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Monday, March 16, 2015



Major National Parks and Sancturies 




The beautiful  National Park situated in 40 km square area in Bishnupur, Manipur .This is a reserve for protecting Brown Antlered Deer (Rucervus eldi eldi) and has been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO .
It is world's only floating park .It is called so because the park is a swamp with floating mass of vegetation called "Phumdis".It is one of the most spectacular site in India .

Gir Forest is the biggest wildlife sanctury in India .
It is a Lion reserve .Corbett National Park is Tiger reserve .

            Keibul Lamjao Park 



Name                                                         Location                                 Reserve For 

Kaziranga National Park                      Jorhat (Assam)                        Rhinoceros ,Buffalos,Hog
Manas National Park                            Manas(Assam)                        Rhinoceros
Sonairupa Sanctury                              Tezpur(Assam)                        Elephant,Sambhar,Wild Boar                                                                                                                  ,Rhinoceros
Namdapha National Park                     Arunachal Pradesh                   Tiger
Pakhal Sanctury                                   Warangal(Andhra Pradesh)     Tiger,Panther,Nilgai
Dachingam                                           Kashmir                                   Kashmir Stag
Corbet National Park                            Nainital (Uttarakhand)            Tiger,Elephant
Achanakmar Sanctury                          Bilaspur(MP)                           Tiger,bear,cheetal,sambhar,                                                                                                                        bison
Kanha National Park                            Madhya Pradesh                       Tiger
Shivpuri National Park                         Madhya Pradesh                      Leopards ,Jackals, wild boar                                                                                                                      ,sloth bear.
Gandhi Sagar Sanctury                        Mandsaur(MP)                         Chital ,sambar ,chinkara
Chandraprabha Sanctury                     Uttar Pradesh                            Lion
Dudhawa national park                        Uttar Pradesh                            Barasingha (12 pointed deer)
Sariska Sanctury                                  Alwar (Rajasthan)                    Tiger Panther ,Chinkara,samber
Ranthambhor National Park                Sawai Madhopur(Rajasthan)    Tiger ,leapord,sloth bear,                                                                                                                            crocodile
Ghana Bird Sanctury or Keoladeo      Bharatpur (Rajasthan)               Water birds,Black bug ,Chital,                                                                                                                  sambhar .
Gir Forest (Biggest Wild Life             Junagarh(Gujrat)                       Lion
 Sanctury in India )
Wild Ass Sanctury                              Little Rann Of Kachch(Gujrat) Wild ass.Wolf,Nilgai,Chinkara
Hazaribagh National Park                   Bihar                                          Tiger
Sundarban Tiger Reserve                   South 24 Parganas                      Tiger ,dear,wild boar,leapord
                                                           (West Bengal)
Simplipal National Park                     Mayurbhanj,Orrisa                     Tigers,Leapords,elephant,hill                                                                                                                    maynah
Nokrek National Park                         Garo hills (Meghalaya)              Fishing cat ,tiger
Keibul Lamjao (only floating
park in the world)                                Bishnupur(Manipur)                  Dancing deer
Vedanthangal Bird                              Tamil Nadu                                Birds
Mudumalai Sanctury                          Tamil Nadu                                 Tigers,golden jackal,stripped                                                                                                                     hyena
Bandipur Sanctury                              Border of Karnataka and            Elephants ,tiger , sambhar                                                                      Tamilnadu                                 panther
Rangnathittoo Bird Sanctury              Mysore  (Karnataka)                   Birds
Nagarhole National park                     Karnataka                                   Elephant ,tiger,leopards, wild                                                                                                                     dogs
Saraswathy Sanctury                           Shimoga (Karnataka )                Elephant,tiger,panther
Tungbhadra sanctury                          Ballary (Karnataka)                    Four horn antelope,sloth bear.
Periyar sanctury                                  Idukki(Kerela)                            Elephant,tiger,panther,nilgai,                                                                                                                     sambar                                    

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Spirituality 





There are so many things in life that different people think in different ways .Each handle situations of life in his and her own way.Those who think that they are making their future in physical sense and other who think that they are making their future in spiritual sense .In this whole world you would find majority of second type of people in India .This philosophy is in the root of Indian culture .Have you ever heard of 33 crores deities in any religion or in any philosophy .It is not fake .In Hindu religion it is so ,there are 33 crores of deities controlling the various phenonmenons of this universe .You should trust .Once I was studying the immune system of human body .I was surprized to see the controlled functions of molecules .They are just molecules without any brain ...if it is the gene that regulate their actions ,are genes big enough to possess a brain or brain is the massive form of that specific machine that can work even at molecular level ? Brain is a biological product formed by the interactions of the matter waves with the force produced by spiritual thoughts or consciousness of an identity . It is the conciousness that guides the molecules to arrange in a proper way according to one's nature.Each and every molecule in your body is adjusted according to your nature .Thats way you are different from others .But domains of specific bodily functions seems to be under control of some external power ,where you dont have your own access ,even not know that it is happening somewhere in the body .But there is a war in our body everytime for its existence .Who fights in our favour .It seems that these are agents of that God whom we offer our prayer .His force ,alloted in sections to those demigods ,who are looking after specific tasks of this universe .So .in India ,we say if you are suffering from this problem ,pray to this  demigod .But finally ,if you are dedicated to the head "the truth" i.e called "Hari Om Tatsat"
you need not to care about the all smaller one .This is the principle followed by the Indians since ancient times .Here " Dharma or the righteous path" is thought to be followed by right people ,wheather the conclusion seems to be tougher .Even people do not fear of death in front of their spiritual rising.It is the spirituality in India .

