The precise modern calendar we take for granted has roots in ancient China, India, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Arabia and Rome.
Those who are the bedrock of both glorious, ancient civilizations of India and China are being left out of the equations and all of the pundits on Wall Street are missing the reality of this.
The BBC's Ray Furlong says that another issue at the conference will be the standardisation of the Roma language, which is related to the ancient Sanskrit tongue of India, from where the gypsies migrated 1, 000 years ago.
Titan and Shiva were prominent deities in the ancient temples of Greece and India for this very reason.
The 34.65 carat diamond's origin can be traced back to the ancient diamond mines of Golconda in southern India.
In Hindu mythology (Hinduism is an ancient religion practiced in the country of India), there is an insightful legend involving Lord Shiva and his son, Karthikeya.
Then she told us this story: In ancient times, when much of North India was divided into small principalities, our ancestors were the rulers of a kingdom called Kukraj, somewhere near Jaipur, in Rajasthan.
India, one of the ancient homes for polio, has mustered millions of volunteers to join a national polio eradication campaign supported by the WHO, UNICEF, Rotary, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others.
Given India's starting point in ancient traditions, one can hope that it will result in a balance healthier than what has unfolded in the over-sexualized West.
The Golconda mines, surrounding the ancient ruined city of Golconda in south-central India, were renowned for the diamonds they produced.
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He knew that the west coast of India had been the site of an ancient impact of unknown age and size.
Some 20, 000 pieces--including arms, armour, ceramics, earthenware, seals and decorative arts from ancient Persia, Mamluk Egypt and the Mughal emperors in India and Kuwait of the Bronze Age--were packed in crates and driven to the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad in a 17-lorry convoy.
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