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Indian Culture Images Biography
The aim of the esamskriti photo gallery is to Take a virtual tour across the wondrous beauty, cultural richness and historical splendour of India. The format makes you feel you have visited the place without physically going there.
The esamskriti collection showcases India’s temples, forts, palaces, wildlife, adventure spots and the Himalayas. The Outside India captures symbols of Indian culture across the world. You may not have had the opportunity to visit India in your life so far, these days there are regular flights there but it is not something everyone can do. These photos, however, will hopefully take you right to the heart of India and allow you to feel exactly what it is like to be there.
How is the Photo Gallery organized?
States of India link shows you a list of states whose pictures are on the site.
When you click on any state you will see links of places within that state.
By clicking on the place name you see pictures therein.
Every picture has a narration that includes history of monument as well.
You can also search pictures by some 15 Categories. This enables you to see pictures across all states for a given category. For e.g. Forts of India will give you links of forts in the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Photographs outside India are arranged by place.
Contribute pictures to the site
The site does not have or has very few any pictures of Delhi, Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura and Chhattisgarh. In case you or your friends have pictures of these places would happy to upload.If you have pictures of places in other states that are not on the site can upload them as well. Picture specs 585px of height at 100DPI. Every picture must have a brief one to two line narration that describes the picture. Try and include personal experiences and travel tips in the narration. To know the procedure for uploading pictures email sanjeev nayyar at esamskriti@suryaconsulting.net. In the future esamskriti will hold photo competitions of the best picture on the site, a place. Look forward to hearing from you.
Let us know which pictures you related to and why and how we can do better. Mail your thoughts to esamskriti@suryaconsulting.net.
Travel is a type of education. Tourism promotes economic activity and generates employment.
One of the earliest civilizations of the world, and the most ancient on the Indian subcontinent, was the Indus valley civilization, which flourished c.2500 B.C. to c.1700 B.C. It was an extensive and highly sophisticated culture, its chief urban centers being Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. While the causes of the decline of the Indus Valley civilization are not clear, it is possible that the periodic shifts in the courses of the major rivers of the valley may have deprived the cities of floodwaters necessary for their surrounding agricultural lands. The cities thus became more vulnerable to raiding activity. At the same time, Indo-Aryan peoples were migrating into the Indian subcontinent through the northwestern mountain passes, settling in the Punjab and the Ganges valley.
Over the next 2,000 years the Indo-Aryans developed a Brahmanic civilization (see Veda), out of which Hinduism evolved. From Punjab they spread east over the Gangetic plain and by c.800 B.C. were established in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Bengal. The first important Aryan kingdom was Magadha, with its capital near present-day Patna; it was there, during the reign of Bimbisara (540-490 B.C.), that the founders of Jainism and Buddhism preached. Kosala was another kingdom of the period.
In 327-325 B.C., Alexander the Great invaded the province of Gandhara in NW India that had been a part of the Persian empire. The Greek invaders were eventually driven out by Chandragupta of Magadha, founder of the Mauryan empire (see Maurya). The Mauryan emperor Asoka (d. 232 B.C.), Chandragupta's grandson, perhaps the greatest ruler of the ancient period, unified all of India except the southern tip. Under Asoka, Buddhism was widely propagated and spread to Sri Lanka and SE Asia. During the 200 years of disorder and invasions that followed the collapse of the Mauryan state (c.185 B.C.), Buddhism in India declined. S India enjoyed greater prosperity than the north, despite almost incessant warfare; among the Tamil-speaking kingdoms of the south were the Pandya and Chola states, which maintained an overseas trade with the Roman Empire.
Indian culture was spread through the Malay Archipelago and Indonesia by traders from the S Indian kingdoms. Meanwhile, Greeks following Alexander had settled in Bactria (in the area of present-day Afghanistan) and established an Indo-Greek kingdom. After the collapse (1st cent. B.C.) of Bactrian power, the Scythians, Parthians, Afghans, and Kushans swept into NW India. There, small states arose and disappeared in quick succession; among the most famous of these kingdoms was that of the Kushans, which, under its sovereign Kanishka, enjoyed (2d cent. A.D.) great prosperity.
