Indian History with Dr. Veenus

This episode elaborates on the difference between Flag Hoisting & Flag Unfurling in hindi.  #Differencebetweenflaghoistingandflagunfurling #ध्वजारोहण_और_झंडा_लहराने_का_अंतर #स्वतंत्रता_दिवस

This video describes the legends about Rakshabandhan.   #Rakshabandhan  #WhyDoWeCelebrateRakshabandhan  #StoryOfRakshabandhan

This video discusses the meaning of geographical indication in Indian context.   Script Courtesy: Indian Art & Culture By Nitin Singhania   #GeographicalIndications  #nitinsinghania  #IndianArt&Culture

This video explains the meaning, types and ways in which Teej is celebrated in India and abroad.   #तीजक्योंमनातेहैं #HairiyaliTeej #KajariTeel #तीज

India’s Urban Civilization, traceable to Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, where Planned Urban Townships existed 5000 years ago. The survey of Indus Valley Civilization clearly provides an account of how advanced and organized the civilization was.   0:50- People   1:00- Food  1:23- Dress & Ornaments  2:30- Toys & Amusements  3:02- Household Articles  3:46-...

Delhi, has been the centre of succession of mighty empires and powerful kingdoms, thereby being the longest serving capitals and one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.   1:27- Qila Rai Pithora/Lalkot  2:18- Siri  2:54- Tughlaqabad  3:11- Jahanpanah  3:40- Firozabad  4:24- Shergarh/ Dilli Sher-Shahi  4:49- Shahjahanabad   Script Courtesy: Indian Art...

Hampi is a cluster of historical monuments dating back to the Vijayanagara Empire of the 14th century, Karnataka, India. Due to consistent human and environmental interaction, this historical site has been subject to consistent depletion, moreover, the intensity and speed of decay requires technological intervention. And this is where, at the confluence of damage and renewal lies Artificial intell...

The video deals with How to pursue History and what are the subjects in the discipline and further talks about career options, future prospects of History students. with so many fields and areas of employment. However, compared to engineering or business majors, your initial job search will be more difficult, especially if you do not have a teaching certificate or don't want to be a teacher. &nbsp...

‘History of man’s cultural progression is basically a history of his technological progress’. The term prehistory was coined by Daniel Wilson and has been used ever since to refer to the period of human history before the invention of writing. it is the longest period of the human past. This period is also called the stone age, as stone was the chief material used by early man for his survival. th...

Dating back to the first century, Indian culture started making its way into the region of Southeast Asia. Kingdoms in the southeast coast of the Indian Subcontinent had established trade, cultural and political relations with Southeast Asian kingdoms in Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Cambodia and Champa. This led to Indianization and Sanskritisation of Southeast Asia. &...

This speech was delivered as a part of guest lecture series on the topic - Women : Struggle,Survival & Success

Ajanta caves, dating back to the period from 2 century BCE to 480 CE, are a fine example of Ancient Indian Art. Due to consistent human and environmental interaction, this historical site has been subject to consistent depletion, moreover, the intensity and speed of decay requires technological intervention. And this is where, at the confluence of damage and renewal lies Artificial intelligence.&n...

Sati” originally meant a woman who performed the act of immolating herself after her husband’s death. The word is derived from the Sanskrit word “asti’, which means “She is pure or true”. In mythological terms, Sati was the name of the wife of Lord Shiva. According to ancient Hindu customs, sati symbolised closure to a marriage.   #SatiMeaningOrigin&History, #Sati, #Pativrata, #Sativrata,...

Cotton Candy (बुढ़िया के बाल): The Complete Process

Jauhar was a Rajput practice of mass self-immolation by women, or otherwise execution by their husbands, fathers or brothers, in India, to avoid capture, enslavement and rape by an invading Islamic army, when facing certain defeat during a war. Some reports of jauhar mention women committing self-immolation along with their children. This practice was historically observed in northwest regions of...

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Pilgrimage in the traditional sense is an inner journey manifest in exterior space in which the immanent and the transcendent together form a complex phenomenon. Hinduism, has a strong and ancient tradition of pilgrimage, known as tirtha-yātrā (‘tour of the sacred fords’), which formerly connoted pilgrimage involving holy baths in water bodies as a symbolic purification ritual. Faith is central to...

This simplistic Zen tale conveys a strong message about the importance of living in the present moment. How much do we cart around old wounds and resentments when the only one we are really hurting is ourselves? We often have occasions in our lives where other people say or do things to us that are distasteful. We may continue to focus on past actions or events, but doing so will inevitably weigh...

Acharya Charak has been crowned as the Father of Medicine. His work  Charak Samhita is an encyclopedia of Ayurveda. Charaka who was a practitioner of the traditional system of Indian medicine known as Ayurveda had the royal patronage of King Kanishka.  Charaka’s contribution to the fields of physiology, etiology and embryology have been recognised. Charaka studied the anatomy of the huma...

During the 6th century BCE , Maharishi Shusurata a legendry scholar of the Indian medical science and founding father of surgery ,wrote one of the world's earliest works on medicine and surgery. Sushruta lived in the ancient city of Kashi, now known as Varanasi or Banaras. 2600 Yrs ago Maharishi Shushruta together with his colleagues had conducted the variety of complex surgeries such as caesarean...

‘Ayurveda’ is generally understood as ‘Science of life’ translating ‘Ayuh (r)’as life and ‘Veda’ as science. Ayurveda is an ancient system of life and also the oldest surviving medical system in the world. It is considered to be an ancient science of healing that enhances longevity. Ayurveda embraces all living things, human and Non-human. Ayurveda believes that healthy body is the basis for attai...

‘Ayurveda’ is generally understood as ‘Science of life’ translating ‘Ayuh (r)’as life and ‘Veda’ as science. Ayurveda is an ancient system of life and also the oldest surviving medical system in the world. It is considered to be an ancient science of healing that enhances longevity. Ayurveda embraces all living things, human and Non-human. During the 6th century BCE ,  Maharishi Shusurata a l...

This episode gives the detailed description of the highly developed Science & Technology in Ancient India    00:00 - Metallurgy & Alchemy in Ancient India  15:10 - Mathematics in Ancient India  25:16 - Civili Engineering in Ancient India  31:18 - Architecture & Civil Engineering in Indus Valley Civilization  38:52 - Development of Agriculture   #...

Agriculture in India is not of recent origin, but has a long history dating back to Neolithic age. It was one of the main reasons of Neolithic revolution. It changed the life style of early man from nomadic hunter and gatherer to cultivator of land. Earliest evidence of agriculture is found from Mehrgarh (Which is now in Pakistan) which dates back to 7000 BC.The excavation of the Mehrgarh period s...

India’s Urban Civilization, traceable to Mohenjodaro and Harappa,  where Planned Urban Townships existed 5000 years ago.  Some distinct features of this civilization are-  Town Planning  Both Mohen jo daro and Harappa were models of careful town planning. The principal streets all ran in straight lines either from north to south or from east to west in grid pattern and in place...