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Listed under:  Indian history
Video

Holi, a festival of colour

  • TLF-IDM025719

One of the world's brightest festivals is the festival of Holi. Learn about this colourful Hindu celebration and how it is celebrated.

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British India and the 'Great Rebellion'

  • TLF-IDM011244

The resource is about the Indian mutiny or 'Great Rebellion' of 1857 and its effect on imperial British authority. It covers: the mutiny; interpretations of British Indian history before and after the mutiny; British rule and influence in India prior to the uprising; disaffection in some regions of India; and the reforms ...

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Pillar of Ashoka

  • TLF-IDM011209

This resource is about a significant individual in history. It shows a fragment of a pillar built by the Emperor Ashoka in India about 240 BC. On the fragment is part of an inscription that uses a type of writing known as 'Brahmi'. The inscription is by Ashoka. It reads of how the great conquest in life is not over other ...

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Ramayana: an introduction to the great Indian epic

  • TLF-IDM012752

This is a resource that provides detailed information about the epic story Ramayana, with an enlargeable image and hyperlinks to further resources. Below the information there is space for readers to comment and contribute to a discussion about the story. Ramayana is a most important Hindu story from southern and south-eastern ...

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Introduction to Buddhism

  • TLF-IDM013003

This is an audio and multimedia resource that provides an introduction to Buddhism, explaining its key concepts and history. Four additional topics regarding Buddhism are explained through extensive written text within the resource. There are numerous links to related resources that provide additional background to Buddhism, ...

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Zoroastrians (India)

  • TLF-IDM013144

This is a video about the Indian Zoroastrian ritual of disposing of their dead, introduced and narrated by a Zoroastrian studies expert. It includes: a description of the Zoroastrian funerary custom of exposing the dead to the natural elements of sky, sun and birds of prey; the Zoroastrian people in traditional dress, praying ...

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The First Opium War: the Anglo-Chinese war of 1839-42

  • TLF-IDM008717

This is a collection of online materials about the first example of 'gunboat diplomacy' in Asia: the First Opium War. The materials consist of an illustrated essay by Professor Peter C Perdue and four galleries containing 182 images. Chapters in the essay cover: the opium trade; production and consumption; hostilities; ...

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Sites2See – origins of Hinduism

  • TLF-IDM020419

Web page containing links to information about the origins of Hinduism through the Indus Valley civilisation, including archaeological sites at Mohenjodaro and Harrapa. Indo-Aryan migration and the Vedic period are included.

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The Mahabharata

  • TLF-IDM013853

This is the story of The Mahabharata, one of the world’s longest poems that was composed over 2,500 years ago in India. It is a story of family and friends and embodies Hindu mythology and philosophy. The message of the story is that rivalry leads to destruction. The story is 21 web pages long and includes text, illustrations, ...

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The Mongol conquests

  • TLF-IDM011488

This is an illustrated four-part historical account of the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history. It includes sections on: factors leading to the Mongol conquests; the role of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan; how a small group of Mongols succeeded in conquering a vast domain; and the ...

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