Tag: history

Gol Gumbaz is located in Bijapur in the Bijapur District of Karnataka. It is the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah (1626–1656). Adil Shah was the seventh Sultan of the Adil Shahi Dynasty of Bijapur. Construction of Gumbaz was started in 1626 and completed in 1656 i.e. 17th Century. It was built by Muhammad Adil Shah.

The rulers of Champa (Vietnam) and Kamboja (Kampuchea) promoted Hinduism. The Angkor Vat Temple in Kampuchea has scriptures depicting scenes from the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, European countries were searching for spices and textiles, which had become popular both in Europe and West Asia. The English, Dutch and French formed East India Companies in order to expand their commercial activities in the east. Initially great Indian traders like Mulla Abdul Ghafur and Virji Vora who owned a large number of ships competed with them. However, the European Companies used their naval power to gain control of the sea trade and forced Indian traders to work as their agents.

Surat in Gujarat was the emporium of western trade during the Mughal period along with Cambay (present day Khambat) and somewhat later, Ahmedabad. The city was cosmopolitan and people of all castes and creeds lived there. In the seventeenth century the Portuguese, Dutch and English had their factories and warehouses at Surat.

• The city of Thanjavur is located in the state of Tamil Nadu.
  
• It was the capital of the Chola Kingdom.
  
• The river Kaveri flows near Thanjavur.
  

Guru Nanak Dev was born on 15 April 1469 to Mata Tripta and Mehta Kalu in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, to the west of Lahore. He was the founder of Sikhism and the first Guru of the Sikhs. At the age of seven, he was sent to a school ran by Pandit Gopal. He asked his teacher the meaning of each alphabet and also asked questions about God. Later, he astonished his teacher with his fluency in explaining deeper truths about man and God and even gave spiritual interpretation to each Punjabi alphabet.

Guru Nanak Dev was born on 13 April 1469 to Mata Tripta and Mehta Kalu in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, to the west of Lahore. He was the founder of Sikhism and the first Guru of the Sikhs. He had a sister named Bebe Nanaki. She is an important religious figure of Sikhism, and is known as the first Gursikh. She was the first to realize her brother's "spiritual eminence"

Guru Nanak Dev was born on 15 April 1469 to Mata Tripta and Mehta Kalu in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, to the west of Lahore. He was the founder of Sikhism and the first Guru of the Sikhs. He believed in the values of equality, fraternity, goodness, and virtue. The basis of Sikhism lies in the teachings of Guru Nanak and his successors.