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Aryan: Encyclopedia - Aryan
Aryan is an English word derived from the Indo-Aryan Vedic Sanskrit and Iranian Avestan terms ari-, arya-, ārya-, and/or the extended fo...
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Aryans:
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Aryans Persons living according to the cultured standards of Vedic civilization.
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Aryan:
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Aryan: Light skinned migrating people, perhaps from Europe, who settled in India around 1500 BCE and instituted Vedic Hinduism.
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Aryan Race: Encyclopedia - Aryan Race
The term Aryan race refers to a model of racial identity that was prevelant in Europe from around the 1880s through to 1945, most notably...
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Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia - Aryan Invasion Theory
Aryan invasion theory, often abbreviated to AIT, is a term used to refer to the theory developed by 19th Century European linguists to ex...
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Indo-aryan: Encyclopedia - Indo-aryan
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Zawyet El'aryan: Encyclopedia - Zawyet El'aryan
The Egyptian town of Zawiyet el-Aryan is located between between Giza and Abusir. To the west of the town, just in the desert area, is a ...
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Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia - Indo-aryan Migration
Indo-Aryan migration refers to the migration and expansion of the Indo-Aryans during the 2nd millennium BC or earlier. Archaeological and...
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Aryan Nations: Encyclopedia - Aryan Nations
Aryan Nations (AN) (also known as the Aryan National Alliance) is an anti-Semitic White supremacist anti-government group based in the Un...
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Update On The Aryan Invasion Debate: Encyclopedia - Update On The Aryan Invasion Debate
Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate is a book by Koenraad Elst. The book discusses various aspects of the Indo-Aryan migration debate.
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Dasa: Encyclopedia - Dasa
The Dasa are a tribe identified as the enemies of the Aryans in the Rig-Veda. The word Dasa, later acquired derogatory connotations, mean...
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Airyanem Vaejah: Encyclopedia - Airyanem Vaejah
The Airyanem Vaejah (Aryan Expanse) was the legendary home of the Aryan (Indo-Iranian) people, as described in writings in the Avesta.
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Arya: Encyclopedia - Arya
Arya (árya-) is a Sanskrit term used by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others. It means "master, noble, lord" or can refer to any Vaishya....
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Arian: Encyclopedia - Arian
Arian may refer to one of the following.
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Obsolete spelling of Aryan, Aryan race.
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Kshatriya: Encyclopedia - Kshatriya
According to the code of Manu, a Kshatriya is a member of the military or reigning order, one of four varna within the Vedic system of fo...
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Aryans:
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Aryans: The migrant invaders of India from approximately 1500 b.c; people of spiritual values.
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Aryan:
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Aryan - is derived from the Sanskrit verbal root r meaning ‘to go ahead’ or ‘progress’. Thus arya means one wh...
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Aryans. See ARYA
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Aryan:
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Aryan: people of spiritual values
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Aryans: Sanskrit Hinduism
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aryans: the migrant invaders of india from approximately 1500 b.c; people of spiritual values
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Aryan:
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Aryan:
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Indo-aryans: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryans - Indo-aryan Peoples
Indo-Aryans - Historic.
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Aryan Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Race - Quotations
"I have declared again and again that if I say Aryans, I mean neither blood nor bones, nor hair nor skull; I mean simply those who speak ...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Indo-iranian
Main article: Indo-Iranians.
The most probable date for Proto-Indo-Iranian unity is roughly around 2500 BC. In this sense of the word Ary...
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Indo-aryans: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryans - Contemporary Indo-aryans
Contemporary speakers of Indo-Aryan languages are spread over most of the northern Indian Subcontinent. The largest group are the speaker...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Racist Connotations
The Aryan race was a term used in the nineteenth century by European racial theorists who believed strongly in the division of humanity i...
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Indo-aryans: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryans - Pre-vedic Indo-aryans
The separation of Indo-Aryans proper from Proto-Indo-Iranians is commonly dated, on linguistic grounds, to roughly 1800 BC. The Nuristani...
