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Maritime activity in ancient India, seafaring under prominent Hindu dynasties such as the Nandas, Mauryas and Guptas, and the influence of Muslim and British rule on India’s maritime heritage — these are some of the themes that the country’s first maritime museum in Gujarat’s Lothal will exhibit.
Holi is a festival of colours and is also known as Rang Panchami. It is a festival that marks the start of summers and makes an end to the winter season. Or we can also say it as it is celebrated when the season changes.
The magazine named Rajkumari Kaur the woman of the year 1947 for “championing an independent India” and helping the country break free from its colonial ties and oppressive societal norms.
However, the Sanskrit map has made a comeback after being published intermittently since 1977. The Survey of India, which is part of the Department of Science and Technology, had published Sanskrit maps in 1979, 1983, 1988, 1997 and 2002.
An archaeological excavation carried out in the trenches at Dhaba in the upper Son river valley in central India has found evidence of human occupation in this area almost 80,000 years ago. The international team of researchers found evidence of the continuous presence of humans in this region between 80,000 years ago and 65,000 years ago.
Sharabha is a part-lion and part-bird beast who is eight-legged and more powerful than a lion or an elephant, possessing the ability to cross over a valley in one jump. Lord Shiva assumed the Avatara (incarnation) of Sharabha to pacify Narasimha – the fierce man-lion avatar of Vishnu worshiped. This form is known as Sharabeshwara (“Lord Sharabha”) or Sharabeshwaramurti.
Indian Railways is inviting private players to run trains on its network in what is being envisaged as a Rs 22,500 crore mega infrastructure project. Spanish player Talgo has expressed interest in the proposal and is willing to ‘Make in India’ customised trains for the project. In an interview with Financial Express Online’s Smriti Jain, the Managing Director-India of Talgo, Subrat Nath, talks about why he thinks the move is brilliant. E
Finally, the villagers decided to make 17 square km of their land into a community reserve. “It is important for us to protect our water sources and forests. People understand that,” says Naresh Glow. The lives of the Buguns and the bird named after them are inextricably linked, he says.
MRI scans show that memorizing ancient mantras increases the size of brain regions associated with cognitive function
A recent report submitted by the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences in Lucknow to the ASI had said that there are two C-14 (carbon dating) dates — 3815 and 3500, with a margin of error of 130 years — for the Sanauli site. It added, “Carbon dating marks this site as an earliest history of a warrior tribe in the Indian subcontinent (sic).”
