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Bharteeya Ithaasa (History of India)
The history of India is believed to be several thousand years old. 65,000 years ago, the first modern humans, or Homo sapiens, arrived in the Indian subcontinent from Africa, where they first evolved. The oldest known modern humans lived in South Asia about 30,000 years ago.
Indian Temples
The destruction of temples and gurukuls by the invaders like Ghori, Ghazni, and Khilji was checked by the later Hindu kings as places like Kashi and Somnath were destroyed and rebuilt, multiple times. But year 1658 was momentous as Aurangzeb won the four-way contest for the peacock throne and was crowned as the sixth Mughal king. From 1658 till his death in 1707, Aurangzeb started industrious scale destruction of temples and centers of learning. The name changes of various towns and destruction were a part of a deliberate attempt to erase the Hindu civilization.
Temple Architecture
India has a rich culture and varied heritage which has been evolved from the Indus valley civilization. The Architecture holds the indigenous cultural traditions and social requirements, economic prosperity, the religious practice of different eras. Thus, the study of architecture discloses the cultural diversities of India. Most of Indian art is encouraged by religion. Here we are giving the details about the Major style of Temple architecture.
Indian Culture
Indian culture is the heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies that originated in or are associated with the ethno-linguistically diverse India. The term also applies beyond India to countries and cultures whose histories are strongly connected to India by immigration, colonisation, or influence, particularly in South Asia and Southeast Asia. India's languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, food and customs differ from place to place within the country.
Indian Festivals
The greatness of India’s culture can be found in its festivals. The vivid and vivacious festivals of India depict the greatness of our Indian culture. Indians celebrate festivals with sheer enthusiasm and devotion. India is a country that is appreciated and comprehended as a plethora of festivals are celebrated here.
Ancient Indian Education System
In ancient India, both formal and informal ways of education system existed. Indigenous education was imparted at home, in temples, pathshalas, tols, chatuspadis and gurukuls. There were people in homes, villages and temples who guided young children in imbibing pious ways of life.
Stories from Indian Shastras and Puranas
Purana (/pʊˈrɑːnə/; Sanskrit: पुराण, purāṇa; literally meaning "ancient, old") is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore. The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories. Composed originally in Sanskrit and in other Indian languages, several of these texts are named after major Hindu gods such as Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma and Adi Shakti.The Puranic genre of literature is found in both Hinduism and Jainism.
Indian Languages
Languages spoken in India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-European languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians, both families together are sometimes known as Indic languages. Languages spoken by the remaining 2.31% of the population belong to the Austroasiatic, Sino–Tibetan, Tai–Kadai and a few other minor language families and isolates. 283 India has the world's fourth highest number of languages (447), after Nigeria (524), Indonesia (710) and Papua New Guinea (840).
Indian Villages
The Villages are free from the hustle and bustle of a city life, villages are peaceful, calm, quite and full of greenery where one can breathe fresh air. The beauties of villages are described by the way villagers happily live in the small huts or a home, made by clay or mud.
Indian Food
ndian cuisine consists of a variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to India. Given the diversity in soil, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially and use locally available spices, herbs, vegetables, and fruits.Indian food is also heavily influenced by religion, in particular Hinduism and Islam, cultural choices and traditions.
