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Thinkers, Beliefs And Buildings
Who wanted to take away the eastern gateway of Sanchi and why? How did it escape from going out Bhopal?
The 19th century Europeans evinced keen interest in the Stupa at Sanchi. So the French sought the permission of Shahjehan Begum to take away its eastern gateway, which was best preserved. They wanted to display it in a museum in France. Similarly the Englishmen wanted to exhibit it in one of their museums. But fortunately both felt satisfied in getting carefully prepared plaster-cast copies of this stupa. So this Stupa remained at its place.
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Describe the internal functioning of the Buddhist Sanghas.
Discuss how, according to Jainism, one can free oneself from the cycle of Karma.
What does the motif of a woman, surrounded by lotuses and elephants, depict? State the two opinions.
State the social groups from which the followers of Buddha came.
Discuss the contents of Jatakas. What do they depict?
Describe how in the case of Vaishnavism, cults developed around the various avatars of the deity.
“Buddhism grew rapidly both during the life time of the Buddha and also after his death.” Justify the statement.
Explain the variety of sources used by the historians to reconstruct histories of religious traditions.
Were the ideas of the Upanishadic thinkers different from those of the fatalists and materialists? Give reasons for your answer.
Summarise the central teachings of Jainism.
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