Encyclopedia - Vindhya Range: Encyclopedia - Vindhya Range
The Vindhya Range is a range of hills in central India, which geographically separates The Indian subcontinent into northern India (the I...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vindhya Mountain Range: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vindhya Mountain Range
Vindhya mountain range: Vindhya mountain range. One of seven chief holy mountain ranges. Separates South India from North India and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vindhya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Vindhya
Vindhya A range of hills that form the natural boundary between northern and southern India.   (See also: Vindhya , Bhakti, Bh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deccan: Encyclopedia - Deccan
The Deccan Plateau is a vast plateau in India, encompassing most of Central and Southern India. It comprises the whole of peninsular Indi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chambal River: Encyclopedia - Chambal River
The Chambal River (Hindi-चम्बल) is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India. It is a perennial river. The Chambal river...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bundelkhand: Encyclopedia - Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand is a geographic region of central India. The region is divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sal: Encyclopedia - Sal
Sal (Shorea robusta) is an important tree of South Asia. Sal ranges south of the Himalayas, from Myanmar in the east through India, Bangl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black And Red Ware Culture: Encyclopedia - Black And Red Ware Culture
The black and red ware culture (BRW) is an early Iron Age archaeological culture of the northern Indian Subcontinent. It is dated to roug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agastya: Encyclopedia Ii - Agastya - Humbling The Vindhya Mountains
Legend says that the Vindhya mountains that separate north and south India from each other once showed a tendency to grow so high as to o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agastya: Encyclopedia Ii - Agastya - Humbling The Vindhya Mountains
Legend says that the Vindhya mountains that separate north and south India from each other once showed a tendency to grow so high as to o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bundelkhand: Encyclopedia Ii - Bundelkhand - Geography
Bundelkhand lies between the Indo-Gangetic Plain to the north and the Vindhya Range to the south. It is a gently-sloping upland, distingu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Malwa - Geography
The Malwa region occupies a plateau in western Madhya Pradesh and south-eastern Rajasthan (between 21°10′N 73°45′E and 25°10′N 7...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhopal: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhopal - Bhopal City
Bhopal - Law and Government. Bhopal is the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. The last mayor was Ms. Vibha Patel, who was removed by the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - The Guptas Ascendant
The Gupta dynasty ruled India north of the Vindhya Range during the 4th and 5th centuries. Though not as vast as Mauryan empire, The Gupt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - The Guptas Ascendant
The Gupta dynasty ruled India north of the Vindhya Range during the 4th and 5th centuries. Though not as vast as Mauryan empire, The Gupt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - History
Sanskrit writings from the 7th century BC describe the Andhra people as Aryans from the north who migrated south of the Vindhya Range and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - History
Sanskrit writings from the 7th century BC describe the Andhra people as Aryans from the north who migrated south of the Vindhya Range and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Rivers
All major rivers of India originate from one of the three main watersheds. They are: The Himalaya and the Karakoram ranges Vindhya and S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deccan: Encyclopedia Ii - Deccan - Geography
It lies south of the Indo-Gangetic plain. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats to the east, the Nilgiris in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - Geography
Madhya Pradesh in hindi can be translated to Central Province, and it is located in the geographic heart of India. The state straddles th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South India: Encyclopedia Ii - South India - The Land
South India is a vast triangular peninsula, bounded on the west by the Arabian Sea, and on the east by the Bay of Bengal. The Vindhya and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aryavarta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aryavarta
Aryavarta (Sanskrit). The "land of the Aryas", or India. The ancient name for Northern India. The Brahmanical invaders (&quo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia - Geography Of India
The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, hills and platea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhopal: Encyclopedia - Bhopal
Bhopāl (भोपाल) is a city in central India. It is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal has earned the sobr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga
The history of Yoga spans from four to eight thousand years ago to the current day. From hints of it's practice in pre-vedic times, the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ in Telugu) (Āndhra Prādesh), is a state in south-eastern India and is part of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dewas: Encyclopedia Ii - Dewas - Princely History
Dewas was formerly the capital of not one but two princely states of British India. The original state was founded in the first half of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Geographical Regions
India is divided into seven geographic regions. They are The northern mountains including the Himalayas and the northeast mountain range...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalinjar: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalinjar - Attractions