In the 4th and 5th cent. A.D., N India experienced a golden age under the Gupta dynasty, when Indian art and literature reached a high level. Gupta splendor rose again under the emperor Harsha of Kanauj (c.606-647), and N India enjoyed a renaissance of art, letters, and theology. It was at this time that the noted Chinese pilgrim Hsüan-tsang visited India. While the Guptas ruled the north in this, the classical period of Indian history, the Pallava kings of Kanchi held sway in the south, and the Chalukyas controlled the Deccan.
During the medieval period (8th-13th cent.) several independent kingdoms, notably the Palas of Bihar and Bengal, the Sen, the Ahoms of Assam, a later Chola empire at Tanjore, and a second Chalukya dynasty in the Deccan, waxed powerful. In NW India, beyond the reach of the medieval dynasties, the Rajputs had grown strong and were able to resist the rising forces of Islam. Islam was first brought to Sind, W India, in the 8th cent. by seafaring Arab traders; by the 10th cent. Muslim armies from the north were raiding India. From 999 to 1026, Mahmud of Ghazna several times breached Rajput defenses and plundered India.
In the 11th and 12th cent. Ghaznavid power waned, to be replaced c.1150 by that of the Turkic principality of Ghor. In 1192 the legions of Ghor defeated the forces of Prithivi Raj, and the Delhi Sultanate, the first Muslim kingdom in India, was established. The sultanate eventually reduced to vassalage almost every independent kingdom on the subcontinent, except that of Kashmir and the remote kingdoms of the south. The task of ruling such a vast territory proved impossible; difficulties in the south with the state of Vijayanagar, the great Hindu kingdom, and the capture (1398) of the city of Delhi by Timur finally brought the sultanate to an end.
The Muslim kingdoms that succeeded it were defeated by a Turkic invader from Afghanistan, Babur, a remote descendant of Timur, who, after the battle of Panipat in 1526, founded the Mughal empire. The empire was consolidated by Akbar and reached its greatest territorial extent, the control of almost all of India, under Aurangzeb (ruled 1659-1707). Under the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal empire a large Muslim following grew and a new culture evolved in India (see Mughal art and architecture); Islam, however, never supplanted Hinduism as the faith of the majority
Indian Culture Images Biography
The aim of the esamskriti photo gallery is to Take a virtual tour across the wondrous beauty, cultural richness and historical splendour of India. The format makes you feel you have visited the place without physically going there.
The esamskriti collection showcases India’s temples, forts, palaces, wildlife, adventure spots and the Himalayas. The Outside India captures symbols of Indian culture across the world. You may not have had the opportunity to visit India in your life so far, these days there are regular flights there but it is not something everyone can do. These photos, however, will hopefully take you right to the heart of India and allow you to feel exactly what it is like to be there.
How is the Photo Gallery organized?
States of India link shows you a list of states whose pictures are on the site.
When you click on any state you will see links of places within that state.
By clicking on the place name you see pictures therein.
Every picture has a narration that includes history of monument as well.
You can also search pictures by some 15 Categories. This enables you to see pictures across all states for a given category. For e.g. Forts of India will give you links of forts in the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Photographs outside India are arranged by place.
Contribute pictures to the site
The site does not have or has very few any pictures of Delhi, Meghalaya, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura and Chhattisgarh. In case you or your friends have pictures of these places would happy to upload.If you have pictures of places in other states that are not on the site can upload them as well. Picture specs 585px of height at 100DPI. Every picture must have a brief one to two line narration that describes the picture. Try and include personal experiences and travel tips in the narration. To know the procedure for uploading pictures email sanjeev nayyar at esamskriti@suryaconsulting.net. In the future esamskriti will hold photo competitions of the best picture on the site, a place. Look forward to hearing from you.
Let us know which pictures you related to and why and how we can do better. Mail your thoughts to esamskriti@suryaconsulting.net.
Travel is a type of education. Tourism promotes economic activity and generates employment.
One of the earliest civilizations of the world, and the most ancient on the Indian subcontinent, was the Indus valley civilization, which flourished c.2500 B.C. to c.1700 B.C. It was an extensive and highly sophisticated culture, its chief urban centers being Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. While the causes of the decline of the Indus Valley civilization are not clear, it is possible that the periodic shifts in the courses of the major rivers of the valley may have deprived the cities of floodwaters necessary for their surrounding agricultural lands. The cities thus became more vulnerable to raiding activity. At the same time, Indo-Aryan peoples were migrating into the Indian subcontinent through the northwestern mountain passes, settling in the Punjab and the Ganges valley.
