Essays Tagged: "Nepal"

Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was born about 563 BC in what is now modern Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people and Siddhartha grew up living the e ...

(4 pages) 76 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Hinduism

f the world. Statistically there are over seven hundred million Hindus, mainly in Bharat, India and Nepal. Eighty five percent of the population in India is Hindu.The word Hindu comes from an ancient ...

(5 pages) 516 2 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

persuasive essay regarding the titanic and what should be done with the remains.

f all of the pieces went to museums in England and the United States what about the one person from Nepal or some other small country on the other side of the world. Will we split the ship up into 150 ... r small country on the other side of the world. Will we split the ship up into 1500 pieces and give Nepal one fifteen hundredth of the ship? It would not be fair to the people of the world if we broug ...

(2 pages) 77 2 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"A Study On Agriculture Systems" A study of four typical agricultural systems, with example. focused on the efficiency and feasibilities. Report format with sub-sections, not really an essay.

ike a mountainous terrain or economic factors such as high land value.The irrigated rice farming in Nepal is an example of this system. Nepal is situated in warm subtropics with plentiful summer rainf ... fertile or humid as the prime rain fed wetlands in southern plains. Most fertilizer application in Nepal is done in irrigated rice fields. However, because reliable water supply is usually not availa ...

(7 pages) 126 0 3.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

This essay is about the ganges river,its history, and how it is sacred to the hindus.

he Ganges River flows a total of 1,557 miles and provides water for southern Tibet, northern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. This is a very important river for everyone, especially the Hindus, but f we ...

(2 pages) 43 1 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

"Hinduism and Buddhism"- Short essay comparing two old religions.

irely. Both are two major religions of the world and are widely practiced. Many people in India and Nepal practice Hinduism, and there are over 700 million Hindus. There are 200 to 300 million Buddhis ... s. There are 200 to 300 million Buddhist in several countries including: India, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Taiwan, and China. Since Buddhism is a reformed version of Hinduism, their beliefs are closel ...

(1 pages) 105 1 3.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

All about deforestation. - by Laura Aberle.

destroy homes to a wide variety of wildlife.Let's take for example a case study of deforestation in Nepal.The climate here varies according from rainy and sub-tropical to cold in the high mountains. T ... blems called for drastic responses. The Australian project team set about helping the Government of Nepal with its massive program of reforestation. Within five years, thousands of hectares of trees h ...

(2 pages) 40 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Nepal Globalization and Modernization

verse they may be, and yet unaccounted for, for example the loss of national and cultural identity. Nepal is one of the countries, which is experiencing a new phase, a rapid modernization of the count ... ade, which might be dangerous to its cultural identity and values.It was in the year 1951 that Nepalese monarch declared an end to the heredity system of rule and adopted a semi-monarchy governme ...

(3 pages) 51 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Buddhism - History and Characteristics.

her right side." Siddhartha was born into an affluent family; his father was a king in what is now Nepal. He was raised in a life of luxury and shielded from the poverty and suffering of the world. ...

(4 pages) 228 1 4.2 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Buddhist Religion

a Gautama, also known as Buddha founded Buddhism. Buddha was born in Lumbini which is now known as Nepal (Columbia Encyclopedia). At the age of 29, Buddha began carving a path to one of the largest ...

(6 pages) 157 2 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Minority of minorities

ntry. Who turns out to be the minority, in general, depends upon the larger size of the majority.In Nepal's perspective, we can see all kinds of minority group. Hinduism being the major religious grou ... , women are assaulted in different ways one or the other time. It is nothing new that it happens in Nepal too. Racial minority does not exist in Nepal as we people have the same complexion around the ...

(4 pages) 40 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Analyzing the Parable of the Sadhu

on promotes McCoy's & the hiker's interest. The main purpose of all the hikers was to travel to Nepal and have a "once in a life time experience". It is conceivable that this is consistent with ev ... ut what would benefit them).Now suppose that all the 3 hiking parties & Sadhu had met before in Nepal before they were given there identities. In this state all wore the Veil as each was unaware o ...

(6 pages) 92 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The life of Buddah

Lumbini, near the city of Kapilavastu, at the bottom of Mount Palpa in the Himalayan ranges within Nepal.Suddhodana's PrecautionSuddhodana thought that he might lose his son so he tried his best to m ...

(2 pages) 16 0 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

With reference to named areas explain how Soil, Climate and Relief affect Population Density

high up. What we might have been thinking of are the mountainous areas of the world like the Andes, Nepal or the Himalayas, these areas are sparsely populated due to the poor soils, low temperatures a ... es; this means farming is out of the question as nothing will grow on the harsh slopes; this is why Nepal has such a low density, because the country is so mountainous. The rainforests of South Americ ...

(2 pages) 5380 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Hinduism Religious Traditions and Sacred Elements

in the country of India, although the religion quickly spread throughout Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. This being said, the reader needs to quickly realize that the Religion of Hinduism has steadi ...

(5 pages) 186 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism

India - Singapore FTA: Implications for India

Vanaspati Producers Association, said the industry has had to cope with the entry of Vanaspati from Nepal, which under the terms of a bilateral deal has been allowed to export up to 100,000 metric ton ... ies of 90%.The contrasting tax regimes have meant that ultimately, duty-free Vanaspati imports from Nepal have been far cheaper than those produced in India, thus hurting domestic players. "The trader ...

(8 pages) 49 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Tigers Of The Mountain

Together with the brave Gurkha soldiers of Nepal, the Sherpas are among the most world -famous of Nepalese people. The world's highest-living p ... ion, the gateway to Mount Everest from the South side. They speak Shepali, the official language of Nepal. Until 2000, the population of Sherpa is 36,900. Their largest religion is Buddhist, which cov ... zardous work as a climbing Sherpa or a sirder is still attractive pay for them. With the opening of Nepal in 1950s, the number of Sherpas working in mountaineering increases. In modern times, "Sherpa" ...

(5 pages) 1462 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Comparison of Social Indicator

The striking beauty of Nepal's landscape stands in stark contrast with the country's wide spread poverty. Landlocked and en ... poverty. Landlocked and endowed with few natural resources sustainable for commercial exploitation, Nepal remains one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world with its social indicato ... entire Asia Region. Unlike Australia, whose social welfare system is among the finest in the world, Nepal suffers much from its lack of an organized system of social welfare and adequate health servic ...

(4 pages) 28 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Child Poverty

The countries that are in desperate need of help consist of Ethiopia, Angola, (Africa) Afghanistan, Nepal, (Asia) Samoa, (Australia) and Haiti (Caribbean) as well as many others. Child poverty also co ...

(3 pages) 63 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Asia, Nepal

Nepal, Asia, a devolving country other organization have intervening to help Nepal from further deva ... untry other organization have intervening to help Nepal from further devastating their biodiversity.Nepal is located between India and China, landlocked area. Land is divided into five physiographic r ... middle mountains, high mountains, and high himal. Around the world the problem of melting glaciers, Nepal’s mountain range is no different. Nepal is seeing glaciers shrinking at dramatic rates, c ...

(7 pages) 21 0 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science