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India-related FPs I

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  Indian vultures, (Gyps indicus), in a nest on the tower of the Chaturbhuj Temple, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. The vulture became nearly extinct in India in the 1990s from having ingested the carrion of diclofenac-laced cattle.
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  The bank myna is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent.
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  The vulnerable Malabar frog is endemic to the Western Ghats.
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  The endangered Nilgiri tahr is endemic to the Western Ghats. Shown here is a female in a national park in Kerala.

India-related FPs II

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  The brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) hunts for fish and other prey near the coasts and around inland wetlands.
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  The lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is the Indian national flower. Hindus and Buddhists regard it as a sacred symbol of enlightenment.
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  The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is the Indian national bird. It roosts in moist and dry-deciduous forests, cultivated areas, and village precincts.
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  The Pahalgam valley in Jammu and Kashmir is covered with a temperate coniferous forest.

India-related FPs III

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  A Toda tribal hut exemplifies Indian vernacular architecture.
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  Bangles on display in Bangalore India
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  A Sadhu and a picture of Siva in Kayasth Tola, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in Northern India
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  The pushkarani, or tank, located on the eastern side of Krishna temple in Hampi, Karnataka, the seat of the Vijayanagara Empire

India-related FPs IV

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  Large Gautama Buddha statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim
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  A Jain woman washes the feet of Bahubali Gomateswara at Shravanabelagola, Karnataka. The Bahubali idol is 18 metres (58 ft) high and is carved out of a single rock on top of a hill.
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  A Chola bronze depicting Nataraja, who is seen as a cosmic "Lord of the Dance" and representative of Shiva
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  A sixteenth century rendering of a scene from the Ramayana, an ancient Sanskrit epic.

India-related FPs V

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  Paintings at the Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 6th century
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  The Agasthiyamalai range, constituting the southern end of the Western Ghats, as seen from the rainshadow region of the southwest monsoon in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
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  A beach off the Arabian Sea in Puvar, Kerala. The Arabian Sea is the northwestern region of the Indian Ocean, bounded by the Arabian and Indian peninsulas.
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  Flowing through its rocky terrain near Hampi is the Tungabhadra river, the major right bank tributary of the Krishna river, a peninsular river, which empties into the Bay of Bengal. The coracles, made of wicker, are traditionally covered with hide, their circular shape preventing them from overturning in rivers with rocky outcrops.

India-related FPs VI

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  The recycling industry in India, a Varanasi paper bag seller
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  An example of the Chinese fishing nets of Cochin. Fisheries in India is a major industry in its coastal states, employing over 14 million people. The annual catch doubled between 1990 and 2010.
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  A tea garden in Sikkim. India, the world's second largest-producer of tea, is a nation of one billion tea drinkers, who consume 70% of India's tea output.
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  A daily wage worker in a salt field. The average minimum wage of daily labourers is around Rs.100 per day

India-related FPs VII

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  A bharatnatyam concert in 2014
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  A Bondo woman walks to a weekly market in Chhattisgarh.
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  A woman in Bundi, Rajasthan
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  An ascetic in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

India-related FPs VIII

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  The tomb of Itmad Ud Daulah, Agra,
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  A Hindu bride
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  The interior of San Thome Basilica, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Christianity is believed to have been introduced to India by the late 2nd century by Syriac-speaking Christians.
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  A Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib, or Golden Temple, in Amritsar, Punjab

India-related Classic Pictures-I

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  A farmer in Rajasthan milks his cow. Milk is India's largest crop by economic value. Worldwide, as of 2011, India had the largest herds of buffalo and cattle, and was the largest producer of milk.
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  Indian agriculture dates from the period 7,000–6,000 BCE, employs two thirds of the national workforce, and is second in farm output worldwide. Above, a farmer works an ox-drawn plow in Kadmati, West Bengal.
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  Schoolchildren in Chambal, Madhya Pradesh eating a mid-day meal. The Mid-Day Meal Scheme attempts to lower rates of childhood malnutrition in India.
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  Cricket is the most popular game among India's masses. Shown here is an instance of street cricket.

India-related FPs IX

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  Asfi Masjid at the Bara Imambara complex, Lukcnow, India
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  Chhota Imambara, Lucknow, India
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  Taj Mahal mosque, Agra, India
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  Bangalore panorama

India-related FPs X

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  Red Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina in Bangalore, India
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  Female Telamonia dimidiata in the Lalbagh Botanical gardens, Bangalore, India
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  Mysore Palace in the morning
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  Indian Olympic athlete, Irfan Kolothum Thodi

India-related FPs XI

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  Grammodes geometrica, Bangalore, India
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  Mumtaz Ahmed Khan founder of Al-Ameen Educational Society
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  Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, India
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  Kumar Anish, Indian yoga specialist

India-related FPs XII

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  Taj Mahal at the golden hour
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  Bara Imambara, Lucknow, India
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  Salman Khurshid, Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress
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  Indian palm squirrel, Bangalore, India

India-related FPs XIII

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  Odissi
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  Mohiniyattam
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  Kuchipudi
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  Arundhati Roy

India-related FPs XIV

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  Chandiroor Divakaran
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  Karnataka High Court, Bangalore
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  Dharmaraya Swamy Temple a Hindu temple in Bangalore
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  Bangalore Town Hall

Buddha related FPs I

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  Battered religious figures stand watch on a hill above a tattered valley. Nagasaki, Japan. September 24, 1945
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  17th century Painting on cloth of of Buddha Shakyamuni as Lord of the Munis with Bodhisatvas in background.
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  The Gathering of Four Buddhas. 1562 CE, National Museum of Art, Korea.
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  Two women walk past the huge cavity where one of the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan used to stand, June 17, 2012. The monumental statues were built in A.D. 507 and 554

