Shahjahanabad in Old Delhi. Within its fortifications are exquisite palaces‚ a finely proportioned mosque‚ the Moti Masjid or Pearl Mosque‚ the Diwan-i-Am or hall of public audience and the finely ornamented Diwan-i-Khas or hall of private audience‚ where the Mughal emperors held court seated on the bejewelled golden Peacock Throne. The small holes on the walls of Diwan-i-Khas and Diwan-i-Am narrate the vacancy of the jewels and stones that were used to decorate the facade. Recently‚ Red Fort has been recognised
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http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159061:bangladesh-authority-sitting-on-draft-gi-act&catid=169:op-ed&Itemid=201 Bangladesh authority sitting on draft GI Act Print Edition Top of Form User Rating: / 0 PoorBest Bottom of Form Op-ed SATURDAY‚ 09 MARCH 2013 AUTHOR / SOURCE: M S SIDDIQUI There are two burning issues of GI to understand the Geographical Indication. RiceTec‚ a Texas-based US company‚ in 1997‚ patented some types of rice they
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Mansabdari System The term Mansab literally means the rank of its holder (Mansabdars) in the official ladder in the Mughal system of administration. From that angle the Mansabdars were the paid-service officers of the Mughals. On the basis of merit or service to the state‚ Mansabs were given to both civil and military officers and hence they formed an integral part of the Mughal bureaucracy. The Mansabdars could be transferred from the civil to the military department and vice versa. The Mansabdars
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HISTORY OF INDIA’S TOURISM INTRODUCTION It’s 65 years since independence‚ and in its wake Indian tourism industry has traversed a rocky road – much like the subcontinent itself. High Life surveys six colourful decades… Flashing with heat and drowned by monsoons‚ with its rainbow of saris and the fast-changing blues of its overarching skies India‚ to the chilly British mind‚ has long defined the exotic… ´Characteristics grow more vivid beneath the Indian sky‚’ From text pg. 206 -------------------------------------------------
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with Bairam Khan at that time was stationed about 8 miles away from the war zone and had not participated in the war. On 24 January 1556 Mughal ruler Humayun slipped while climbing down the steps of his library and fell to his death. His son Akbar was only thirteen years old when he ascended the throne. At the time of Akbar’s accession to the throne‚ the Mughal rule was confined to Kabul‚ Kandhahar‚ and parts of Punjab and Delhi. Akbar was then campaigning in Punjab with his guardian Bairam Khan
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The Mauryan Empire reached its peak under the rule of Ashoka. He undertook military campaign against Kalinga and‚ after defeating it in a bloody war‚ annexed it. However‚ the sight of the large-scale carnage moved Ashoka‚ and he embraced Buddhism. The war of Kalinga was the turning point in the life of Ashoka to the extent that he shunned all forms of violence and became a strict vegetarian. For the rest of his life‚ Ashoka preached the principles of Buddhism not only in his vast empire‚ but also sent
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posts at Bombay‚ Madras‚ and Calcutta. At first‚ India’s ruling Mughal Dynasty kept European traders under control. By 1707‚ however‚ the Mughal Empire was collapsing. Body: Akbar and succeeding Mughal emperors established a politically and economically stable state by relying on regional leaders to collect revenue and govern. Local nobles‚ agreed to supply taxes and military support to the Mughal rulers in return for a the right to control the revenue of a
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the Afghans. While Mahmud of Ghazni focused on the North Indian temples cities for riches and maverick enthusiasm‚ Muhammad Ghori sustained political aspiration in expansion to these intentions. He fancied to make northern India part of his Ghorian Empire. In this way‚ succeeding his effective fights‚ Muhammad Ghori assigned his trusted and prominent slave‚ Qutbuddin Aibak as his agent to govern the newly conquered territories of the Sub-continent. Mahmud of Ghazni Mahmud Ghaznavi was the first
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As Akbar approach to religion was completely different from European approach to religion‚ their beliefs in religion were totally different as well. Akbar was the great ruler of Mughal Empire. He became a king at the young age of thirteen. Although Akbar believed in superstitions of the time‚ he was not a religious type. He was interested in learning different religions. Akbar did not choose one religion over another‚ instead he welcomed all the member of different religion groups. As he stated
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Dalrymple‚ William. City of Djinns. New Delhi: Penguin Books‚ 2004. —. The Last Mughal. Breat Britain: Bloomsbury Publishing‚ 2006. Dr. William Koehle‚ Professor Madhu C. Dutta. "The Raj versus the Republic: The Legacy of Lutyens." 2001. Foucault‚ Michel. "Of Other Spaces‚ Heterotopias." 1967. Frykenberg‚ R.E. Delhi Through the Ages. Oxford University Press: USA‚ February 3‚ 1994. Gupta‚ Narayani. Delhi between two empires‚ 1803-1931. Delhi: Oxford University Press ‚ 1981. Krafft‚ E. Ehler and Th. "The
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