We can see what is superior to matter is the power that configures it i.e. consciousness .Albert Einstein has said that “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”.So consciousness itself is superior to matter and the abstract is ruling this universe !The spiritualy is in vein of India .Everywhere people are influenced by its magic .Even the power of stability in a typical country like India comes from it only .

Our observation changes our world .What we think we see like that and that observation changes our world .Recent studies shows that  factors associated with consciousness are significantly correlated in predicted ways with perturbations in the double slit interference pattern.

Pioneering physicist Sir James Jeans wrote: “The stream of knowledge is heading toward a non-mechanical reality; the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine. Mind no longer appears to be an accidental intruder into the realm of matter, we ought rather hail it as the creator and governor of the realm of matter. Get over it, and accept the inarguable conclusion. The universe is immaterial-mental and spiritual.” (R.C. Henry, “The Mental Universe” ; Nature 436:29,2005) (source) .








Monday, March 9, 2015

Constitution of  India

Drafting of Constitution -
Members of the drafting committee

Parts of Indian constitution
The preamble
Parts and the article
The schedules
Amendments of the constitution -
Methods of Amendment
Major amendments of the constitution
Citizenship in the constitution -
Dual citizenship

Functionaries of Central government

The President

Qualifications of the President.
Election of the President
Trms and emoluments
Powers of the President
Impeachment (article 61)
In case of vacancy

The Vice President

Qualifications of VicePresident
Election of vice president
Terms and emoluments
Functions

The Prime minister -

Emoluments

Council of ministers
The parliament -
Rajya Sabha
Eligibility of the members
Lok Sabha
Elegibility of the members
Session of the parliament
joint session of Parliament
Conduct of business in parliament

The supreme court -
Features of the supreme court

Functionaries of state -
The governer-
Qualification or elegibility
Remuneration
Powers

The Chief Minister
The council of ministers
The state legislature -
Bicameral states
The Legislative Council(Vidhan Parishad)
The Legislative assembly (Vidhan sabha)

Thew High court -
Appointment of judges
qualification of judges
Tenure
Procedure for removal

Union state relations -

Union list
State list
Concurrent list

UPSC
Comptroller and Auditor general
Attorney general of India
Anti defection law

Political process in India -
General elections in India
Political parties in India

The election commission -
Function of the EC

Panchayati Raj System -
some facts about elections in india
General election 2009  
Constitution of  India

Drafting of Constitution -
Members of the drafting committee

Parts of Indian constitution
The preamble
Parts and the article
The schedules
Amendments of the constitution -
Methods of Amendment
Major amendments of the constitution
Citizenship in the constitution -
Dual citizenship

Functionaries of Central government

The President

Qualifications of the President.
Election of the President
Trms and emoluments
Powers of the President
Impeachment (article 61)
In case of vacancy

The Vice President

Qualifications of VicePresident
Election of vice president
Terms and emoluments
Functions

The Prime minister -

Emoluments

Council of ministers
The parliament -
Rajya Sabha
Eligibility of the members
Lok Sabha
Elegibility of the members
Session of the parliament
joint session of Parliament
Conduct of business in parliament

The supreme court -
Features of the supreme court

Functionaries of state -
The governer-
Qualification or elegibility
Remuneration
Powers

The Chief Minister
The council of ministers
The state legislature -
Bicameral states
The Legislative Council(Vidhan Parishad)
The Legislative assembly (Vidhan sabha)

Thew High court -
Appointment of judges
qualification of judges
Tenure
Procedure for removal

Union state relations -

Union list
State list
Concurrent list

UPSC
Comptroller and Auditor general
Attorney general of India
Anti defection law

Political process in India -
General elections in India
Political parties in India

The election commission -
Function of the EC

Panchayati Raj System -
some facts about elections in india
General election 2009  
Status of women 



Since ancient times women were thought to be a symbol of love , compassion,forgiveness,coyly and power .They were given due respect .They were expected to be of strong character and were always supposed to be married in  superior races ,so that they can learn good things from superior people and their virtues could not be misentertained by the mean people.They were always protected first because they were well known for their importance in establishing  the pillars of the society.

