|[pic] Mohenjo-daro (Urdu: موئن جودڑو‚ Sindhi: موئن جو دڙو‚ English: Mound of the dead) was a city of the Indus Valley Civilization built around 2600 BC and is located in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. This ancient five thousand year old city is the largest of Indus Valley and is widely recognized as one of the most important early cities of South Asia and the Indus Valley Civilization. Mohenjo Daro was one of the world’s first cities and contemporaneous with ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations
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the presence of a distinguished caste of priests set them aside from other religions. Some of the legends from the holy scriptures of Judaism and Hinduism are very alike and even share some linguistic similarities. Both religions also see Tora and Veda‚ their respective sacred scriptures‚ as paradigmatic signs of their traditions. Between both marriage ceremonies‚ each have very similar cultural beliefs. Both require traditional dress and put great emphasis on
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achievement. Probably‚ a combination of Sidhhi and Vinayak have given Mumbai’s most famous Ganesh temple the name of Siddhivinayak. His parents were Siva and Parvati. Legend has it that Ganapathy himself wrote the Mahabharata‚ to the dictation of Guru Veda Vyasa. He is also considered the most intelligent. A challenge was thrown to brothers Ganapathy and Karthikeya by Sage Narada. The challenge was whoever went around the globe first would have the fruit first. Karthikeya went around the world which
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ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period. Rigvedic verses suggest that the women married at a mature age and were probably free to select their husband. Scriptures such as Rig Veda and Upanishads mention several women sages and seers‚ notably Gargi and Maitreyi. Some kingdoms in the ancient India had traditions such as nagarvadhu ("bride of the city"). Women competed to win the coveted title of the nagarvadhu. Amrapali is the
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Mesopotamia (1) Some of the Mesopotamia cities were Ur‚ Hatra‚ Samarra‚ Nineveh‚ Lasgash‚ Nasiriyah‚ Assur‚ etc. The people within the cities were well known for the metal work‚ wooden textiles‚ and stoneware. (2) Mesopotamia’s government is known as theocracy‚ it consisted of each city having its own chief‚ working under a single ruler. (3) The Mesopotamia’s religion was polytheistic‚ the people strongly had a belief that the ziggurats connected heaven and earth. The gods or goddesses had
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will come across many many different cultures of religions throughout your healthcare career. It may be Hinduism‚ Lutheran(christian)‚ or even Mormon. The general beliefs of the Hindu culture are; Truth is eternal‚ Brahman is Truth and Reality‚ The Vedas are the ultimate authority‚ Everyone should strive to achieve dharma‚ Individual souls are important‚ and the goal of an individual soul is moksha. Hinduism does not originate in a single founder‚ a single book or a single point in time. It contains
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India’s languages‚ religions‚ dance‚ music‚ architecture‚ food and customs differ from place to place within the country‚ but nevertheless possess a commonality. India is the only country in the world to have so many religions and beliefs. The culture of India is an amalgamation of these diverse sub-cultures spread all over the Indian subcontinent and traditions that are several millennia old Religions and spirituality India is the birth place of Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism‚ collectively
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1831 was to destroy Vedic culture so that Indians can be shown light of Christianity. For that‚ many distortions were done-(1) All kings who started a calendar were declared fictitious‚ though there are voluminous records of them. (2) Everything in Vedas or old literature was declared to be works f illiterates by persons who themselves were ignorant of those subjects. (3) All Indian texts are considered false. Though entire old history is solely from purāṇas‚ their chronology is arbitrarily changed
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“The changing direction of wind incorporates newer flavor in your life‚” said Shivani‚ referring to the gush of rather moist wind that was blowing across our faces. I befriended her on the banks of Devikulam Lake. She was accompanying her mother who came to take a dip in the sacred pool of water which is considered to be having curative properties. It is a local saying that she reiterated. Shivani seemed to be at her late teens‚ an age more prone to discovering newer flavors of life almost every
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The Contribution of Patanjali’s Yoga Suta When we speak of Yoga the first thing in mind is the posture‚ the breaths‚ the exercise. Yoga is commonly associated with flexibility and its complex postures. It is also associated with breathing excercises and meditation. But this is not always the case. There is more to Yoga than just the exercise. For those who studied Indian Philosophy‚ Hinduism or Indian culture and history‚ Yoga is not just all those things; it is something more. So what is Yoga
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