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  2. What Is History? - Wikipedia

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    What Is History? is a 1961 non-fiction book by historian E. H. Carr on historiography. It discusses history, facts, the bias of historians, science, morality, individuals and society, and moral judgements in history. The book originated in a series of lectures given by Carr in 1961 at the University of Cambridge.

  3. Panchatantra - Wikipedia

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    Panchatantra: Smart, The Jackal Book 1: The Loss of Friends Translator: Arthur William Ryder The Panchatantra is a series of inter-woven fables, many of which deploy metaphors of anthropomorphized animals with human virtues and vices. Its narrative illustrates, for the benefit of three ignorant princes, the central Hindu principles of nīti. While nīti is hard to translate, it roughly means ...

  4. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Hindi, ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī) [14] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.

  5. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule - Wikipedia

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    Hind Swaraj. or. Indian Home Rule. A first edition of the book. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1909. [1] In it he expresses his views on Swaraj, modern civilization, mechanisation, among other matters. [2] In the book, Gandhi repudiates European civilization while expressing loyalty to higher ideals ...

  6. The Discovery of India - Wikipedia

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    Synopsis. The journey in The Discovery of India begins from ancient history, leading up to the last years of the British Raj. Nehru uses his knowledge of the Upanishads, Vedas, and textbooks on ancient history to introduce to the reader the development of India from the Indus Valley civilization, through the changes in socio-political scenario ...

  7. Sanātana Dharma - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Sanātana Dharma ( Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning "eternal dharma ", or "eternal order") [1] is an alternative term used by some Hindus to refer to Hinduism instead of the mainstream term Hindu Dharm. The term is found in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. [2] [3] It is generally used to signify a more traditional ...

  8. Deva (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    The Sanskrit deva-derives from Indo-Iranian *daiv-which in turn descends from the Proto-Indo-European word, *deiwo-, originally an adjective meaning "celestial" or "shining", which is a (not synchronic Sanskrit) vrddhi derivative from *diw, zero-grade of the root *dyew-meaning "to shine", especially as the day-lit sky.

  9. Swaraj - Wikipedia

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    Swaraj. Swarāj (Svarāja) sva "self", raj "rule") can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule". It was first used by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to attain self rule from the Mughal Empire and the Adilshahi Sultanate. Later, the term was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and later on by Mahatma Gandhi, [1 ...