INTRODUCTION Tourism can be stated as the largest and rapidly growing industry across the profitable market segmentation. Advancement in means of transportation is the treason travelling becomes very fast and people are crossing the geographical boundaries for several reasons. Therefore, Tourism Professionals must be fully aware about all the rules and regulations affecting the outbound […]
Read More »Decline of Buddhism As mentioned earlier, Buddhism witnessed clash of philosophy and stress on codes among various versions. In due course of time, it gradually declined and, around the end of 7th century, became almost invisible from the Indian land. What were the causes of such a decline? Let us find out. Shift of kings’-favor […]
Read More »Contribution of Buddhism to Indian Culture Buddhism remained one of the foremost religions of not only India but the whole of Asia for many centuries but slowly it lost its hold over Asia and practically became non-existent in India. Corruption had crept in Buddhist Samghas because of the free entry of wealth and women in […]
Read More »Buddhist Scriptures Buddha’s preaching collected and classified into three volumes, collectively called as pitakas. The three volumes are like these, Sutta-pitaka It is a collection of Buddha’s preaching in dialogue form, which is mainly made for common people. It has five nikayas, in which the stories of Buddha’s rebirth (the jatakas) are collected in the […]
Read More »Buddhist Monachism or Sangha For the propagation of Buddhism, Buddha created a disciplined mechanism of missionaries, called as Bhikshus and Bhikshunis. He organized the missionaries and his disciples in a specific organization, called as Sangha. Membership of Sangha (Monastery) Any person (male or female) who is above 18 and left his possessions could become a […]
Read More »Siddhartha was born at Lumbini in present Nepal. He was son of Shuddodana, the King of Shakya gana of Kapilvastu and Mayadevi, princess of Koliya gana. In his childhood he was taken care of by Gautami, hence he is also called as Gautama. After his enlightenment, he was called Buddha. Shuddodana provided all kinds of […]
Read More »Trade and Traders – Economy The rapidly increasing trade made a range of material goods available for consumption. There were plenty of iron objects being traded, ranging from hoes, sickles and knives to hooks, nails, arrowheads, vessels and mirrors. Salt was mined in the Potwar Plateau in the north-west and may have travelled the long […]
Read More »Urbanisation Increased agricultural activity and settled life led to the rise of sixteen Mahajanapadas (large territorial states) in north India in the sixth century BC. Anga, Magadha, Vatsa, Kasi, Kosala, Kuru, Pancala, Surasena, Matsya, Gandhara, Kamboja, Cedi, Avanti, Asvaka, Malla and Vajji. It enabled Magadh, one of these states to defeat all others to rise […]
Read More »Goals of Archaeology Traditionally, archaeology has been equated with the discovery, recovery, inquiry, scrutiny, analysis and interpretation of the material remains of the human past. Now, goals of archaeology have been modified in an effort to learn more about relations between material culture and human behaviour. These goals stress the need to establish temporal and […]
Read More »Introduction The main focus of archaeology is the study of human past that deepens our understanding of the world in a more meaningful and resourceful manner. The study of human past means the study of human behavioural and cognitive systems within a given socio-politico-cultural context. The human behavioural activities could be discerned through material evidences […]
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