The women at that time assumed their husbands like the God and the men gave their wives due respect assuming them a form of Godess .Each one has respect for each other .

As the state of women is declining gradually, it all could be thought of as misinterpretation of  those dirty minds who are theirselves transgressors .Leaving the way of the truth aside ,they just for their own interests, want their all wrong to be accepted .They say that they are male and there every decisions should be accepted .In Hindu religion the status of women was never so crippling as it is growing now ,if you are Hindu and belong to Hindustan always remember  "Ardhanaarishwar form " of lord Shiva .When God have given equal space to women then who are the men .Nature never discriminates .If a women is absent ,a man can never be born .If there is no man ,a women can not be born .Now say who is less ? A man cannot have more properties than Lord Shiva ...then who gives right to them to abuse women .A women ,if doing wrong ..she needs to be stopped first .Even if she is doing wrong ..she is not on the path of Dharma ,only then she needs to be punished .Rather now a days I am seeing the adultresses are the happiest women while the women who are sacrificing their lives for happiness of their families ,their surroundigs ,their countries  are being tortured most....God knows at which path everything is heading .

A shloka from Manusmriti says :


Though Manusmriti has many strict rules for women , it also clarifies that women if are not adultresses they should be treated very carefully .It tells that



"Where women are honored there the gods are pleased; but where they are not honored no sacred rite yields rewards," declares Manu Smriti (III.56) a text on social conduct. 
"Women must be honored and adorned by their fathers, brothers, husbands and brothers-in-law, who desire their own welfare." (Manu Smriti III, 55)
" Where the female relations live in grief, the family soon wholly perishes;  but  that family where they are not unhappy ever prospers." (Manu Smriti III, 57). 
"The houses on which female relations, not being duly honored, pronounce a curse, perish completely as if destroyed by magic." (Manu Smriti III, 58)
" Hence men who seek their own welfare, should always honor women on holidays and festivals with gifts of ornaments, clothes, and dainty food." (Manu Smriti III, 59)

"If a husband deserts his wife, she may marry another." (Manu, chapter IX, verse 77).


The Upnishads and the Rig Veda also describe the status of women at that time .The Upnishads state that these women (Visvavara, Shashvati, Gargi, Maitreyi, Apala, Ghosha, and Aditi ) conversed freely with the men on the highest philosophical topics .Rig Veda hymns were revealed to Brahmavadinis and Rishikas who discussed hymns with the Indra .They instructed knowledge of Brahma to Him .Seventeen of the seers to whom the hymns of the Rig Veda were revealed were women - rishikas and brahmavadinis. 

They were Romasa, Lopamudra, Apata, Kadru, Vishvavara, Ghosha, Juhu, Vagambhrini, Paulomi, Jarita, Shraddha-Kamayani, Urvashi, Sharnga, Yami, Indrani, Savitri and Devayani. 

The Sama Veda mentions another four: Nodha (or Purvarchchika), Akrishtabhasha, Shikatanivavari (or Utararchchika) and Ganpayana.

Yajurveda VIII . 1 - "Girls had upanayana performed for them and carried out the sandhya rites.  A young daughter who has observed brahmacarya should be married to a bridegroom who is learned like her."


Nitimanjari 68 " na grham kasthapasanair dayita yatra tad grham " .

Meaning "Home is not what is made of wood and stone; but where a wife is, there is the home."  


Will Durant (1885-1981) American historian says: 

"Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the Vedic period than in later India. She had more to say in the choice of her mate than the forms of marriage might suggest. She appeared freely at feasts and dances, and joined with men in religious sacrifice. She could study, and like Gargi, engage in philosophical disputation. If she was left a widow there were no restrictions upon her remarriage."

Clolonel James Tod studied ancient hindu books and said  " A Hindu Sage says "Strike not even with a blossom a wife guilty of a hundred faults," .


The idea of equality was most forcibly expressed in the Rig Veda (Book 5, hymn 61. verse 8). "The wife and husband, being the equal halves of one substance, are equal in every respect; therefore both should join and take equal parts in all work, religious and secular."



Sage Parashar said: 

“O Maitreya! Always a companion of Vishnu and the Mother of this Universe,
Devi Lakshmi is eternal. Vishnu is omnipresent, so is She.
If She is speech, Vishnu is the object of description.
Vishnu is the Law, and She is the Policy.
Lord Vishnu is knowledge, she is intelligence.
He is Dharma, She is good karma.
If Vishnu is the Creator, She is the Creation (that abides eternally with Him).
He is the mountain, She is Earth.
He is the virtue of contentment, She is the every satisfying.
If Lord Vishnu is desire, She is the object of desire.
He is the sacred Vedic ritual, she is the priestly fee…” 

It is the special injuction of the Vedas that no married man shall perform any religious rite, ceremony, or sacrifice without being joined in by his wife; the wife is considered a partaker and partner in the spiritual life of her husband; she is called, in Sanskrit, Sahadharmini, "spiritual helpmate."