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Aryan Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Race - Origin Of The Concept
The word arya first appears in the Rigveda and the Gathas around 1500 BCE, with the meaning of "noble person", though also with an ethnic...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Etymology And History Of The Term
Indo-Iranian arya- descends from PIE *ar-yo-, a yo-adjective to a root *ar "to assemble skillfully", present in Greek harma "chariot", La...
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Aryan Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Race - Imperialist Nationalistic And Nazi Uses Of The Term
During the 19th century, it was commonly believed that the Aryan race originated in the southwestern steppes of present-day Russia, and i...
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Aryan Doctrine:
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Aryan Doctrine Used by Subba Row to designate the foundation doctrine from which were derived the Sankhya and Yoga philosophies, and o...
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Aryan: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan - Proto-indo-european
Max Müller and other 19th century linguists (see also Indo-European studies) theorised that the term *arya was used as the self-descript...
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Aryan Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Race - Imperialist, Nationalistic And Nazi Uses Of The Term
During the 19th century, it was commonly believed that the Aryan race originated in the southwestern steppes of present-day Russia, and i...
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Indo-aryans: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryans - Ancient India
The Vedic Kuru and Panchala kingdoms in the first millennium became the core of the Mahajanapadas, archaeologically corresponding to the ...
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Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - Overview
The separation of Indo-Aryans proper from Proto-Indo-Iranians has been dated to roughly 2000 BC–1800 BC. The Nuristani languages probab...
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Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - History
When British and European language students first encountered Sanskrit in the late 18th century, they naturally assumed Sanskrit was the ...
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Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - Linguistics
The linguistic facts of the situation are little disputed. However, linguistic data alone cannot determine whether this migration was pea...
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Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - Philology
Indo-Aryan migration - Rig Veda.
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Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Origin Of The Theory
The theory arose from the discovery by William Jones that Sanskrit was related to the classical European languages Latin and Greek, and t...
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Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Political And Religious Issues
In modern India, the discussion of Indo-Aryan migration is charged politically and religiously. Supporters of migration are faced with se...
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Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - Archaeology
The Indo-Aryans were nomadic or at least peripatetic, following their herds of cows around from pasture to pasture. Consequently they had...
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Aryan Nations Church:
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Aryan Nations Church Centered at Hayden Lake, ID: it is a neo-Nazi paramilitary Christian organization that preaches against all non-C...
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Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Role In Imperialism And Nazism
The theory that the original Aryans were northern Europeans who had migrated into India was used by some British imperialists as an ideol...
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Master Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Master Race - Aryanism
The term Aryan derives from the ancient peoples who occupied Iran and the Indus Valley. Following the ideas of Gobineau and others, the N...
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Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Racial Aspects Of The Theory
Because of the view that the Aryans were the ancestors of Europeans it was assumed by many scholars that they must have been "white" cauc...
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Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Modern Theory
While the classical "Aryan invasion" scenario – the idea that a wave of Vedic Aryan invaders were the cause of the Indus Valley Civiliz...
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Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Further Evidence On Kambojas Being Non-indo Aryans
Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Mahabharata on Kamboja culture.
Mahabharata speaks of the Yavanas, Kambojas, Darunas etc as the fi...
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Master Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Master Race - Aryanism
The term Aryan derives from the ancient peoples who occupied Iran and the Indus Valley. Following the ideas of Gobineau and others, the N...
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Aryan Invasion Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Aryan Invasion Theory - Later Developments
Even in the 19th century several theorists had criticised the use of the term "primitive [i.e. primal] Aryans" to refer to the earliest s...
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Indo-aryan Migration: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-aryan Migration - Physical Anthropology
Brian E. Hemphill and Alexander F. Christensen's study (1994) of the migration of genetic traits does not support a movement of Aryan spe...
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Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Ancient Afghanistan: From The Aryans To The Medes. 1500 Bce - 551 Bce
Between 2000-1200 BCE, a branch of Indo-European-speaking tribes known as the Aryans or Indo-Iranians began migrating into the region. Th...
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History Of The Punjab: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Punjab - Indo-aryans
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Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Early Indo-aryans Prior To Their Move To India
In the region around what is today Kabul and eastern Afghanistan, an early Indo-Iranian or specifically some early Indo-Aryan culture may...
