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News, articles and Essays on Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism and Indian way of life.

KVIC Starts Reviving Ancient Glory of Pokhran Potteries

Seeking to restore the lost glory of the once-most famous pottery of Pokhran, a small town in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan where India conducted its 1st nuclear test, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) today distributed 80 electric potter wheels to 80 potter families in Pokhran which has a rich heritage in terracotta products. Pokhran has over 300 potters’ families that are engaged with pottery for several decades, but potters started looking for other avenues due to heavy drudgery in the work and no market support.

Mathematics in India in the Ancient Times

It has been acclaimed universally. The great French mathematician-physicist-astronomer of the 18th century, Simon Laplace, exclaims thus: “It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value … Its very simplicity and the great ease which it has lent to all computations put our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions.

Inherent Strenght is at Work

True/Complete Knowledge Makes One Humble, From Humility Comes Worthiness, From Worthiness One Gets Wealth, From Wealth One Indulges In Good Deeds, From Doing Good Deeds One Gets Contentment.