 There are a dozen name of woman revealers of the Vedic wisdom, such as Visvavara, Shashvati, Gargi, Maitreyi, Apala, Ghosha, and Aditi, who instructed Indra, one of the Devas, in the higher knowledge of Brahman, the Universal Spirit. Everyone of them lived the ideal life of spirituality, being untouched by the things of the world. They are called in Sanskrit Brahmavadinis, the speakers and revealers of Brahman.

The Rig Veda too places woman on a high pedestal of sublimity: Yatr nariyastu poojayante ramante tatr devah, where woman is worshipped, Gods preside there.

The great grammarian, Patanjali, author of that monumental masterpiece known as Mahabhashya, uses the formation sakthiki to indicate a female bearer of a spear [iv, 1, 15(6)]. In this connection, we are reminded of the Amazonian bodyguard of armed women employed in his palace by the Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, as described by Megasthenes, the Greek Ambassador to his Court. Similarly, Kautilya in his Arthasastra, which is also taken to be a document of Mauryan history, refers to women soldiers armed with bows and arrows…

In ancient India, Hindu women did not veil their faces rather they enjoyed considerable amount of freedom in society. But repeated attacks on Hindu India by foreigners through centuries changed the situation. During such aggressions, and also when India was under foreign occupation, the honor and chastity of women often became the casualties. There have been numerous cases when Hindu women killed themselves (The Sati pratha ,and the Zauhar )rather than yield to indignities inflicted by the aggressors. As a result, Hindu society, became more protective about its women. The freedom of women was curtailed. To protect themselves Hindu women started to cover their faces with veils and started to stay home. Their participation in social events was greatly restricted.After Mohammadens conquered India ,they treated Indian women very bady so they preffered death ,and voluantrily sought it .


Padmini Sengupta has written in her book, Everyday Life in Ancient India:

"The position of women in ancient India was free and emancipated, and women were well educated and respected members of society. A wife shared all her husband's privileges and was his companion and help-mate in his activities."  The position of women was far better than in other countries of ancient times. How else could it be in a culture which placed the Mother before the Father in priority for reverence? Matr devo bhava - was the first Upanisadic exhortation to the young. So far as we know, Hinduism is the only religion whose symbolism places the Feminine on a par with the Masculine in the profound concept of Siva-Sakti culminating in the image of Ardharnari-Isvara. The Hindu has honored his country as his Motherland - Bharat Mata and his nationalism has grown up from the seed Mantra - Vande Mataram. 

Sunday, March 8, 2015




The Versatile India



If you are planning a tour to India ,you have chosen a right place to visit .It is the country full of diversities .But you need to take care of yourself since it is not the same place as it used to be since past .It has now changed enough gradually due to various changes in the interests of the people of India .The main change at this time is that the people are much more affectionate to money,lust and fame for which they can sell their values .Pardon me for annoying you but I am quite true because its happening in India now .And I can easily say that its all an effect of other forein countries .I will discuss it later in detail... But the reality is that few cunning people are destroying the image if India just for their mean gratification.You should read this article to know what India was and what it has become now .Still there are many people who are following their ancient rules and laws ,you may find a glimpse of that lifestyle that influences the whole world most .But I have seen that beside this detreoration that transcendental feeling still flowing in the air of India ,it is really its diviniy that even in this critical condition of this country ,its holding strong in the world . 

One of the famous American writer Mark Twain has written about India "Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, grandmother of legend, great grandmother of tradition. The land that all men desire to see and having seen once even by a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of the rest of the globe combined."

So you are welcome to this amazing place .


Since ancient times India's boundaries are continuously changing so its culture has been widely spread throughout a major portion of Asia .Its influence can be seen far away but it may be so that those distant places were once a part of India .During ancient times India was dominated by the Aryans ,who used to speak in Sanskrit language .They ruled India gifting her a best of all time period .That period may be said as the cradle of all Indian cultures .

As I have read in the history books written by various mordern writters ,India was much better than that .It can be understood by the ancient books ,our Epics and other real characters of that time .Though India has been several times appreciated by many foreigners who have tried to get mingled with its natural environment .The person who lives in India ,who has explored India ,who has seen the versatility ,has felt it and analysed it ,who has felt the spiritualy from deep inside and knows the truth of life ,is the person who can understand the sense of these ancient books and ancient Indian culture .

I see that now a days the researches are prooving many things that have already been said in our past .We accept it when it is endorsed by the western countries .We should trust our theories not blindly but with a reasonable mind .It is not so easy .But atleast we can accept all good things stated there .

