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An alternate explanation is that the word 'Shudra' does not occur anywhere else in the Rig-veda except the Purusha Sukta, leading some scholars to believe the Purusha Sukta was a composition of the later Rig-vedic period itself to denote, legitimize and sanctify an oppressive and exploitative class structure that had already come into existence.
Pedicularis densiflora, known commonly as Indian warrior or warrior's-plume lousewort, is a plant in the family Orobanchaceae. Indian warrior is native to California and Oregon in western North America and is found in chaparral , forests, California oak woodlands at low elevations.
An Aghori in Satopant An Aghori in Badrinath smoking hashish or cannabis from a chillum. In his book Yoga: Immortality and Freedom (1958), the Romanian historian of religion and University of Chicago professor Mircea Eliade remarks that the "Aghorīs are only the successors to a much older and widespread ascetic order, the Kāpālikas, or 'wearers of skulls'."
Indian sepoys were banned from serving as officers or in the artillery corps. Recruiting focused more on Sikhs and Gurkhas, whom the British viewed as loyal. New caste-based and religion-based regiments were formed. The British Indian Army consisted of members of all the major religious groups in India: Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, and Muslims ...
United States Army Indian Scouts and trackers had served the US government since the Civil War. During the Indian Wars, the Pawnee people, the Crow people and the Tonkawa people allied with the American cavalry against their old rivals the Apache and Sioux. [32] Sgt. I-See-O of the Kiowa people was still in active service during the World War I ...
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
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A heavily armoured warrior stood on a small platform with two independent-running spoked wheels. His driver sat on a thick rope net connecting the platform to the horses. It could quickly carry the nobleman into battle and evacuate him in case of danger, essentially acting as a mobile troop transport. [ 7 ]