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👉🏻Structure of Ashokan Pillar:
Four parts of Ashokan Pillar:
👉🏻Shaft ➖ Generally Monolithic (not always)
👉🏻Bell-shaped portion➖It was put over the shaft (Often termed as inverted Lotus)
👉🏻Abacus➖ A circular platform on which the crowing animal was placed.
👉🏻Capital➖ Crowing animal was the topmost component. Example: Single Lion capital, Four Lions capital, Bull capital or Elephant capital.
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👉🏻Hoysala Temples
Three Hoysala-era temples in Karnataka recently made it to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, under the collective entry of ‘Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas’.
👉🏻The three temples include the Chennakeshava temple in Belur, the Hoysaleswara Temple in Halebidu, and the Keshava Temple in Somanathapura.
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👉🏻Thousand Pillar Temple (Located in the town of Hanamakonda, Telangana)
👉🏻It was constructed during the period between 1175–1324 CE by order of the king, Rudra Deva (Kakatiya dynasty).
👉🏻It is dedicated to Lord Shiva, Vishnu and Surya.
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👉🏻Meenakshi Amman Temple (Dravidian Temple Architecture)
It is dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi, a form of Shakti, and her consort, Sundareshwarar, a form of Shiva.
👉🏻Built by Pandyan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran I (1190 CE–1205 CE).
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👉🏻Sun Temple at Modhera (Gujarat):
Built in 1026 by Solanki king Bhimdev I, this early 11th-century temple is renowned for its stunning architecture and symbolic alignment.
👉🏻 Suryakund: A massive rectangular stepped tank, considered the grandest in India, sits in front of the Modhera Sun Temple.
👉🏻The temple's central shrine aligns perfectly with the sun's rays during equinoxes, creating a breathtaking spectacle.
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
👉🏻 It is an inflation-adjusted measure that reflects the value of all goods and services produced by an economy in a given year.
👉🏻 Real GDP is expressed in base-year prices and calculated using the prices of a selected base year. To calculate Real GDP, it must be determined how much of GDP has been changed by inflation since the base year and divide out the inflation each year.
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👉🏻KABULI BAGH MOSQUE
👉🏻Built in 1527 by the emperor Babur to mark his victory over Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi in the first Battle of Panipat in 1526.
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👉🏻QUTB MINAR
👉🏻Although, Aibak started the construction of Qutb Minar but it was completed by Iltutmish.
👉🏻Named Qutb Minar by Iltutmish in the memory of the Sufi saint Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki.
👉🏻Note: Originally, there were four stories however, it was struck by lightning and the 4th storey got damaged. The 4th storey was replaced by two smaller stories during the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
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👉🏻Jamat-i-Khana Mosque ( Khilji Mosque, Delhi) — An example of Indo-Islamic Architecture.
👉🏻It was built by Khizr Khan son of Sultan Alauddin Khilji.
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👉🏻Facts about Ajanta Caves
➖30 caves at Ajanta, out of which 5 are Chaityas and 25 are Viharas.
👉🏻Cutting of these caves started in 2nd century BCE and continued till 9th century AD.
➖Discovered by Captain John Smith (British Officer) in 1819. He came across these caves accidentally while hunting.
➖Cave no. 10 is the oldest one and Cave no. 26 is the latest one.
➖Early caves belong to Hinayana Buddhism and the later caves belong to Mahayana Buddhism.
👉🏻Included in the UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites in 1983.
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👉🏻IMPORTANT FACTS RELATED TO THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
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👉🏻Kamakhya Temple (Ahom style of temple architecture)
The Kamakhya Temple at Nilachal hills in Guwahati, Assam is one of the oldest and most revered centres of Tantric practices, dedicated to the goddess Kamakhya.
👉🏻The temple is the site of the Ambubachi Mela, an annual festival that celebrates the menstruation of the goddess.
👉🏻It is also one among the oldest 4 of the 51 pithas in the Shakti tradition.
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