Whereas I feel our Indian culture is an inclusion of powerful and positive messages and traditions that can enhance your mental,physical and spiritual skills upto an amazing level.But trust me you can feel it only when you try to learn from deapth of your heart ,leave all your ego and believe in a  powerful nature that is running on its own rule that central power that is responsible for  governance of  all natural rules and laws.

I am going to start a beautiful itineration on this way of Indian Culture and tradition .


India is a place full of diversity .The life is full of various colours or you may say there are various colours of life .The only difference between the two the first one is applied to an individuals life while the second one is applied to the society in which an individual lives .


It is said that the king is the representative of the God .The king can make his kindom better than the heaven and the king can make it worse than a hell ,it all depends upon the king himself.So is the effect of his reign upon the society .Just follow that  to know the cultures that has been changing changing and changing ...but cant be erased .Time have brought many changes in India but the truth is that, all are hovering just upon the cradle of this enormously great country .No other country have been proved to be so much civilized since extra ancient time .Take an example of Varanasi "the oldest living city in the world,the city which was already old when Buddha was young .


Mark Twain was so much impressed by Varanasi that he writes : “Varanasi" or Banaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” 


Whole India has been traversed by the great rulers of India .We can see the impact of those impires on India .During ancient times whole India was dominated by "Sanatan Dharma ".Sanatan means Ancient and Dhrama means religion.At that time dharma meant the "righteous path ".There was no any such division of human beings on the basis of religion .At that time humanity was the main division of "Dharm".And so the world was so beautiful for the Indians .


The Fourth Geneva Convention and Articles 48 to 78 of Protocol I deal with the humane treatment of civilians, prescribing principles ensuring their safety. The laws of war relating to occupied territory in ancient India go much beyond the present international humanitarian law because they also impose an obligation of establishing a government according to the wishes of the people and not imposed upon them. You can see that the acharya of the demons Sukracharya in Sukraniti states that the victorious should protect the people of the conquered territory as his own children, collect revenues and grant a portion of it to the maintenance of the vanquished king and his family. The soldiery was to remain outside the occupied village and should not be permitted to enter without royal permission, and they should on no account oppress the villagers. )The ancient Hindus were pragmatists. Their resort to war was motivated by the desire of building up the image of the king for righteousness, as the upholder of dharma. The king was aware that there is no country without people and no kingdom without a country. (Source : Australian Year Book of International Law)


No one knows how ancient our culture and civilization is but since ancient times it is told that the situation of the world will be declining continuously .As it is said nothing is everlasting in this world ,so is the case with the earth and this universe too .That very principle is the basis of this chronological division.
It has been differentiated chronologically in four main periods .

Satyug ,
Treta ,Dwapar and Kaliyug

All four have their traits .


The current hindi name of India as Bharatvarsha ,is named after a Great ruler of India in the transition period between the Treta and Dwapar .Before it India was known as Aryavarta . India had not been divided into four varna and four ashrams until there had been differences among people's nature ,habits and practices .In "Shreemad Bhagawd " epic ,it is mentioned that Brahma created all humans equal ,but human's behaviours differentiated them by ownselves.But later this self differentiation led to evolution of caste system .


Those intellects who were polite ,worked for  betterment of society, have rules in life and lived a sacred life .Those who relied on the truth and non violence -were Brahmins .

Those who faught for others rights ,who protected people and could take reasonable decision and judgements .Those capable enough to punish a culprit for his guilt - were Kshatriyas .


Those who had interest in trade and who had craze for wealth, more than anything .Who possessed various qualities of arts - were Vaishyas .


The lazy ,unkempt,selfish by nature .Who had neither truth nor honesty .Who could usurp other's  assets easily ,who could cheat and exploit others .Overall you can say who neither
 have a complete knowledge nor have will to achieve- were Shudras .


Shreemad Bhagawdgita says:

yasya yallakshnam proktam punso varnabhivyanjakam
tadanyatrapi drishyet tattenaiva vinirdishet 

 An individual should be classified in a particular class irrespective of his birth if he possesses the decisive characteristic of that class. One’s class should be decided considering the holistic picture of the qualities of the class of the person and those of the other classes. - Shrimadbhagwadgita 7.21.35

So you can say that Shudras were not those who were born in a shudra family rather all those person were assumed to be shudra who had a nature like that.


So only action of people decided who belonged to which caste .Caste system was not antihumane as it has been made now .The incomplete mindsets full of ego and selfishness has corrupted this system .Our religious theories say that our birth should be purposeful .We should always try to improve our nature  to rise up high in this life .One's successful life was decided by his deeds not by physical assets that he has accumulated (as the trend now a days).


We have seen  how maharshi Balmiki changed to a saint (Brahmin) from a decoit (Shudra) ,who wrote whole Ramayan .Now say where there is a differentiation in people on the basis of caste of the family in which they were born .


