It's not as simple as that. For quite a few hindus Gautama Buddha is an important part of their religion. The basic tenets of Buddhism have not waned in popularity, they've rather been incorporated in a larger religious movement.
True that, you can still see Buddhists around Eastern India, but few. Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam is a good place to find some Buddhists. Where I am from in Gujarat, most Buddhists live in the big cities.
The Buddhists and Hindus have a sentence in Sanskrit which differentiates them. For Hindu's it is 'Jagat Mithya Brahma Satya' which translates into the world is an illusion, God is the truth. For Buddhists it is 'Jagat Satya Brahma Mithya.' The world is the truth, God is an illusion.
It is another legacy of British colonialism that they brought large numbers of Tamil speakers to Sri Lanka to work on the plantations there. Who then found themselves given the short end of the stick after independence by the Sinhalese speakers who made up the majority of the population of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. The same divide and conquer strategy that has done so much lasting harm throughout the world, from Ireland to Kenya to India.
Baltimorean, you're right. Most of those were settled, I believe in the central highlands. But there is a distinction in Sri Lanka between "Sri Lankan Tamils" and "Indian Tamils" (terms I learned more than twenty years ago - apologies if they are no longer current). The Tamil population in the north and east of the country has far longer roots on the island.
@Baltimorean Yeah right, and especially in places like Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the current British Overseas Territories.
Tamil is spoken in Tamil Nadu, India (61,000,000), Malaysia (immigrant) (4,000,000) and Northern Sri Lanka (3,000,000). Other places such as Singapore, Indonesia, USA and UK also have significant Tamil population.
Arabic schmarabic. They're only called 'arabic' numerals in Europe because the Arabs told the Europeans about them. The Arabs got them from the Indians, and Arabia is actually one of the few parts of the world today where they don't use 'arabic' numerals.
The numerals, the written form of the numbers 1234567890 that we still used today was invented in india, not the numbers itself.
Zero was only invented in india because it was simply not used before. Numbers were used to count things and write down how many of them there were. You dont count zero apples, you just said there were no apples, or you just dont write that down in the first place.
Eastern arabic numerals are used today in the Arab world, they're just slightly different in shape than what the majority of the world uses, which is western arabic numerals.
Missed Telugu, is that the language spoken in telangana?
Still 29/30 isn't that bad.
I love the smart arses on this web site there's always someone correcting somebody. Some of the English is a little sub standard though just thought I'd pop that in to wind a few people up!
Um, I believe you should have spelled Telangana with a capital "T" shouldn't you? :-P Just kidding! Yeah, it used to bother me how many people just try to one-up, but it's not such a big deal anymore! Let's all be friends!
All you need to do is remember that Everest is in the Himalayas. Even though it is in Nepal/China not India, Himalayas is still the biggest mountain range in India also.
I had the answer buried in my brain, just couldn't pull it into the light. This time it was one of the religions that threw me - couldn't remember how to spell Sikh. I tried Seik, Siek, Sikk, bah! Sometimes I get really, really mad at my brain.
Brahmaputra should be included here. If you're taking the length of river IN India then Brahmaputra flows 900 km in India while 800 km for Indus. If you're taking the TOTAL LENGTH of the river then also Brahmaputra is longer than Ganges.
The usual system of digits originated in India, but numbers are universal. To say that zero was "invented" is of course wrong as well, thus the quotation marks... Let's say that it was brilliant to understand that zero is a number and to create a digit for it.
To my understanding the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 are modified from sanskrit numbers. The numbers 2, 3, 6 are same. 4 and 5 are slightly modified . 8 is used as 7 in reverse direction. 7 is used as 8 in modified reverse direction. 0 is.1 is modified and used as 9. 9 is used and modified as one. Just because the arabs told the Europeans about it doesn't make them the inventors
Bhagat Singh and Bose were not well known outside India. Moreover, they are controvertial figures. Mahatma Gandhi has pan india appeal, so it doesn't make sense to replace him.
The question about the longest rivers in India by length should be Ganga and Godavari. If we want to lost 2 of the longest rivers in India, it should be Indus and Brahmaputra (both 2900 km in length)
A suggestion, maybe use Mahesh instead Shiva in the question of trinity. Although they both are same but when we talk about Trinity, we use Mahesh instead Shiva. You should keep Shiva as type ons though.
Zero was only invented in india because it was simply not used before. Numbers were used to count things and write down how many of them there were. You dont count zero apples, you just said there were no apples, or you just dont write that down in the first place.
Still 29/30 isn't that bad.
I love the smart arses on this web site there's always someone correcting somebody. Some of the English is a little sub standard though just thought I'd pop that in to wind a few people up!
And they've got SPICES!!
plz correct
Shiva is also Siva
They should be accepted.
I'll remove the Brahmin question, as the caste system has been abolished.
Also, Instead of 2 questions about Gandhi, I'll keep one about either Bhagat Singh/ Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
And All numbers were invented in India
As for casteism, it's still very much prevalent in India, maybe not in big cities but very much in villages and rural areas.
As all the numbers except for 0 were invited in the Arab