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Knai Thoma, a Syriac Christian merchant, brought a group of 72 Christian families from Mesopotamia to Kerala in the 4th century. [71] [84] He was granted copper-plates by the Chera Dynasty, which gave his party and all native Christians socio-economic privileges. [85] The community of Christians that came along with Knai Thoma is called Knanaya ...
William Pettigrew (5 January 1869 – 19 January 1943) was a British Christian missionary who went to India in 1890, eventually brought western education in Manipur and introducing Jesus Christ to the Tangkhul Naga tribe, inhabiting Ukhrul district and he became the main catalyst for the surge in current christian population in Manipur. [ 1 ]
t. e. Freedom of religion in India is a fundamental right guaranteed by Article 25-28 of the Constitution of India. [ 1 ] Modern India came into existence in 1947 and the Indian constitution 's preamble was amended in 1976, to explicitly declare India a secular state. [ 2 ]
Indian mathematics emerged in the Indian subcontinent [1] from 1200 BCE [2] until the end of the 18th century. In the classical period of Indian mathematics (400 CE to 1200 CE), important contributions were made by scholars like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Bhaskara II, Varāhamihira, and Madhava. The decimal number system in use today [3] was first ...
Pope Benedict XIV blessed the Bettiah Christian Mission under the Capuchins in a letter to Maharaja Dhurup Singh dated 1 May 1742.. The Bettiah Raj in India was established by Ugrasen Singh, a Bhumihar ruler who established the state in India in the early 17th century A.D. [2] His son, Gaja Singh, was declared a Raja by the Mughal Indian emperor Shah Jahan.
Līlāvatī is a treatise by Indian mathematician Bhāskara II on mathematics, written in 1150 AD. It is the first volume of his main work, the Siddhānta Shiromani, [1] alongside the Bijaganita, the Grahaganita and the Golādhyāya. [2] A problem from the Lilavati by Bhaskaracharya. Written in the 12th century.
e. The history of mathematics deals with the origin of discoveries in mathematics and the mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge, written examples of new mathematical developments have come to light only in a few locales. From 3000 BC the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad and ...
Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture and the Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native Indian religions or Dharmic religions and ...