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Explanation: Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum Linnaeus) may have been domesticated around 5000 BCE in eastern Sudan near the Middle Nile Basin region in Egypt, where cotton cloth was being produced. The cultivation of cotton and the knowledge of its spinning and weaving in Meroë reached a high level in tRead more
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Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum Linnaeus) may have been domesticated around 5000 BCE in eastern Sudan near the Middle Nile Basin region in Egypt, where cotton cloth was being produced. The cultivation of cotton and the knowledge of its spinning and weaving in Meroë reached a high level in the 4th century BC.
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Explanation: Panini a patronymic meaning “descendant of Panini”) was a Sanskrit grammarian from Pushkalavati, Gandhara, in modern day Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (6th century BCE) is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules of SanskriRead more
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Panini a patronymic meaning “descendant of Panini”) was a Sanskrit grammarian from Pushkalavati, Gandhara, in modern day Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (6th century BCE) is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology,
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Explanation: The fourth Mughal Emperor Jahangir wrote his autobiography ‘Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri’ in Persian. He followed the tradition of Babur, his great-grandfather, who had written Baburnama. Jahangir went a step ahead and apart from writing the history of his reign, he also included details like infoRead more
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The fourth Mughal Emperor Jahangir wrote his autobiography ‘Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri’ in Persian. He followed the tradition of Babur, his great-grandfather, who had written Baburnama.
Jahangir went a step ahead and apart from writing the history of his reign, he also included details like information about his family, his reflections on politics and arts and more.
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Explanation: M. k. Gandhi on March 12, 1930, started March his from the Sabarmati Ashram with 72 people and reached Dandi coastal Gujarat on April 6, 1930. He broke the salt law by picking up a handful of salt at Dandi and announced the commencement of the Civil Disobedience Movement. On March 12, 1Read more
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M. k. Gandhi on March 12, 1930, started March his from the Sabarmati Ashram with 72 people and reached Dandi coastal Gujarat on April 6, 1930.
He broke the salt law by picking up a handful of salt at Dandi and announced the commencement of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
On March 12, 1930, Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British salt monopoly.
Britain’s Salt Acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in the Indian diet.
Citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from the British.
The Salt March was a 24-day Salt March, which was non-violent in nature.
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Explanation: Buddhism is a religion based upon the teachings, life experiences of its founder Siddhartha Gautam, born in circa 563 BCE. He was born into the royal family of Sakya clan who ruled from Kapilvastu(Lumbini) which is situated near the Indo-Nepal Border. At the age of 29, Gautama left homeRead more
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Buddhism is a religion based upon the teachings, life experiences of its founder Siddhartha Gautam, born in circa 563 BCE.
He was born into the royal family of Sakya clan who ruled from Kapilvastu(Lumbini) which is situated near the Indo-Nepal Border.
At the age of 29, Gautama left home and rejected his life of wealth and adopted a lifestyle of asceticism or extreme self-discipline.
After 49 continuous days of meditation, Gautama achieved Bodhi (enlightenment) under a pipal tree at Bodhgaya a village in Bihar.
Buddha gave his first sermon in the village of Sarnath, near the city of Benares in UP. This event is known as Dharma-Chakra-Pravartana (turning of the wheel of law).
He died at the age of 80 in 483 BCE at a place called Kushinagara a town in up.
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Explanation: Srikakulam, also called Chicacole, city, northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. The city lies on a low-lying plain along the Nagavali River, about 5 miles (8 km) from the Bay of Bengal. Srikakulam once served as the capital of a Muslim region that was known as the Northern CRead more
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Srikakulam, also called Chicacole, city, northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. The city lies on a low-lying plain along the Nagavali River, about 5 miles (8 km) from the Bay of Bengal. Srikakulam once served as the capital of a Muslim region that was known as the Northern Circārs
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Explanation: Mansabdar implies the generic term for the military-kind grading of all royal functionaries of the Mughal Empire. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in Mongolia.
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Mansabdar implies the generic term for the military-kind grading of all royal functionaries of the Mughal Empire. The Mansabdari system introduced by Akbar was borrowed from the system followed in Mongolia.
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Explanation: Hickey's Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years inRead more
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Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in Jail for debt.
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Explanation: Yoga Sutra of Patanjali is a collection of 195 Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga. Yoga Sutra was compiled sometime between 500 BCE and 400 CE by the sage Patanjali in India who synthesized and organized knowledge about yoga from much older traditions.
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Yoga Sutra of Patanjali is a collection of 195 Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga.
Yoga Sutra was compiled sometime between 500 BCE and 400 CE by the sage Patanjali in India who synthesized and organized knowledge about yoga from much older traditions.
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Explanation: Being pastoralists, the main source of food was the cattle for the early Vedic Aryans. This meant that the milk and its products were the sources of a staple diet for the Aryans.
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Being pastoralists, the main source of food was the cattle for the early Vedic Aryans. This meant that the milk and its products were the sources of a staple diet for the Aryans.
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