Now say is'nt our culture beautiful? Where there is no humanity that society becomes a cluster of wolves.


The life span has been divided into four periods by a rule called " aashram " that specifies one's duty in a particular stage of life .

Brahmacharya - The age between 5-16 is characterized by gaining the knowledge either by going to a "guru" or learning by self attainment .
Grihastha -It is the middle period of the life where people contribute mostly to society .The concept of four purusharths Dharma ,Arth ,Kaam are formalized in this period that lead to the forth purushartha the Moksha.A grihastha was supposed to accomplish five maha yagyas by doing five sacrifices everyday to please God ,departed fathers ,fellow men,and other living creatures .
Vanprastha - It is the stage where a person tries to live a mature life .One is expected to win over senses and share his experiences for benefit of society .One should transfer his responsibilities and properties to his heirs and should look for his spiritual elevation.
Sanyas - At this stage one renounces the world and looks forward for the " Moksha ".

Brahmacharya and Grihastha are pravritti dharma which means it involves people in duties while vanprastha and sanyas are nrivritti dharma which means it detaches from duties of this world .


So these were the basic differentiating factor for whole of the society .There were no religion to divide humans .


Broadness of acceptance -

India is one of the most ancient countries .It has seen many ups and downs in the past .India had always been a strong and powerful region in context of knowledge, technology ,law and order ,spirituality ,character ,morality etc .It always welcomed the people from abroad .Even a very beautiful phrase is given by ancient Indian scholars who say : "Atithi devo bhav" .Though Indian heritage is totally based on our ancestors "the Aryans "  yet other foreign invasions in India have their impact on it too .So besides our main heritage  we are hiring other cultures too .And today India is a result of this syncretism.One can see the greatest variety of cultures in India .Each and every difference tells  a different story .A great amalgamation of different culture makes India a most tolerant and amazing country of the world .Everything is here but still what lucrates the intellectuals more ,is again its fundamental heritage from the real natives ,the Aryans ,whose foundation is perfect enough to make you feel eternal .

Since ancient times India has seen so many foreign invasions .Each time people came here with different cultures .It all have its effect upon Indian culture because those people who lived here ,they entirely mingled with its culture with their own and came in existance a new syncretic culture which brought equillibrium  .You can see a very nice example of such syncretism with the Mughal Emperors,specially the great ruler Akbar.He was so much influenced by Indian culture that he could not stop himself to defy the orthodox rituals of his own religion .To make Islam more flexible , humanitarian , philosophical and real ,he propounded a religion Deen-e-Ilahi which was more influenced by Hindu Philosophy.Similarly you can see variou invasions and their effects on India.

Go to History of India .

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Friday, March 6, 2015

Knowledge and Science 





India has  always been a knowledge hub of world .It is full of intellectuals .Since ancient times it has been a place of scholars .Our epics and ancient history shows the power of knowledge of the sages .They could predict future ,they could represent theirselves everywhere they wanted .They could walk through the spaces .They had such a powerful mind that they could communicate with other minds too .Previously people had objections with such thoughts but nowadays scientists are thinking about these critical logics .They are trying to achieve what has been written in our history .So many examples you can see .The boon of maharshi Vyas made Sanjay capable of seeing the distant sight in the battlefield of Kurukshetra. But the knowledge of ancient Indians could be interpretted by evidences too .Further to the Dwapar when the reign of king Parikshit ended came kaliyug and one can get the evidences of the works of ancient Indian intellectuals like Baudhayan,  Aryabhatt ,Kautilya etc .

Many of the ancient european philosophers ,scientists ,authors ,historeans have given very impressive statements about the India and Science in India :

French astronomer Jean-Claude Bailly corroborated the antiquity and accuracy of the Vedic astronomical measurements as "more ancient than those of the Greeks or Egyptians." And that, "the movements of the stars calculated 4,500 years ago, does not differ by a minute from the tables of today."


Carl Sagan stated, "Vedic Cosmology is the only one in which the time scales correspond to those of modern scientific cosmology."
Nobel laureate Count Maurice Maeterlinck has said: "a Cosmogony which no European conception has ever surpassed."

The theorem bearing the name of the Greek mathematician Pythagorus is found in theShatapatha Brahmana as well as the Sulba Sutra, the Indian mathematical treatise, written centuries before Pythagorus was born.Voltaire, the famous French writer and philosopher) stated that "Pythagoras went to the Ganges to learn geometry.

Lin Yutang, Chinese scholar and author, wrote that: "India was China's teacher in trigonometry, quadratic equations, grammar, phonetics... " and so forth.
Francois Voltaire stated: "... everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges."

The Decimal system, based on powers of ten, where the remainder is carried over to the next column, first mentioned in the Taittiriya Samhita of the Black Yajurveda.
The Binary number system, essential for computers, was used in Vedic verse meters.
                                                                                                                                                 Vedic Verse Metre 
For more information go to  Vedic Mathematics.

