Historical Dictionary of IndiaScarecrow Press, 09/05/2006 - 880 من الصفحات The Republic of India is the second most populous, the seventh largest by geographical area, and has the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity in the world. While it has always been an important country, it has often been neglected. Of late, however, there has been much talk of the 'new' India, one with greater economic dynamism, a more active foreign policy, and the emergence of a huge middle class. With over a hundred new cross-referenced dictionary entries-the majority of which pertain to the last decade-and updating others, the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of India illustrates the rapidly evolving situation without neglecting the country's ancient past. The chronology has been brought up to date, the introduction expanded, and the bibliography includes numerous new titles. |
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الصفحة 106
... empires, especially that created by the Maurya dynasty in the fourth century BCE, and was the cradle of Buddhism. Magadha's ancient capital of Pataliputra is the site of Patna, the present-day capital of Bihar. 106 • BIHAR.
... empires, especially that created by the Maurya dynasty in the fourth century BCE, and was the cradle of Buddhism. Magadha's ancient capital of Pataliputra is the site of Patna, the present-day capital of Bihar. 106 • BIHAR.
الصفحة 107
... Buddhist Viharas (monasteries) they found—and destroyed—in the middle Ganges region. Most famous among these was Nalanda, a seat of learning for some 1,500 years. Subsequently, Sufi saints preached a popular Islam, which was the ...
... Buddhist Viharas (monasteries) they found—and destroyed—in the middle Ganges region. Most famous among these was Nalanda, a seat of learning for some 1,500 years. Subsequently, Sufi saints preached a popular Islam, which was the ...
الصفحة 108
... Buddhist chronicles. Bimbisara was patron to the most enlightened men of his age, including Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. BIRBAL (1528–1586). Birbal was a brahman wit and courtier who became friend and confidant of the Mughal emperor ...
... Buddhist chronicles. Bimbisara was patron to the most enlightened men of his age, including Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. BIRBAL (1528–1586). Birbal was a brahman wit and courtier who became friend and confidant of the Mughal emperor ...
الصفحة 110
... Buddhist and Shiva temples. Its magnificent bay (Bom Bahia or Mumbai or Mumbadevi) attracted the Portuguese, who obtained it from the Sultan of Gujarat in 1534 and gave it in dowry with Catherine of Braganza when she married Charles II ...
... Buddhist and Shiva temples. Its magnificent bay (Bom Bahia or Mumbai or Mumbadevi) attracted the Portuguese, who obtained it from the Sultan of Gujarat in 1534 and gave it in dowry with Catherine of Braganza when she married Charles II ...
الصفحة 118
... Buddhism and Bhakti, opposed brahmanical power if it was used to deny others equal access to the spiritual path. Anti-brahmanical movements in the modern period, especially in south India, took on economic and political dimensions and ...
... Buddhism and Bhakti, opposed brahmanical power if it was used to deny others equal access to the spiritual path. Anti-brahmanical movements in the modern period, especially in south India, took on economic and political dimensions and ...
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Appendix A Chief Executives of British India
| 695 |
Appendix B Heads of State of Independent India
| 697 |
Appendix C Prime Ministers of India
| 699 |
Appendix D Chief Justices of India
| 701 |
Appendix E Chief Election Commissioners of India
| 703 |
Appendix F Population of India by State Gender and Location 2001
| 705 |
Appendix G Population of India by State and Religious Affiliation 2001
| 709 |
Appendix H Indias Political Parties
| 713 |
Appendix I Indias Major Economic Reforms 19912004
| 717 |
Appendix J Indias Foreign Trade
| 725 |
Glossary
| 731 |
Bibliography
| 739 |
About the Author
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