Ganges River, great river of the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent, which from time immemorial has been the holy river of Hinduism. Despite its importance, its length of 1,560 miles (2,510 km) is relatively short compared with the other great ri
Varanasi, also called Benares, southeastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It is located on the left bank of the Ganges River and is one of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism. By the 2nd millennium BCE it had become a religious, commercial, and in
The Ganges is the longest river in India, flowing for some 1,600 miles from its source in the Himalayas to its mouth at the Bay of Bengal. All along its length the river is considered holy by Hindus and personified as the goddess Ganga, who descended to earth through the magical interces...
River peopleCanalsThis paper argues that historians have all but ignored the study of rivers and their impact on the development of human society. Apart from a somewhat terse acknowledgment of the importance of rivers in the development of ancient civilizations, from the Huang He to the Ganges, ...
Life-history traits of the Monsoon River prawn Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (Milne-Edwards, 1844) (Palaemonidae) in the Ganges (Padma) River, northwestern Bangladesh. J. Freshw. Ecol., 27: 131-142.Hossain, M. Y.; Ohtomi, J.; Ahmed, J.; Jasmine, S.; Vadas, R. L., 2012b: Life-...
In the River Saraswati region, most likely, it declined mainly due to shifting of river channels. Along the River Indus, most likely, it declined largely due to recurring floods. Rainfall declined in general, which affected the agriculture, the main economic resource. With the decline in economi...
During the centuries of warfare between the medieval Christian kingdoms of northern Spain and Muslim al-Andalus to the south, contested lands ‘beyond the Duero River’ were collectively known as Extremadura. Click on Map and Photos to Enlarge It is a sparsely populated landscape of golden ...
These rituals are known as Antyeshti and involve a gathering of friends and family. Cremations were the most traditional funeral process. During preparation, the bodies would be anointed with oils, incense, and water from the sacred Ganges River as well as chanting mantras over the body. ...
And the Hindus have believed for centuries that the Ganges River has the power to clean the soul, as well as the body. Several thousand years ago, the (1) of the island of Crete, in the eastern Mediterranean, built (2) with running water. The early Jews took ceremonial baths on (3)...
Geogenic groundwater arsenic (As) contamination is of global concern. It is mainly reported from floodplains in South and Southeast Asia including the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River delta, the Mekong River delta, the Red River delta, and inland basins located in the Yellow River catchment...