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Porajmos: Encyclopedia Ii - Porajmos - Aryan Racial Purity
In the thousand years that nomadic Roma tribes wandered through Europe, they were subject to persecution and humiliation; they were stigm...
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Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Possible Connections To Sanskrit And Indo-aryans
Some scholars try to equate the deities venerated by the Mitanni with Vedic deities, and trace the names used by the aristocracy to Indo-...
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Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Possible Connections To Sanskrit And Indo-aryans
Some scholars try to equate the deities venerated by the Mitanni with Vedic deities, and trace the names used by the aristocracy to Indo-...
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History Of Early Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Hinduism - At The Birth Of Hinduism
Hinduism was born out of the very complex, controversial, humane and violent dynamics of the ancient peoples of India. It involved spirit...
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Arya:
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Arya (Aryan): One who is an Arya-literally, "one who strives upward." Both Arya and Aryan are exclusively psychological term...
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Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Arya In The Epics
Arya and Anarya are primarly used in the moral sense in the Hindu Epics. People are usually called Arya or Anarya based on their behaviou...
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Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Arya In The Epics
Arya and Anarya are primarily used in the moral sense in the Hindu Epics. People are usually called Arya or Anarya based on their behavio...
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Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Religious And Spiritual Uses
The term Arya is often used in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Zoroastrian texts. In the spiritual context it can be applied to Rishis or to so...
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Master Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Master Race - Fictional Representations
Because of its strong association with fascism, the "master race" concept has made numerous reappearances (in modified forms) in fictiona...
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Master Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Master Race - Nordicism
The origins of the Nazi version of the theory of the master race were in 19th century racial theories of Count Arthur de Gobineau, who ar...
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Porajmos: Encyclopedia Ii - Porajmos - Extermination
The vast majority of Roma, however, were to suffer the same indignities as the Jews, and in some instances, they suffered even more bruta...
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Indian Caste System: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Caste System - Origins Of The System
Indian caste system - Aryan invasion.
According to this theory, the caste system began with the arrival of the Aryans in India. The Ary...
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Christian Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Identity - Groups
Christian Identity groups include the Aryan Nations; Church of Jesus Christ Christian; Confederate Hammerskins; Jubilee; LaPorte Church o...
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Dalit Outcaste: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalit Outcaste - Social Background & Origins
On GoNOMAD.com [1], writer Sony Stark uncovers the life and adversities of the "Untouchables" in an article called, "Visiting the Untouch...
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Christian Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Identity - Organization
Christian Identity does not have a national organizational or ecclesiastical structure. Rather, it is a grouping of churches throughout t...
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Balkan Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Balkan Languages - Indo-european Languages
Balkan languages - Romance languages.
Romanian
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Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Patanjali's Mahabhasaaya On Kambojas
Almost similar information on the Kambojas is also provided by Patanjali's Mahaabhaasya (2nd c BC).
Sanskrit:
zavatir gatikarmaa kamboje...
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List Of Languages Of Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Languages Of Italy - Languages Spoken In Italy
List of Languages of Italy - Romance Languages.
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List Of Languages Of Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Languages Of Italy - Languages Spoken In Italy
List of Languages of Italy - Romance Languages.
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Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Buddhism
The word Arya is very frequently used in Buddhist texts. Buddhist texts refer to this term much more often than do Hindu or Jain texts. B...
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Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Iranian Vs Indian Affinities Of The Kambojas
There are also references in Sanskrit literature which suggest that a section of the Kambojas was probably also under Vedic cultural infl...
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Khasas: Encyclopedia Ii - Khasas - Khasas In Epic Literature
The epic literature asserts that the Khasas, Chinas, Hunas, Shakas, Kambojas, Yavanas, Pahlavas, Kiratas, Sinhalas, Mlechchas etc were al...
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Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Bhuridatta Jataka On Kambojas
Following Dr Grierson's investigations on Kambojas which appeared in 1911, Dr Kuhn published a summary of his own article (Das Volk Der K...
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Khasas: Encyclopedia Ii - Khasas - Degraded Kshatriyas
Numerous Puranic literature states that after defeating the five hordes (panca-ganah) of the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas, Pahlavas and the ...
