A Look Into Hinduism
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Hinduism is the ancient most religion of the people of India. It forms the basis of Hindu society. Our whole social system is based on it. We derive our sources for our social and religious life from our Vedas, Sastras and such other religious books as Bhagwat Gita, Ramayana and Mahabharata.
To begin with, it was a society in which there was no caste system.
The people believed in simple living and purity of character. Their food habits were very simple and social customs and ceremonies not complex and complicated. With the passage of time many evils crept up in our society. For centuries together, these evils continues to hollow our sound social system. Read more
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An Overview of India- Part I
India is a vast peninsula with a total land area of about 33 million sq kilometers and population exceeding 800 millions. Its length from north to south is about 3,200 kilometers and breadth from east to west is nearly 3,000 kilometers. Because of its huge size both in area and population India is generally referred to as sub-continent.
India owes its name to the mighty river Sindhu (the Indus, which is now in Pakistan). The huge river which carries an annual inflow twice that of the Nile and thrice the combined inflow of Tigris and Euphrates was the most imposing feature of north-western part of the Indian sub-continent. Read more
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Bharata-The Ruler Of Bharatvarsha
March 18, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · 1 Comment
Bharata was the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar Dynasty of the Kshatriya caste. He was originally named Sarvadamana which was later changed to Bharata. Bharata was a legendary king. He was the first to conquer all of Greater India, uniting it into a single entity which was named after him as Bharatavar?ha.
Bharata’s empire covered all of the Indian subcontinent, Bactria, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgistan, Turkmenistan, and Persia.
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