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Rigvedic geography. Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period. [1][2] Rivers with certain identifications stretch from eastern Afghanistan to the western Gangetic plain, clustering in the Punjab.
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, IAST: ṛgveda, from ऋच्, "praise" [2] and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts (śruti) known as the Vedas. [3][4] Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the Śakalya ...
The Sarasvati River (IAST: Sárasvatī-nadī́) is a mythologized and deified ancient river first mentioned in the Rigveda [1] and later in Vedic and post-Vedic texts. It played an important role in the Vedic religion, appearing in all but the fourth book of the Rigveda.
Minas Tirith J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium location In-universe information Type Fortified city ; capital of Gondor Ruler Kings and Stewards of Gondor Locations the Citadel, the Great Gate, Rath Dínen, the Tower of Ecthelion, the White Tree Location Gondor Lifespan Built S.A. 3320 Founder Anárion Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings ...
Triveni Sangam. The Triveni Sangam, the intersection of the Yamuna River and the Ganges River. In Hindu tradition, Triveni Sangam is the confluence (Sanskrit: sangama) of three rivers that is also a sacred place, with a bath here said to flush away all of one's sins and free one from the cycle of rebirth. [1][2][3][4]
Elden Ring[ b ] is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by American fantasy writer George R. R. Martin. It was published for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 25 in Japan by FromSoftware and internationally by ...
The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (c. 1500 –900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain c. 600 BCE.
Contents. Sintashta culture. The Sintashta culture[ a ] is a Middle Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Southern Urals, [ 1 ] dated to the period c. 2200–1900 BCE. [ 2 ][ 3 ] It is the first phase of the Sintashta–Petrovka complex, [ 4 ]c.2200 –1750 BCE. The culture is named after the Sintashta archaeological site, in Chelyabinsk ...