Let me introduce you with the Scholars of ancient India .You will be really surprized to see the grip of these intellects over science without any advanced technology .You can see the reach of Science and tech in India in the ancient times .

Baudhayan -


He was the first mathematician (600 BC)whose mathematical approaches could be find in the written form .His book "Sulva Sutra" comprises various mathematical concepts among which the presence of that principle is notable  which has quite later been discovered by Pythagoras and well known as Pythagorean  theorem .The concept of pi came in existance in his creation ,though its real value was drawn out by Aryabhatt .


Aryabhatta 



The famous mathematician and astronomer , born in Taregana near Patna(mentioned as Kusumpur)  in Bihar in 476-550 .but there is also contradiction about his birth place .Some people say that he was born in Ashmaka a place situaed between M.P. and Maharashtra .But he passed his life in Kusumpur during the famous "golden age of India" i.e Gupta Dynasty. The famous books writen by him are Aryabhattiya , Dashgitika and Tantra. His works are proved to be the milestone in the elevation of further science world .He has also been mentioned as the head of Nalanda university .You will be surprized to know that at that time his calculations were strong enough to predict the circumference of earth 39968.0582 kilometers ,which is just 0.2 percent less than the real value 40075.0967 kilometers .

Some of his remarkable works are -


Calculation of Pi 

The introduction of Zero to the number system though there are some contradiction in science world about it .But his works reflect the presence of zero and other numerals of place value system .


He gave the world the universal constant for the spheres Pi .

In geometry we can get his contributions in finding important mathematical formulas for estimating  the area of triangle , the volume of sphere ..


In astronomy he gave a description of solar and lunar eclipse .He calculated the sidereal year as 365 days ,6 hours ,12 minutes and 30 seconds .He gave a scientific description of eclipses and described the structure of solar system .

In Arybhattiya ,he has written various verses in sanskrit describing various principles of mathematics .It consists of alzebra ,arithmatics ,trignometry even advanced mathematics rules like quadratic equations , continued fractions , sums of power series and  have also been included.

Brahmgupt -


Brahmagupta was a mathematician and astronomer from Bhinmal Rajasthan (598-670).He wrote two books Brahmasputshiddhant and Khandkhadyak .He is mainly known for various computations on zero and modern number system .His contribution to mathematics is definitely admirable.He was the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain. In mathematics ,he worked on Alzebra (linear equations,quadratic equations ),Arithmatic (Series and computations on zero) ,diophantine analysis(Pythagorean triples and Pell's equation) ,geometry (his own formula for cyclic quadrilaterals and triangles) and Trigonometry (sine table,interpolation formula).

In geometry he gave a rule that is named as Brahmagupta Theorem which states that if a cyclic quadrilateral is orthodiagonal ,then the perpendicular to a side from the point of intersection of the diagonal always bisects the opposite side .

Kanad -


He was a sixth century sage and philosopher who founded the philosophical school of vaisheshika was the author of Vaisheshika Sutra .He was born in Prabhas kshetra in Gujrat near Dwarika .His real name was Aulukya .His was named Kanad for he had interest in minute particles that are called Kana in Sanskrit.His biggest achievement was the concept of atom or Anu .It was quite later described in modern science that matter is made up of small particles that are called atom but in India people knew this quite earlier .He said that matter is made up of Anu and it can not be subdivided .



Bhaskar I -


Indian mathematician and Astronomer born in Bori in Parbhani district of Maharashtra (600-680) .He wrote two books on Astronomy named Mahabhaskariya and Laghubhaskariya .His  contributions comprise writing numbers in Hindu decimal system where he intoduced first the circle symbol for zero and his commentry upon Aryabhatt's work where he gave a rational approximation of the Sine fuunction .


Mahaveeracharya -


A mathematician from Mysore in ninth century (850).His work is Ganit Sara Sangrah. He discovered the current method of solving LCM .So LCM was known to Indians long before Jhon Napier Worked on it .He has also described Set theories,alzebric equations,series ,logarithms and exponents .


Bhaskar II or Bhaskaracharya -


He was a great mathematician and astronomer born in Bijapur ,now in Karnataka (1114-1185).He has been called as the greatest mathematician of medieval India. He work on Sidhhant Shiromani and Karan Kautuhal .The first one consists four parts named Lilavati,Beejganita,Grahaganita and Goladhyaya dealing with Arithematic ,Alzebra,Mathematics of planets and Spheres respectively.

Leelawati covers calculation, progression, mensuration,permutations etc.Newton worked on calculus 500 years later to Bhaskar II.Beejaganita describes Zero,Infinite ,positive ,negative numbers ,inverse cyclic method for solving equations  and indeterminate quadratic equations ,  including Pell's equation ,Surds.In Grahaganita he discussesd the motion of planet where he stated  instantaneous speeds of the planets .A very important discovery we can see in his work ,is the glimpse of Rolle's theorem and mean value theorem .He also showed engineering skills .