The majesty and grandeur witnessed within its precincts is due to the Chandela rulers' creative imagination, their highly developed aesth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Upanishadic Ca. 800-100 Bce
Explicit examples of the concept and terminology of yoga appear in the Upanishads (primarily thirteen principal texts of the Vedanta, tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Ganges River System
Main article : Ganga River The Ganga acquires its name after its two headstreams - the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi join at Devpraya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhopal State: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhopal State - The Rule Of The Begums
Bhopal state - Qudsia Begum. An interesting turn came in the history of Bhopal, when in 1819, 18 year old Qudsia Begum (also known as G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Malwa - History
The name Malwa is derived from the ancient Aryan tribe of Malavas, about whom very little is known apart from the fact that they founded ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bundelkhand: Encyclopedia Ii - Bundelkhand - History
Bundelkhand - Precolonial history to 1818. The Chandela Rajput clan ruled Bundelkhand from the 10th to the 16th centuries. In the early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kathiarbar-gir Dry Deciduous Forests: Encyclopedia Ii - Kathiarbar-gir Dry Deciduous Forests - Setting
The Kathiawar-Gir forests have a disjunct distribution. The main part of the ecoregion comprises the Aravalli Range and the eastern half ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhopal State: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhopal State - Establishment
The state was established in 1724 by the Afghan Sardar Dost Mohammed Khan, who was a commander in the Mughal army posted at Mangalgarh (w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhopal State: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhopal State - Early Rulers
Although Dost Mohammed Khan was the virtual ruler of Bhopal, he still acknowledged the suzerainty of the declining Mughal Empire. His suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Politics
Andhra Pradesh has a Legislative Assembly of 294 seats. The state has 60 members in the Indian national parliament: 18 in the Rajya Sabha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Geography
Andhra Pradesh - Regions. Andhra Pradesh can be broadly divided into three regions, namely Coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Economy
Andhra Pradesh - Recent Economic Progress. In the last decade, the state has emerged at the forefront of India's progress in fields lik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Culture
Andhra Pradesh - Language. Telugu (తెలుగు) is the state's official language. Telugu is the second most widely spoken langua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Food
The cuisine of Andhra Pradesh is reputedly the spiciest of all Indian cuisine. Foods include both the original spicy Andhra cooking and M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Tourism
Andhra Pradesh is the home of many religious pilgrim centers. Tirupati, the abode of Lord Venkateswara, has the richest and most visited ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Tapti River System
Main article : Tapti River The Tapti is a river of central India. It is one of the major rivers of peninsular India with the lenth o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Godavari River System
Main article : Godavari River The second largest river in India, Godavari is often referred to as the Vriddh (Old) Ganga or the Daks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Hatha Yoga Pradipika 1350 - 1400 Ce
Main article: Hatha Yoga Pradipika In the West, outside of Hindu culture, "yoga" is usually understood to refer to "hatha yoga." Hatha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Krishna River System
Main article : Krishna River The Krishna is one of the longest rivers of India (about 1300 km in length). It originates at Mahabales...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Kaveri River System
Main article : Kaveri River The Kaveri (also spelled Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - Rivers In Mythology
Major Rivers of India - Ganga. The Ganga is personified in Hinduism as a goddess: Maa Ganga (Mother Ganga). Hindu legend makes her the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Mahanadi River System
Main article : Mahanadi River The Mahanadi is a river of eastern India. The Mahanadi rises in the Satpura Range of central India, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Narmada River System
Main article : Narmada River The Narmada or Nerbudda is a river in central India. It forms the traditional boundary between North In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Bramhaputra River System
Main article : Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra originates in the Mansarovar lake, also the source of the Indus and the Satluj. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - Military Organization
The Imperial Guptas could not have achieved their successes through force of arms without an efficient martial system. Historically, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - Main Gupta Rulers
Gupta Empire - Chandragupta. Ghatotkacha (c. 280–319) CE, had a son named Chandragupta. In a breakthrough deal, Chandragupta was marr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalinjar: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalinjar - History
Kalinjar is the most characteristic specimen of the hill-fortresses, originally hill-shrines, of central India. Its antiquity is proved b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - Classification
The rivers of India can be classified on the basis of origin and on the type of basin that they form Major Rivers of India - On the basi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Major Rivers Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Major Rivers Of India - The Indus River System
Main article : Indus River The Indus orginates in the northern slopes of the Kailash range in Tibet near the Mansarovar lake. It fol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - Origins
