Thailand The earliest inhabitants of what is now Thailand were hunter-gatherers. However about 4‚000 BC they began farming. They grew rice. At first the farmers used stone tools but about 3‚000 BC bronze was discovered. From about 500 BC the people of what is now Thailand used iron. At first what is now Thailand was divided into small states called Meuang. By 100 AD they were practicing Theravada Buddhism. However the ancestors of modern Thais are believed to have come from southern China. They
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Indian Journal of Gender Studies http://ijg.sagepub.com ’Feminism ’ in Print Media Maitrayee Chaudhuri Indian Journal of Gender Studies 2000; 7; 263 DOI: 10.1177/097152150000700208 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ijg.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/2/263 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Indian Journal of Gender Studies can be found at: Email Alerts: http://ijg.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions:
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MAHABHARATA retold by C. Rajagopalachari (Edited by Jay Mazo‚ International Gita Society) Contents 1. Ganapati‚ the Scribe 2. Devavrata 3. Bhishma’s Vow 4. Amba And Bhishma 5. Devayani And Kacha 6. The Marriage Of Devayani 7. Yayati 8. Vidura 9. Kunti Devi 10. Death Of Pandu 11. Bhima 12. Karna 13. Drona 14. The Wax Palace 15. The Escape Of The Pandavas 16. The Slaying Of Bakasura 17. Draupadi’s Swayamvaram 18. Indraprastha 19. The Saranga Birds 20. Jarasandha 21. The Slaying Of Jarasandha 22
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____________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________________________________ 6 whole. The fact that Indian literatures are a product of a multilingual‚ multicultural and socio-historical mélange cannot be overlooked. Today Indian literature reached at the apex of creation with the contribution of regional and national writers. This researcher would like to focus on the root and brief literary
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In memory of the late Periyar E. V. Ramasami and Dr. B. Ambedkar by Hadwa Dom Based on the Original Indian Patriots Council Edition by Dr. Chatterjee Warning: This book is not meant for decorating your bookshelf‚ but for circulation amongst others as fast as you can so that we can save our MOTHERLAND! Published by Dalitstan Journal `Oh You Hindu Awake’ by Dr. Chatterjee was originally published by Indian Patriots Council‚ in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Comemoration Issue‚ April 1993‚ free
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Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game) Hermann Hesse Translated from the German Das Glasperlenspiel by Richard and Clard Winston with a Forword by Theodore Ziolkowski Foreword By Theodore Ziolkowski THE GLASS BEAD GAME‚ Hermann Hesse’s last major work‚ appeared in Switzerland in 1943. When Thomas Mann‚ then living in California‚ received the two volumes of that first edition‚ he was dumbfounded by the conspicuous parallels between Hesse’s "Tentative Sketch of the Life of Magister Ludi Joseph
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Sant Gyaneshwar There was a Sant called Vitthobha in Maharashtra. He dint want to get married and wanted to be a bramachari all his life. He would always meditate upon god and read the holy book of Srimad Bhagavadam. He would get alms and have his food. He once came to Pandharpur and had the darshan of Lord Vitthal and was sleeping on the banks of river Chandrabhaga. That night Lord Pandurang came in his dream and said that a Brahman would bring to him a girl called Rukmani tomorrow and asked
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Service Is the Highest Sadhana Avatars (divine incarnations) of God are engaged in seva (service) that is why Avatars happen. Hence‚ when you offer seva to mankind‚ the Avatars will naturally be pleased and you can win Grace.1Seva is the highest sadhana (spiritual discipline)‚ for God Himself takes human form and comes down to serve mankind and lead it to the ideals it has ignored. Therefore consider how delighted God will be when man serves man 2We are familiar with the concept of an Avatarwhen
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Batch: 2012-2015 Course Code: 50121212 Course Name: Projects I Roll #808 Assignment #A 126 Ancient Literature The Epic of Gilgamesh Introduction The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ an epic poem from Mesopotamia‚ is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five independent Sumerian poems about ’Bilgamesh’ (Sumerian for Gilgamesh)‚ king of Uruk. Four of these were used as source
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1 1. What is Thai Cuisine? An Introduction There is a degree of ambiguity attached to the understanding of Thai cuisine. Having lived half of my life outside of Thailand‚ it seems that food became Thai only in foreign settings‚ whereas Thai food in Thailand is rarely identified in such fashion. There must be‚ to borrow Roland Barthes’ terminology‚ ‘a system of communication’‚1 and an established body of knowledge that enables Thais and foreigners alike to identify what food is and is not Thai
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