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National Parks in India A national park is a large area that is protected by the government where a vast variety of animals, flora, fauna, any geomorphological site, and the entire ecosystem are preserved for security, education, and recreational purposes. The main objective of a national park is to protect the natural environment of the […]
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A National Park is a protected area constituted for the protection and conservation of wildlife. It has more restrictions as compared to a wildlife sanctuary.
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The Ramsar Convention definition for wetlands includes marshes, floodplains, rivers and lakes, mangroves, coral reefs and other marine areas no deeper than 6 metres at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs.
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The period between 4th and sixth century CE is known as the Golden Age of India because of the considerable achievements of Indians in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, science, religion and philosophy during the Gupta Empire.
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The Sangam age refers to that period in the early history of south India, when large numbers of poems in Tamil were composed by a number of authors. The term ‘Sangam’ refers to an assembly or ‘meeting together’ of Tamil poets. Traditionally, three Sangams or assemblies are believed to have been convened one after the other at different places under the patronage of the Pandya kings of Madurai.
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What is Tight Monetary Policy? Tight Monetary Policy also known as contractionary monetary policy is focused on contracting (decreasing) the money supply in an economy. A contractionary monetary policy is implemented by increasing key interest rates thus reducing market liquidity (money supply). Low market liquidity usually negatively affects production and consumption. This may also have a negative
Introduction About Chedi Dynasty We get information about Chedi Dynasty from Hathigumpha inscription located near Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. The inscription was engraved by Kharavela, the 3rd ruler of Chedi Dynasty. Kahravela was a follower of Jainism. In 161 B.C, he convened a Jain Council at Kumaragiri. The capital of the Chedi kingdom was Suktimati-Puri on the bank
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The Satavahanas Maurya’s rule was succeeded by the Sungas and the Kanvas in the north. However, in Deccan and in central India, the Satavahanas succeeded the Mauryas though after a gap of almost 100 years. The only dynasty in India that ruled for the longest period, uninterrupted for 400 years by 33 Satavahana kings from
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Kanva Dynasty (73 BCE to 28 BCE) Kanva Dynasty spanned from 73 BC to 28 BC. The capital of the Kanva dynasty was Patliputra. Although the Puranic literature indicates that the Kanva Dynasty ruled from the former capital of the Shunga Empire in Patliputra, their coins are primarily found in and around the region of
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Sunga Dynasty (185 BC to 73 BC) The Sunga Dynasty spanned from 185 BC to 73 BC. The capital of the Shunga Dynasty Was Pataliputra. Vidisha was the capital of later Shunga rulers. Pushyamitra Sunga (185 BC TO 151 BC): Sunga Dynasty Pushyamitra Shunga was the Brahmin army chief of Brihadratha, the last king of the
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