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  2. Mangal Shobhajatra - Wikipedia

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    Mangal Shobhajatra or Mongol Shovajatra (Bengali: মঙ্গল শোভাযাত্রা) is a mass procession that takes place at dawn on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh. [1] The procession is organised by the teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka. [2] The festival is ...

  3. History of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The history of Bangladesh dates back over four millennia to the Chalcolithic period. The region's early history was characterized by a succession of Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms and empires that fought for control over the Bengal region. Islam arrived in the 8th century and gradually became dominant from the early 13th century with the conquests ...

  4. Pencil - Wikipedia

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    Ferrule. Eraser. A pencil (/ ˈpɛnsəl / ⓘ) is a writing or drawing implement with a solid pigment core in a protective casing that reduces the risk of core breakage and keeps it from marking the user's hand. Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving a trail of solid core material that adheres to a sheet of paper or other surface.

  5. Bangladeshi art - Wikipedia

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    Bangladeshi art is a form of visual arts that has been practiced throughout the land of what is now known as Bangladesh. Bangladeshi art has a perennial history which originated more than two thousand years ago and is practiced even to this date. Among the various forms of Bangladeshi art, photography, architecture, sculpture and painting are ...

  6. Mongolian writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Mongolian writing systems. The word Mongol in various contemporary and historical scripts: 1. traditional, 2. folded, 3. 'Phags-pa, 4. Todo, 5. Manchu, 6. Soyombo, 7. horizontal square, 8. Cyrillic. Various Mongolian writing systems have been devised for the Mongolian language over the centuries, and from a variety of scripts. The oldest and ...

  7. Erdeniin Tobchi - Wikipedia

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    Erdeniin Tobchi. ᠲᠣᠪᠴᠢ, summary of the Khans' treasure) is a national chronicle of the Mongols written by Saghang Sechen in 1662. [1] The Erdeniin Tobchi is commonly called The Chronicles of Sagang Sechen. [2] A first translation into a western language (German) was published by the Moravian missionary Isaac Jacob Schmidt in 1829. [3]

  8. Pencil case - Wikipedia

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    A pencil case or pencil box is a container used to store pencils. A pencil case can also contain a variety of other stationery such as sharpeners, pens, glue sticks, erasers, scissors, and rulers. Pencil cases can be made from a variety of materials such as wood or metal. Some pencil cases have a hard and rigid shell encasing the pens inside ...

  9. Shapla Square - Wikipedia

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    Shapla Square. Shapla Square (Bengali: শাপলা চত্বর, Shapla Chottor) is a huge sculpture at the heart of Motijheel near the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It depicts a Shapla (water lily, the species Nymphaea nouchali), the national flower of Bangladesh. The sculpture is surrounded by a fountain.