Over the next 2,000 years the Indo-Aryans developed a Brahmanic civilization (see Veda), out of which Hinduism evolved. From Punjab they spread east over the Gangetic plain and by c.800 B.C. were established in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Bengal. The first important Aryan kingdom was Magadha, with its capital near present-day Patna; it was there, during the reign of Bimbisara (540-490 B.C.), that the founders of Jainism and Buddhism preached. Kosala was another kingdom of the period.
In 327-325 B.C., Alexander the Great invaded the province of Gandhara in NW India that had been a part of the Persian empire. The Greek invaders were eventually driven out by Chandragupta of Magadha, founder of the Mauryan empire (see Maurya). The Mauryan emperor Asoka (d. 232 B.C.), Chandragupta's grandson, perhaps the greatest ruler of the ancient period, unified all of India except the southern tip. Under Asoka, Buddhism was widely propagated and spread to Sri Lanka and SE Asia. During the 200 years of disorder and invasions that followed the collapse of the Mauryan state (c.185 B.C.), Buddhism in India declined. S India enjoyed greater prosperity than the north, despite almost incessant warfare; among the Tamil-speaking kingdoms of the south were the Pandya and Chola states, which maintained an overseas trade with the Roman Empire.
Indian culture was spread through the Malay Archipelago and Indonesia by traders from the S Indian kingdoms. Meanwhile, Greeks following Alexander had settled in Bactria (in the area of present-day Afghanistan) and established an Indo-Greek kingdom. After the collapse (1st cent. B.C.) of Bactrian power, the Scythians, Parthians, Afghans, and Kushans swept into NW India. There, small states arose and disappeared in quick succession; among the most famous of these kingdoms was that of the Kushans, which, under its sovereign Kanishka, enjoyed (2d cent. A.D.) great prosperity.
In the 4th and 5th cent. A.D., N India experienced a golden age under the Gupta dynasty, when Indian art and literature reached a high level. Gupta splendor rose again under the emperor Harsha of Kanauj (c.606-647), and N India enjoyed a renaissance of art, letters, and theology. It was at this time that the noted Chinese pilgrim Hsüan-tsang visited India. While the Guptas ruled the north in this, the classical period of Indian history, the Pallava kings of Kanchi held sway in the south, and the Chalukyas controlled the Deccan.
During the medieval period (8th-13th cent.) several independent kingdoms, notably the Palas of Bihar and Bengal, the Sen, the Ahoms of Assam, a later Chola empire at Tanjore, and a second Chalukya dynasty in the Deccan, waxed powerful. In NW India, beyond the reach of the medieval dynasties, the Rajputs had grown strong and were able to resist the rising forces of Islam. Islam was first brought to Sind, W India, in the 8th cent. by seafaring Arab traders; by the 10th cent. Muslim armies from the north were raiding India. From 999 to 1026, Mahmud of Ghazna several times breached Rajput defenses and plundered India.
In the 11th and 12th cent. Ghaznavid power waned, to be replaced c.1150 by that of the Turkic principality of Ghor. In 1192 the legions of Ghor defeated the forces of Prithivi Raj, and the Delhi Sultanate, the first Muslim kingdom in India, was established. The sultanate eventually reduced to vassalage almost every independent kingdom on the subcontinent, except that of Kashmir and the remote kingdoms of the south. The task of ruling such a vast territory proved impossible; difficulties in the south with the state of Vijayanagar, the great Hindu kingdom, and the capture (1398) of the city of Delhi by Timur finally brought the sultanate to an end.
The Muslim kingdoms that succeeded it were defeated by a Turkic invader from Afghanistan, Babur, a remote descendant of Timur, who, after the battle of Panipat in 1526, founded the Mughal empire. The empire was consolidated by Akbar and reached its greatest territorial extent, the control of almost all of India, under Aurangzeb (ruled 1659-1707). Under the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal empire a large Muslim following grew and a new culture evolved in India (see Mughal art and architecture); Islam, however, never supplanted Hinduism as the faith of the majority
Indian Culture Images
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Indian Culture Images
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