Assam : Ancient Assam was known as Pragjyotisha in early times and as Kamarupa in later times. The name Pragjyotisha stood for both the kingdom and capital city. The earliest mention of the city of Pragjyotisha is found in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. According to the Ramayana‚this city was founded by Amurtaraja son of Kusa and grandfather of the famous stage Viswamitra. There are different options regarding the origin of the name’’Pragjyotisha’’. According to the Kalika Purana‚’’here Brahma
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admit‚ it takes time for the story to sink in‚ but slowly and steadily‚ you get sucked into a world that’s dark‚ dangerous and demonish. The attire may be white‚ but the deeds are grey or black. Rajneeti is not only Mahabharata‚ but also the Godfather. Despite knowing the Mahabharata or Godfather‚ one is not able to presume what games the present-day Pandavas and Kauravas would play in Rajneeti. In fact‚ the story alters constantly‚ unravelling in a serpentine manner and speed‚ so much so that
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Hinduism What are the Sacred Texts? Shruti (“heard”) – oldest‚ most authoritative: Four Vedas (“truth”) – myths‚ rituals‚ chants Upanishads - metaphysical speculation Plus other texts Smriti (“remembered”) – the Great Indian Epics: Ramayana Mahabharata (includes Bhagavad-Gita) Plus others What do Hindus believe? One impersonal Ultimate Reality – Brahman Manifest as many personal deities True essence of life – Atman‚ the soul‚ is Brahman trapped in matter (“That art thou”) Reincarnation –
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nominalised neuter saṃskṛtám‚ it means "preparation‚ prepared place" and thus "ritual enclosure‚ place for a sacrifice". As a term for "refined or elaborated speech" the adjective appears only in Epic and Classical Sanskrit‚ in the Manusmriti and in the Mahabharata. The language referred to as saṃskṛta "the cultured language" has by definition always been a "sacred" and "sophisticated" language‚ used for religious and learned discourse in ancient India‚ and contrasted with the languages spoken by the people
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Roots of Indian Culture in Sindhu Saraswati Civilisation The Saraswati Civilisation A fresh study by a group of international scientists peesh confirms the dominant role of Saraswati river in sustaining the so-called Indus Valley Civilisation. [28] A new study titled‚ ‘Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilisation’‚ has concluded that the Indus Valley Civilisation died out because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated
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ancient stories oozing from the corners of the fort. The site of the fort was also Indraprasta‚ the capital of the famed warriors of the Mahabharata‚ the Pandavas. Excavations near the eastern wall of the fort reveal that the site had been occupied since 1000 B.C. Archaeologists found painted grey ware pottery and other remains‚ which date back to the Mahabharata. The Purana Qila has three gates - Humayun Darwaza‚ Talaqi Darwaza and Bara Darwaza. The present entrance is the Bara Darwaza‚ an imposing
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According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ humanism is a system of values and beliefs that is based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be solved using reason instead of religion. Personally‚ humanism is an aspect of study that focuses on shaping the core values of a person. It shifts away from the traditional beliefs. Humanism stresses the liveliness of the individual figure in society. Throughout the semester there were books that had to be read from three different periods
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with Buddhism. One great Indian architecture structure is the Kandrariya Mahadeo temple‚ and one great Chinese architecture structure is the Nanchan Monastery. The way that chinese architecture is made is amazing. Some literature from India is the Mahabharata and the Ramayan‚ also their system of music is interesting. Chinese literature reflected a lot of other cultures‚ and their music was really instrumental like. India is heavily influenced with Hinduism. The textbook Humanistic Tradition 2 says
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Myths help people to understand their customs and tradition. The western myths are largely the derivatives of the Greek and Roman mythologies. In India‚ we have our very own Ramayana and Mahabharata‚ tales from Vedas‚ Upanishads‚ etc.‚ which are introduced to us even from our early ages. The problem is we do not understand them completely as we are not told the entire story but only certain parts of it. Indian myths are largely patriarchal‚ where we find the female characters playing marginal roles
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to travel backwards in time.[1] Non-technological forms of time travel had appeared in a number of earlier stories such as Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Historically‚ the concept dates back to the early mythologies of Hinduism (such as the Mahabharata)‚ Buddhism‚ and Islam through ancient folk tales. More recently‚ with advancing technology and a greater scientific understanding of the universe‚ the plausibility of time travel has been explored in greater detail by science fiction writers‚ philosophers
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