1)There was a Bharata kingwho had two sons. The elder, Dhritarashtra, being blind, gave up his right to the throne to his younger brother Pandu. Dhritarashtra’s blindness did not handicap him in other pursuits, for he proceeded to sire a hundred sons known as the Kauravas. His brot...
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During my research on Huybers, I found sixteen of his essays inThe Nation, including one about the American School, large parts of which l presented in my post of April 2019. Lately, I rediscovered in my notes another one he published in February 1916 after spending Christmas in Athens (sin...
Notes: 1) Tripitaka’s additional punishment points to the supreme importance of rice in an agrarian society like ancient China. 2) Miao Jixiang should not be confused with the Bodhisattva Manjushri, who has the same Chinese name in some older Buddhist literature (Von Glahn, 2004, p. 214)....
The most extensive exploration of the metal-detected evidence is Kershaw’s (2013) monograph on Scandinavian-type objects in England. Her study assembles long-missing archaeological material and matches it to the onomastic and linguistic evidence of mass settlement of Scandinavians. Kershaw notes a ...
written notes still survives. d’Ailly wrote that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans were the same ocean, since Ptolemy didn’t write about any antipodes, or dry land, in the same latitude as Europe and Asia. Ptolemy also influenced a German map maker named Martin Behaim who ...
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avoiding jargon or overly complex language that might confuse your audience. Active listening is crucial; take notes while your opponent speaks and address their arguments respectfully without interrupting or becoming overly emotional. Maintaining a calm and composed demeanor, even in the face of tough...