Sarasvati River — The Sarasvati River (Sanskrit: सरस्वती नदी sárasvatī nadī) is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers mentioned in ancient Hindu texts. The Nadistuti hymn in the Rigveda (10.75) mentions the Sarasvati between the Yamuna in the east and the Sutlej in the … Wikipedia
Drsadvati River — The Drsadvati River (dṛṣad vatī, meaning she with many stones ) is a river already mentioned in the Rig Veda (RV 3.23.4) together with Sarasvati and Apaya. In later texts, Vedic sacrifices are performed on this river and on the Sarasvati River… … Wikipedia
Tongtian River — The Tongtian River is one of the five large rivers in the endorheic basin region of the Yunnan Guizhou Plateau in China. [cite web author=Baying Dongzhub Cerang year=2004 month=September 4 url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/a4464410u3679430/ … Wikipedia
Mahadeo Hills — The Mahadeo Hills are a range of hills in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The hills form the central part of the Satpura Range. The Mahadeo Hills run east and west through Betul, Chhindwara, and Seoni districts, separating the basin of the … Wikipedia
Gita Mehta — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Mehta. Gita Mehta (née en 1943) est une écrivain indienne née à New Delhi dans une famille Oriya de militants pour l’indépendance. Elle est la fille de Biju Patnaik (1916–1997), un militant renommé de… … Wikipédia en Français
Gita Mehta — (born in 1943) is an Indian writer and was born in Delhi in a renowned Oriya family of freedom fighters. She is the daughter of legendry Biju Patnaik, the most prominent political leader of India and her younger brother Naveen Patnaik is… … Wikipedia
Gita Mehta — (* 1943 in Delhi) ist eine indische Autorin und Fernsehproduzentin. Sie ist Autorin von vier Büchern: Karma Cola, River Sutra, Die Maharani und Raj. Ihre Artikel wurden in 13 Sprachen übersetzt und in 27 Ländern veröffentlicht. Des Weiteren hat… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Asian theatre — British Asian theatre embraces the work of writers, performers and companies, with the involvement of musicians and choreographers such as Shobana Jeyasingh. Leading performers such as Saeed Jaffrey, Jamila Massey and Roshan Seth work in film … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… … Universalium