 A very b'ful statement from book Lilavati, where  he says: "In this quantity also which has zero as its divisor there is no change even when many quantities have entered into it or come out of it , just as at the time of destruction and creation when throngs of creatures enter into and come out of Him, there is no change in the infinite and unchanging [Vishnu]".It thrills me ! Again a learned endorsed the feature of infinite God . 


Parmeshwara -


Vatasseri Parameshvara Nambudiri (1380–1460) was a mathematician and astronomer of the  Kerela school of astronomy and mathematics  .He wrote commentaries on the work of Bhaskar II wherefrom he expanded and discovered Mean Value Theorem that has been used for inverse interpolation of the sine. He was first to give the radius of circle with an inscribed quadrilateral which was discovered by  Lhuilier 350 years later .


Varahmihir -


Varahmihir (505-587) was a contemporary mathematician and astrologer of Aryabhatta born in Avanti region and lived in Ujjain .His famous books are Panch Siddhantika and Vrihat Samhita .Panch Siddhantika consisted the principles of astronomy .And Vrihat Samhita covers many subjects of human interests.Climate ,animals ,insects ,encironment ,earthquakes even social topics marriages etc are also a part of discussion in his text .Like he have stated that termites and plants could be the indicators of the presence of underground water.He was also an astrologer .His mathematical contribution includes discovery of trignometric formulas ,defining the alzebric properties of zero and negative numbers .He discovered a version what is known as Pascal's triangle and used it to calculate binomial coefficients .In Physics he described reflection and refraction .


Nagarjun -

An Indian (Brahmin earlier) Buddhist philosopher in tenth century from Vidarbha Maharastra.Nagarjuna had a good knowledge of chemistry .He used specially treated minerals and chemicals for theraputics use ,that were called Bhasmas .He have described many physical systems of body like circulatory system and blood tissue mentioned in his work as Rakta Dhatu .In his work "Rasratnakar" he has described  metallurgical process for extracting Metals like Gold ,Silver etc. He also tried to transform base elements into gold but he was unsucessful .But he imitated gold with gold shine like alloy .


Acharya Hemchandra  -


(1089-1172) was a Jain Scholar ,Mathematician and Philosopher .He was born in Dhandhuka Gujrat . He gave a recursion relation which was later known by the name Fibonacci series .


Poineers in Medicine -


Charak -


He is reffered as the Father of medicine .He was a maharshi (sage)  belonged from Kashmir (800 BC) .His book Charak Samhita talks about several diseases , treatment and remedies for them .He was the first person to bring the concpt of immunity ,digstion and metabolism .He was well acquainted with the genetics .He was the first to follow 'Prevention is better than cure' doctrine. His book consists 12,000 shloka and talks about 2,000 medicines  .


Susruta -


A pioneer in surgery from Kerala (600 BC)  who has got his name from Devanagari word Shushrut which means very famous  .Bower manuscript from 4th to 5th century talks about him to be one of the ten sages who lived in the himalyas .From texts it comes clear that he has worked in Kashi and learned surgery from Lord Dhanvantari The God of medicine .He wrote Sushruta Samhita ,where he has mentioned over 1100 diseases.It is noticeable that he has mentioned 26 kinds of fever ,8 types of jaundice and 20 types of uninary complaints ,six typesof dislocations and 12 types of fractures .He has described over 760 plants with medicinal properties.Besides the process of surgery ,he have described the symptoms and treatment of the severe diseases like Angina pectoris(hritshool) ,diabetes,hypertension ,leprosy ,obesity and stones .There is also description of plastic surgery and Anasthesia .


Patanjali -


Patanjali was born in gonda district of Uttar Pradesh in 200 BC .His two works Mahabhashya and Yoga sutra  are known to us .Mahabhashya is a commentry by Patanjali on the work "astadhyayi" of Panini .Yoga Sutra talks about the Yoga tradition which is much older .Its refrences can be found in the Gita narrated by Lord Krishna himself where he have given a detail on practicing the Astang yog sadhana in the chapter named  Rajvidyarajguhyayog .Yoga has its root in Vedas .Here the focus is on the mind "Chitta" where the wandering and unstable mind is focussed on a single thought to uplift the and purify the motions of mind .It leads to a state of divine realization of self conciousness .It connects your energy state to the energy of the universe ,which makes you feel to have a new circulation of energy in your body .And practically it happens which causes to uproot severe illness from your body that cant be erased by taking medicines even .Rajyoga is mental yoga while Hathyoga is physical yoga .Hathyoga aims at removing body illness and restoring healthy body .Yoga is performed with the auspicious divine word 'Aum or Om' which is considered as the cosmic sound flowing through the ether .