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kishkindha Kanda of Ramayana
The Monkey KingdomBeside Pampa Lake the season of spring had carpeted the soft turf with 'blue and yellow flowers, covered the trees and creepers in blossom, and wafted black honeybees among the...
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Introduction to Madhubani Paintings
If you look at the map of the world you will not find the village of Madhubani on it. Even if you can trace the contours of the saried woman, which is the shape of Bharat Mata, you will not find the...
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The Tenets and Beliefs of Hinduism
Hinduism, as we have seen, has a wealth of scriptures to guide both the initiate and the scholar. We now come to some of the fundamental tenets of the religion, as given in these scriptures. Nirguna...
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Pallava Emperor "Seventh to Ninth Century A.D."
The Pallavas of Kanchi represent an early dynasty in South India. Simhavishnu's son Mahendravarman I was the king of this line who first introduced rock-cut architecture in the Tamil area....
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The Literary and Religious Background of painting
India has a tradition of love poetry stretching back almost to the age of the Vedas. In its earlier phase it found expression in Sanskrit and later on in Prakrit and Hindi. The love charms of the...
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The Mughal School Painting
In 1526 Babur, a minor prince from Transoxiana descended from both Tamerlane and Chingiz Khan, culminated a lifetime of restless wanderings and short-lived conquests by invading India. He founded a...
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Rajasthani Painting
Because of its unique geographical, historical and cultural background, Rajas-than has earned much fame. On one hand, there are the high peaks of the Aravalli Hills, valleys with green vegetation and...
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Religious Songs of Mirabai
Pray, some one, convey to Him, my......Pray, some one, convey to Him, mymessage to come.The glad tidings to come, the happy newsto come.Neither comes He nor sendeth any news.He hath acquired the habit...
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Introduction on Rashtrakuta
In the eighth century, the Early Western Chalukya power came to an end and the Rashtrakutas under Dantidurga asserted themselves. Dantidurga was followed by his uncle Krishna I who was not only a great...
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Introduction to Mewar School
From the point of view of historical traditions in Rajasthani painting the Mewar school occupies first place. The artistic heritage of Medpat, the land of Guhil rulers, was a perennial source of...
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Painting of the Deccan in Indian Court Painting
Paintingat the Deccani courts grew from a hybrid cultural back-ground comparable to that of the Mughal school, but with quite different and regrettably short-lived results. By the 16th century five...
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Introduction to Early Chera
The Chera country and the Kongu area which was included in the kingdom of the Cheras reveal the influence of Pallava and Pandyan art. Chera rock-cut cave temples, like those at Kaviyur and Tiruvallara,...
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The Babur Nama
The Babur Nama reflects the character and interests of the author, Zehir-ed-Din Muhammad Babur. Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, is regarded as one of the most romantic and...
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Tantric Terminology
I do not think that a whole chapter on terminology in the early portions of this book rather than as an appendix requires any justification; nor is it due to the author's linguistic-analytical slant in...
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Marwar School Painting
After the Mewar school, the grandeur of the Marwar school of painting is well expressed in the Jodhpur style, the Bikaner style and the world-famed Kishangarh style as well as in the substyles of...
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Zehir-ed-Din Muhammad Babur
Zehir-ed-Din Muhammad Babur was born on February 14, 1483 in Andijan in Farghana. This place is in Uzbekistan, a Central Asian Republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. His father Umar...
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The Four Stages of Life
Just as each caste had its particular duties to follow, there is also the dharma of the four ashramas (or stages) in each of our lives. Brahmachari or Student The first stage is that of the Brahmachari...
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Rajput painting in rajasthan and central india
By the 15705 Akbar had succeeded in subduing nearly all the major Rajput kingdoms and in winning over their rulers by giving them command of his armies and marrying into their families: his chief queen...
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Hadoti School Painting
The role and influence of the rulers of the Chauhan dynasty were confined to the regions of Bundi, Kota and Jhalawar. Hence this area has been termed the Hadoti region. This area was a treasury of art....
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Painting of the Babur Nama
Humayun driven out of Delhi by the Afghan Sher Shah Sun i in 1540, spent fifteen years in exile in Persia and Afghanistan. Shah Tahmasp of Persia gave him shelter and also promised military aid for...
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