Football Football is now-a-days almost a national game in Bengal. In the streets of cities, open fields of village boys and young men kick at football in all season. It is not a mere game of amusement. It is the breath of a Bengali boy. It is played in a plain ground 150 x 100 yards. The outside … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2013
Short Article on Patriotism in India
Short Article on Patriotism in India Patriotism is the great and selfless passion of love for one's country. To an Indian patriot his mother and motherland are superior even to heaven. An Indian Patriot is ever ready to lay down his life in the service of his country, India. Patriotism is not … [Read more...]
Shaivism in Hindu Religion (Hindu Shaivism, Saivism)
Shaivism and Shaivas Shaivism (also Saivism) in Hindu religion is associsted with Lord Shiva. The followers of Hindu Shaivism is referred to as Shaivas or Saivas. Lord Shiva is the supreme god and is prevalent widely through out India. Prehistory: Hindu Saivism in India is possibly a legacy of … [Read more...]
Comparative Study of Buddhism and Jainism
Buddhism and Jainism (Comparison) Buddhism and Jainism are the two great religion that emerged from India. Both these religion were supporter of the "Theory of non-violence and equality". However, there religions developed different outlooks as regards the fundamental problems. Differences There … [Read more...]
Chanakya’s Arthashastra
Arthashastra (also Arthasastra) is an ancient treatise on economic, political and military administration of the state. It was written by Chanakya (also Kautilya, Vishnu Gupta). Arthashastra is the the most authentic and important sources for shaping the history of the Mauryan Empire. There are … [Read more...]
The Rise of Buddhism
The Rise of Buddhism The Rise of Buddhism has its origin to the desire of the common men to realize easily the essence of religion free from abstract philosophical contents grew strong. In the closing years of the Vedic age, a great revolution in India’s life and religion occurred. The Aryan … [Read more...]
Teachings of Buddha | Basic Teaching of Buddhism
Teachings of Gautam Buddha ( Lord Buddha) The earliest source from which the teachings of Gautama Buddha or the contents of early Buddhist religion are available is the Buddhist ‘Pitaka.’ Pitaka is divided into three parts— Sutta Pitaka, Vinaya Pitaka and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The Sutta … [Read more...]
Vedic Religion | Vedic Age Religion | Ancient Indian Religion
Vedic Religion Introduction: The religion of Vedic Age in ancient India revealed a close affinity between the human being and the nature surrounding him. Pre-Vedic Religion: In pre-Vedic ages, during the period of Harappan civilisation, the people of Indus valley civilization used to worship the … [Read more...]
Feudalism in Ancient India
Feudalism in Ancient India With the introduction of Marxist method of analysis in the study of ancient history of India, the political and economic aspects of the period have been revalued and the question of the feudalism in ancient India has once again come into surface. Scholars have talked … [Read more...]
Ancient Indian Art (Crafts and Guilds of Ancient India)
The Ancient India people also got themselves engaged in many a new professions such as art and handicrafts. During the reigns of the Sakas and the Kushanas there were art and handicrafts on many metals like gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and lead. Though the market of these art work were … [Read more...]
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