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Khasas: Encyclopedia Ii - Khasas - Antiquity And Origin
The Kashgar in Tarim Basin and Kashkar in Chitral are connected with the Khasas. But is seems more likely that these names come from anci...
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Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Dr Grierson's Changed Views
That the killing of lower animals is a Zoroastrian religious practice is amply attested from the passages in Mazdean books like the Videv...
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Khasas: Encyclopedia Ii - Khasas - Khasas In Puranic Literature
[Purana]]s include the Khasas in the ancient Janapada list and place them in the parvatashrayin (mountainous) division of Puranic Bhuvana...
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Khasas: Encyclopedia Ii - Khasas - Epilogue
From the foregoing discussion, it is noticeable that there are several references which bracket the Khasas with the Kambojas, Shakas, Pah...
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History Of Early Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Hinduism - Analyzing The History
Assessing the history of early Hinduism, involving the birth of its most sacred and fundamental tenets is extremely difficult, as the his...
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Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Hurri Mitanni/maitani And Hanilgalbat
"Mitanni" seems to have been the native term; this entity may also have been the Biblical Harran, though this is contested. We may assume...
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History Of Early Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Early Hinduism - Composition Of The Vedas
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Mitanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitanni - Hurri Mitanni/maitani And Hanilgalbat
"Mitanni" seems to have been the native term; this entity may also have been the Biblical Harran, though this is contested. We may assume...
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Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Some Scholarly Opinions On Kambojas' Ethnicity
Dr V. S. Aggarwala: "As shown in the Jataka and Avestic literature, the Kamboja was a center of ancient Iranian civilization as is eviden...
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Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - The Kushan Empire Ca. 150 Bce - 300 Ce
In the third and second centuries BC, the Parthians, a nomadic Iranian people, arrived in ancient Afghanistan. The Parthians established ...
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Khasas: Encyclopedia Ii - Khasas - Khasas Kambojas In Bengal
The archieves of Bengal contain references on the presence of foreign groups like Khasas, Pukkasha, Pulinda, Thara, Kamboja, Yavana, Sumh...
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Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Sassanian Rule Ca. 300 - 650
In the 3rd century, Kushan control fragmented into semi-independent kingdoms that became easy targets for conquest by the rising Iranian ...
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Khasas: Encyclopedia Ii - Khasas - Geographical Distribution
As has been noted from the Puranic and epic references presented above, there had been many settlements of the Khasas.
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Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - The Shahi Kings Ca. 650 - 1013
Up until the advent of Islam, most of Afghanistan was dominated mainly by the Sassanians and local vassals who were Kushans or Hepthalite...
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Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Achaemenid Rule And Rise Of Zoroastrianism Ca. 550 Bce - 331 Bce
The city of Bactria (which later became Balkh), is believed to have been the home of Zarathustra, who founded the Zoroastrian religion. T...
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Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-islamic Period Of Afghanistan - Alexander The Great Seleucid-mauryan Rivalry And Greco-bactrian Rule 330 Bce - Ca. 150 Bce
It had taken Alexander only six months to conquer Iran, but it took him nearly three years (from about 330 BCE - 327 BCE) to subdue the a...
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Christian Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Identity - Origin
Christian Identity developed out of British Israelism, a Protestant religious movement popular in the Victorian era of British history. I...
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Christian Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Identity - South African Groups
Some white South Africans, mostly Afrikaners, practise a form of Christianity which is similar to Christian Identity, usually asserting t...
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Christian Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Identity - Opposition By Neo-nazis
Some Neo-Nazis reject Christian Identity because they see Christianity as a religion based on the Hebrew bible and since they reject all ...
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History Of The Punjab: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Punjab - Punjab History Timeline
500,000 Years: Pre-historic and Proto-historic existance of early mankind
2500 - 1500 B.C.: Harappa Culture
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Egyptian Pyramids: Encyclopedia Ii - Egyptian Pyramids - Historic Development
By the time of the early Dynastic period of Egyptian history, those with sufficient means were buried in visually unremarkable bench-like...
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