destinations‚ such as the Taj Mahal‚ Varanasi‚ Piprahwa‚ Kaushambi‚ Kanpur‚ Ballia‚ Shravasti‚ Kushinagar‚ Lucknow‚ Chitrakoot‚ Jhansi‚ Allahabad
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the Capital town of Northern Panchala have been discovered near Ramnagar village of Aonla Tehsil in the district. It was during the first excavations at Ahichhatra (1940–44) that the painted grey ware‚ associated with the advent of the Aryans in Ganga Yamuna Valley‚ was recognised for the first time in the earliest levels of the site. Nearly five thousand coins belonging to periods earlier than that of Guptas have been yielded from Ahichhatra. It has also been one of the richest sites in India from
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FOREST A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities‚ depending on various cultural definitions‚ what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have different classifications according to how and of what the forest is compose. These plant communities cover approximately 9.4 percent of the Earth’s surface (or 30 percent of total land area)‚ though they once covered much more (about 50 percent of total land area)‚ in many
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Emin Mamedov Rex Koontz ARTH 1300 11.18.2010 No Indian art‚ painting‚ sculpture or architecture was created aimlessly or accidentally. Even the smallest piece of leaflet has its own spiritual content. Most of the time spiritual content was reached by showing sculptures in movement. The same could be said about sculptures of Indian Gods or Goddesses. Every God does something that has a deep cosmic symbolism. Especially‚ it can be said about Shiva Nataraja or God of Dance. The term Nataraja
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Towards Better Management of Ground Water Resources in India B.M.Jha‚ Chairman & S.K.Sinha‚ Scientist D Central Ground Water Board Bhujal Bhawan‚ CGO Complex‚ NH IV‚ Faridabad- 121 001‚ Haryana‚ India. e-mail: chmn-cgwb@nic.in Abstract Groundwater is the most preferred source of water in various user sectors in India on account of its near universal availability‚ dependability and low capital cost. The increasing dependence on ground water as a reliable source of water has resulted in indiscriminate
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homemade food delivery service gives an insight of a 115-year old enterprise and what makes it a successful enterprise. Through the series of conversation amongst four characters- Anita Dalal‚ Srinivas Pandit‚ Raghunath Megde (Raghu) and Gangram Talekar (Ganga) a different perspective of organisation and its working model is known. At the end of every chapter are the takeaways which tell the reader how Dabawalas differ from their competitors in their working style and thought process. Started in 1890
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