Buddha related FPs II

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  Monk walks in the morning after the rain in front of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), part of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand.
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  Buddha Amitabha in His Pure Land of Suvakti, Central Tibet. 18th century; Ground mineral pigment on cotton
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  English: Shakyamuni Buddha with Avadana Legend Scenes. Tibet. Date 19th century
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  Chiang Mai, Thailand: Buddhist Manuscript Library and Museum

Things to do on 6/10/22

• Start the article Singrauli estate (see Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#Cleaning_up_confusions_about_"Singrauli_State"
• Start something on the Ethnic fermented foods and beverages of the Darjeeling Hills, using

• Thapa, Namrata; Tamang, Jyoti Prakash (2020), "Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration)", in Tamang, Jyoti Prakash (ed.), Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of India: Science History and Culture, Singapore: Springer Nature, ISBN 978-981-15-1485-2 and
• Tamang, Jyoti P.; Sarkar, Prabir K; Hesseltine, Clifford W (1988). "Traditional Fermented Foods and Beverages of Darjeeling". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 44 (4): 375–385. doi:10.1002/jsfa.2740440410.

• Add something on Tibetan refugees in Darjeeling.

Mauryan Empire

Your input would be welcome with regard to the 'holes-map'. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 15:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

@Fowler&fowler Why haven't you posted anything yet, Its 14th Edasf (talk) 16:04, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I said "Thursday," and that day of the week has barely begun where I am right now. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, my bad because the day is ending where I am. Edasf (talk) 16:23, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

:) No problem. Hopefully in the next couple of hours.

Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:38, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

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Network-model map

Hi. I'm reworking your sources for the network-model map into a note, to have less text in the lead. Knowing your responses, I thought it wise to inform you personally, so you know that nothing starine or outlandish is going on. I really appreciate your network-model map, and this is an effort to make it even more accessible and understandable. Regards, Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 09:52, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

No idea what I meant with "starine"... I say it again: this network-model map is great. Regards, Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 07:16, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I found a work-around for the notes-errors; I'm going to implant it later. Regards, Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 07:03, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for efn [a]. Fabulous work, @Joshua Jonathan:. My compliments to the chef Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:03, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

@Joshua Jonathan: No problemo, Amigo. Starine == L'Etarine, which was the title of Albert Camus's famous novel before the typos were taken out Fowler&fowler«Talk» 14:08, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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Mauryan Map

The arguments in the main article are very bulky.

As you are one of the only or if not the only editors (right now in the argument), whos supporting the hole map.

I would like to know what sources you have based it on, it would be good if you could link ALL sources mentioning this.

Now I don't want vague sources ("Mauryan empire was a loose knit empire), I want coherent sources exciplity mentioning the areas with holes and maybe some maps by scholars.

Thank you. JingJongPascal (talk) 12:40, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

I've said what I had to on the article's talk page. The map of the loose-knit empire, with large autonomous regions, based on major introductory textbooks, see WP:TERTIARY for their role in due weight. It is Wikpedia policy. All of them, the same ones that are used in Wikipedia's oldest country featured article, support that map. They are listed in the map caption's footnote. The realistic map has been in the Maurya Empire article for going on four years. This is all I am going to say here, and for the last time. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 12:51, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Because as per Romila, the "autonomous regions" 's resources were still exploited by the Mauryans. - Romila Early India

And also WP:OTHEARTICLE, but Macedonian Empire which controlled only major cities and routes does not have holes? JingJongPascal (talk) 13:06, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Please don't post here again. The article's talk is the proper venue. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 13:09, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

@Fowler&fowler, you just reverted my edits.

Could you provide me source that mentions The scripts by Chankaya as exxgration?

Also while reverting my edits you also reverted some of my edits which were not related to that manuscript. JingJongPascal (talk) 10:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

I've added them. The Arthasastra was discovered in the early 20th century. Nationalist historians of the time, treated it as gospel truth about the conditions prevailing in the Maurya realm. It is now considered to be prescriptive work (rather than objective history), composed some five centuries after the Mauryas. The last sentence of the first lead paragraph lays it bare. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 10:53, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Okay, maybe we could still add them but add lines that say they are exxagerated same way in Parthian Empire we have JingJongPascal (talk) 11:47, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

The extensive notes in the first sentence of the lead (on sources) say just that. There is no reason to explicitly state it in the lead; the notes, which anyone can read are adequate in my view. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:51, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm reworking the lead. Please give me a day or two. I've noted your concerns. I'll try to weave them in somewhere. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:52, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Mauryan notes

Hi F&f. I'm going through the references & notes you added. When you copied back the sentence on the sources for the Mauryan Empire to the lead, you also duplicated the extensive references. Since they are named, the name of the reference suffices; I have removed the quotes from the lead, but don't worry, they show up, because they are also in the History#Sources-subsection. Regards, Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 11:38, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Shall I wait untill you're finished? Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 11:47, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, maybe. If you can hold on until tomorrow, it will be great. I'd like to get through the economy and the impact. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 11:54, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Also working on Seleucid–Mauryan War; the interpretation of the ancient sources on the ceded territories is quite ambiguous; it seems to me, reading several sources, that Gedrosia refers only to a part of Gedrosia; and probably only the South Asian part just west of the Indus. I'm fine-tuning and expanding the info on that, including a note; when it's finished, I'll also copy it to the Mauryan Empire, as it nuances the 'Iranian territories' considerably. Regards, Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 12:02, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good Fowler&fowler«Talk» 12:07, 21 November 2024 (UTC)