11) Nana Sahib. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Indian Mutiny, his real name was Dhundu Pant. The adopted son of the last peshwa (hereditary prime minister) of the Marathas, his request (1853) to the British to...
12) Tibetan language. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tibetan language, member of the Tibeto-Burman subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages). It is spoken by 5 million people in...
13) Shastri, Shri Lal Bahadur. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Indian political leader. He joined Mohandas Gandhi's noncooperation movement in 1921 and studied at the nationalist Kashi Vidyapeth school, where he was given the...
14) White Huns. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tibetan or Turkish stock. They were called Ephthalites by the Greeks, and Hunas by the Indians. There is no definite evidence that they are related to the Huns. The...
15) Nepali art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Nepali art, In Nepal, art is traditional and largely religious in nature, with Hindu and Buddhist imagery dominant. As in India, artists were part of a guild structure;...
16) Indian art and architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Indian art and architecture, works of art and architecture produced on the Indian subcontinent, which is now divided among India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. In the...
17) Tantra. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hinduism and Buddhism, esoteric tradition of ritual and yoga known for elaborate use of mantra, or symbolic speech, and mandala, or symbolic diagrams; the importance...
18) Hindu philosophy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hindu philosophy, the philosophical speculations and systems of India that have their roots in Hinduism. 1 CharacteristicsHindu philosophy began in the period of...
19) caste. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Some scholars, in fact, deny that true caste systems are found outside India. The caste is a closed group whose members are severely restricted in their choice of...
20) India. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Republic of India, republic (2001 provisional pop. 1,027,015,247), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is...
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