The origins of the Guptas are shrouded in obscurity. The Chinese traveller I-tsing provides the first evidence of the Gupta kingdom in Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - Main Gupta Rulers
Gupta Empire - Chandragupta. Ghatotkacha (c. 280–319) CE, had a son named Chandragupta. In a breakthrough deal, Chandragupta was marr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Location And Extent
India lies to the north of the equator between 8 degree 4 minutes and 37 degree 6 minutes north latitude an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhopal: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhopal - History
Bhopal is said to have been founded by the Parmara King Bhoj (1000–1055), who had his capital at Dhar. The city was originally known as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Political Geography
India is divided into 28 states (which are further subdivided into districts), six union territories and the National Capital Territory o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Bodies Of Water
Major gulfs include the Gulf of Cambay, Gulf of Kutch and the Gulf of Mannar. Straits include the Palk Strait which separates India from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Climate
India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert. The Himalayas, along with the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Wetlands
India's wetland ecosystem is widely distributed from the cold and arid; from ones in the Ladakh region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhopal: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhopal - Introduction
Bhopal is a city in central India. It is the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal is also the administrative headquarters of Bh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Tourism
Andhra Pradesh is the home of many religious pilgrim centers. Tirupati, the abode of Lord Venkateswara, has the richest and most visited ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Politics
Andhra Pradesh has a Legislative Assembly of 294 seats. The state has 60 members in the Indian national parliament: 18 in the Rajya Sabha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Geography
Andhra Pradesh - Regions. Andhra Pradesh can be broadly divided into three regions, namely Coastal Andhra, Telangana and Rayalaseema. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Economy
Andhra Pradesh - Recent Economic Progress. In the last decade, the state has emerged at the forefront of India's progress in fields lik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Culture
Andhra Pradesh - Language. Telugu (తెలుగు) is the state's official language. Telugu is the second most widely spoken langua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Andhra Pradesh - Food
The cuisine of Andhra Pradesh is reputedly the spiciest of all Indian cuisine. Foods include both the original spicy Andhra cooking and M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Malwa - Tourism
The main tourist destinations in Malwa are places of historical or religious significance. The river Shipra and the city of Ujjain have b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Geology
India has a varied geology spanning the entire spectrum of the geological time period. India's geological features are classified based o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Today
In the West, hatha yoga has become wildly popular as a purely physical exercise regimen divorced of its original purpose. Currently, it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Yoga-bhasya 450 - 850 Ce
The Yoga-bhasya, Veda Vyasa's commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali could have been written as early as 450 CE. Professor J. H. Wood...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Malwa - Demographics
The population of the Malwa region was about 18.9 million in 2001, with a population density of a moderate 231/km². The annual birth rat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Malwa - Economy
The region is one of the world's major opium producers. It was this crop that resulted in close connections between the economies of Malw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Malwa - Culture
The culture of Malwa has been significantly influenced by Gujarati and Rajasthani culture, because of their geographic proximity. Marathi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Classical - Patanjali's 'yoga Sutras' Ca. 200 Ce
{main|Yoga Sutras of Patanjali} After the Bhagavad Gita, the next seminal work on Yoga is the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The Yoga Sutras a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Bhagavad Gita
The protracted discussions of the ultimate, infinite Self, or Atman, and realization of Brahman, are the true legacy of the Upanishads, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - Origins
The origins of the Guptas are shrouded in obscurity. The Chinese traveller I-tsing provides the first evidence of the Gupta kingdom in Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Natural Resources
India is particularly rich in a variety of natural resources. Along with 56 percent arable land, it has significant sources of Coal (four...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of India - Natural Disasters
India is prone to several natural disasters, responsible for huge losses in life and property. Natural disasters in India include drought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gupta Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Gupta Empire - Military Organization
The Imperial Guptas could not have achieved their successes through force of arms without an efficient martial system. Historically, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Pre-vedic Ca. 6000 - 3000 Bce [?]
Older findings are believed by some to show that "yoga" existed in some form well before the establishment of vedas in the Indian subcont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Yoga - Vedic Ca. 2000-1500 Bce
Yoga was first clearly expounded in the Vedic shastras (Hindu religious texts). Those that estimate Yoga's age to be four thousand years ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iii - V
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages III - V . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article