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Keyboard Piano Notations of He's a Pirate Song from Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest

 the British colonized India, India and China were the world's two largest economies accounting for over 50% of world economy. India's main export was Cotton and Cotton products, while China's main export was Silk and Silk products.

rch 22, his troops killed around 30,000 Indians in Delhi.  In May 1739 Nader Shah left India with loads of Gold, Diamonds, Precious Stones, the Peacock Throne, the famous Koh-i-Noor and Darya-ye Noor diamonds. He also took thousands of elephants, horses and camels from India, loaded with the looted wealth.

A 1983 Indian Currency Note of two rupees issued in the name of Aryabhatta - the great ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer, after whom the first Indian satellite was named as well.

Neatly arranged sacred offerings which I captured near the Shantadurga Temple at the foothill of Kavalem village in Ponda, Goa.

Captured these beautiful natural dyes (Kumkum) prepared using dried turmeric at a shop in the Yellamma temple complex at Savadatti in Belgaum.

The Majuli island created by Brahmaputra river in Assam, India is the largest fresh water mid-river deltaic island in the world. The only mode of transport to the outside world is through a ferry service which operates twice a day. It is the abode of Assamese Vashnavite culture. Unfortunately, soil erosion due to climate change is causing this island to disappear at a rapid pace and its size has been reduced by half in the past 50 years.

Brahmaputra, meaning the "Son of Brahma" in Sanskrit, is the only river in India with a male name. All other Indian rivers have a female name. The Sunderban Delta formed by Brahmaputra along with Ganga is the world's largest river delta.

On the way from Amboli to Goa somewhere near Sawantwadi in Maharashtra saw this dog(?) with zebra like beautiful stripes. It vanished from the sight so quickly, this was the only clear snap captured in my camcorder. Anybody seen a similar animal?

Breathtaking Scenery, Amazing Natural Beauty of the Sahyadri Mountains - This is Mahadevgad near Amboli in Maharashtra, India. I was here last friday, and hope to visit it again in the next monsoon season :)

A beautiful Ganapati statue which I came across at the Ravalnath Temple in Chandgadh, Maharashtra

If you ever visit Kolhapur in Maharashtra, do not forget to visit this only one of its kind, the beautiful wax museum, the Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum at Kaneri. I happened to be fortunate enough to visit this place earlier this week. It beautifully depicts the history of self-sufficient village life before the invasion of Mughals in India. The life size wax statues are so natural and look so real, and provide you loads of information about the beauty of village life in India. The amazing information provided about the ancient Indian scientists, philosophers, writers, artists etc at the cave like entrance of this wax museum is another great wonder not to be missed at all. 

A Ganesh Murti which I came across during my recent trip to Belgaum.

The ancient Indian system of meditation, called Dhyana in Sanskrit, was introduced by Bodhidharma to China and became popular as Chán (as in Jackie Chan) and from there it reached Japan and became Zen.  The Japanese Scholar Hajime Nakamura has said that "India is culturally, Mother of Japan. For centuries it has, in her own characteristic way, been exercising her influence on the thought and culture of Japan." Another Japanese Scholar Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki has said that "The study of Japanese thought is the study of Indian thought". PIC: The huge statue of meditating Buddha at Bodhgaya, India

Alexander ended his Indian adventure on the banks of this beautiful river Beas. This marked the easternmost border of Alexander's conquest. His troops mutinied here refusing to go any further inside India and Alexander had to return without being able to cross this river. Alexander's troops had real difficult time in winning against Porus when they entered India, and the main reason was they had never fought against an army of elephants. The army of Porus which they fought had 200 elephants. The real military strength of the ancient Indian kingdoms was their war elephants. No kingdoms in rest of the world had these fierce war winners. The reason for Alexander's troops refusing to go any further inside India was because of the news they got that on the other side of the river bank, was waiting a huge army of the mighty Nanda empire consisting of 200000 infantry, 80000 cavalry, 8000 war chariots, and MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL 6000 war elephants :) Alexander's army very well realized that, crossing the river Beas would mean just one thing - never making it back again. PIC: Beas flowing near Manali in northern India.

Vivekananda Rock Memorial near the confluence of Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean at the southernmost tip of mainland India at Kanya Kumari in Tamilnadu. This rock is called Sripada Parai, meaning the one being blessed by the touch of the sacred feet of the goddess Kanya Kumari.

Did you know about Bengaluru? In 1687 Aurangazeb's army captured Bangalore from Bijapur Sultan and sold it to Wodeyar's family of Mysore Kingdom for 3 lakh pagodas.