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Alexander the Great Invades India

The following text is excerpted from "Our Empire Story" by H. E. Marshall.
India is no new-discovered land. At a time when England was still unknown, still lost in the cold gray mists of the ocea...

Jan 1970
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Gandhi Quotes About God and Religion

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 to 1948), India's "Father of the Nation," spearheaded the country's Freedom Movement for Independence from British Rule. He is known for his famous words of wisdom on ...

Jan 1970
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What Is Atman in Hinduism?

The atman is variously translated into English as the eternal self, spirit, essence, soul, or breath. It is the true self as opposed to the ego; that aspect of the self which transmigrates after death...

Jan 1970
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The Principal Upanishads

In the Upanishads, we can study the graceful conflict of thought with thought, the emergence of more satisfactory thought, and the rejection of inadequate ideas. Hypotheses were advanced and rejected ...

Jan 1970
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Gods and Goddesses of War

War and strife have never been far from human society. For the ancients, the practice and suffering of wars was a way of life, and its varied expressions and nuances were thought to be determined by t...

Jan 1970
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Brief History of Varanasi (Banaras)

Mark Twain said, "Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together."
Varanasi presents a microcosm of Hinduism, a cit...

Jan 1970
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What Is the Hindu Calendar System?

India's cultural diversities are of eccentric proportions -- even when it comes to counting days. Just imagine people in different part of the country using thirty different date systems. With so ...

Jan 1970
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The Sacred Texts of the Hindus

According to Swami Vivekananda, "the accumulated treasury of spiritual laws discovered by different persons in different times" constitutes the sacred Hindu texts. Collectively referred to as the Shas...

Jan 1970
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Famous Female Figures of Vedic India

Women of the Vedic period (circa 1500-1200 BCE), were epitomes of intellectual and spiritual attainments. The Vedas have volumes to say about these women, who both complemented and supplemented their ...

Jan 1970
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Vedic Women

During the Vedic age, more than 3,000 years ago, women were assigned a high place in society. They shared an equal standing with their menfolk and enjoyed a kind of liberty that actually had societal ...

Jan 1970
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The Hindu Epic Ramayana

The ancient Indian epic poem Ramayana is one of the most important in Hindu literature. It follows the adventures of Prince Rama as he rescues his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana and espouses les...

Jan 1970
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What is Vedic Math?

What does mathematics have to do with Hinduism? Well, just as the basic principles of Hinduism lie in the Vedas, so do the roots of mathematics. The Vedas, written around 1500-900 BCE, are ancient Ind...

Jan 1970
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