Women`s education in India has been one of the major issues of concern of the Government of India as well as the society at large. It is because of the fact that today the educated women play a very significant role in overall development and progress of the country. Women hold a prominent position in the Indian society as well as all over the world. However‚ since the prehistoric times women were denied opportunities and had to suffer for the hegemonic masculine ideology. Thus‚ this unjustifiable
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Jharkhand Festivals [edit] In whole Chotanagpur Plateau Region‚ among the local people the Karam Festival is celebrated with great pomp and show. Among the Oraon Tribe‚ the Karam festival is one of the most important festivals and holds a very important place in their social and religious life. It is usually celebrated 15 days after the Kunwaar-Shukl-Paksh. After the fixation of the date for the festival‚ the local population start their preparation; for instance‚ they start buying the culinary-items
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Puja Solutions: Greetings! Gone are those days when someone has to visit temples after temples just to conduct spiritual ceremonies or Vedic rituals at home. Over the time India is experiencing significant transformation‚ but we do try to stay connected to our roots‚ traditions‚ and culture. Puja Solutions is the one-step religious and spiritual destination for the people all over India‚ and bring in positivity‚ improve confidence‚ and discover wealth and prosperity by using technology. At this
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Chapter 4 Reading Questions: Why is so little known about the Harappan society? What is it that we do know about the nature of that society? Because the earliest Harappan remains are below the water table‚ archaeologists can’t research them. Also the Harappans used an elaborate pictographic system that has not yet been able to be deciphered. We do however‚ that it had city walls‚ a fortified citadel‚ and a large granary-Harappa and Mohenjo-daro represented an investment of human labor and established
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Agama Shastra and Temple worship [pic] [pic][pic]Buzz up! [pic]ShareThisMar 5 2008 | Views 3773 | Comments (10) Tags: Agama Agama Shastra Temple worship [pic] The Hindu temples are complex institutions. They represent the culmination of social and religious aspirations of a society. Temple is the focal point in the life of a community and often represents its pride‚ identity and unity. It is also the index of the community’s wellbeing. It draws into its fold people from its various
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math Vedic mathematics (book) | |Note that there are two distinct articles with almost the same name: this one has "mathematics" lowercase‚ Vedic Mathematics (book) has "Mathematics" capitalised. For the actual mathematics of the Vedic period‚ see Sulba Sūtras and Indian mathematics. Vedic mathematics is a list of sixteen basic sūtras‚ or aphorisms‚ presented by a Hindu scholar and mathematician‚ Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja‚ during the early part of the 20th century.[1] While its author
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Indus Valley Civilization – The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BC; mature period 2600–1900 BC) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World‚ and of the three the most widespread. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River‚ one of the major rivers of Asia‚ and the Ghaggar-Hakra River‚ which once coursed through northwest
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STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE PAST TO THE PRESENT Ancient India:- In ancient India‚ the women enjoyed equal status with men in all fields of life. Works by 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. According
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Religion and Science At the outset let me start with the quote from the father of the theory of relativity‚ Albert Einstein who aptly remark that…… "We owe a lot to the Indians‚ who taught us how to count‚ without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made." Apart from Einstein Will Durant‚ American historian stated that "India was the motherland of our race‚ and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother‚ through
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Indus and Yellow River Valleys • Origin and spread of ideas • Interaction between the “civilized” and “uncivilized” 1. Indus vs. Aryans • Note: Harappan civilization same as Indus • Historical Significance 1. Indus discovered to British in the 1840s (ruins knew earlier by locals) 2. British used Indus brick in railroad construction 3. Increasing interest in increases 4. Discovery of seals with writing intensifies interest 5. Harappa “discovered” in 1920s 6. They said it’s a “new”/ just
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