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Height of Some Important Indian Mountain Peaks S No. Peak Height in Meter above Mean Sea Level 1. K2 8,611 in Pak-occupied territory 2. Kanchenjunga 8,598 3. Nanga Parbat 8,126 4. Gasher Brum 8,068 in Pak-occupied territory 5. Broad Peak 8,047 in Pak-occupied territory 6. Disteghil Sar 7,885 -do- 7. Masher Brum E 7,821 8. Nanda Devi 7,817 9. Masher Brum W 7,806 in Pak-occupied territory 10. Rakaposhi 7,778 -do- 11. Kamet 7,756 12. Saser Kangri 7,672 13. Skyang Kangri 7,544 in Pak-occupied territory 14. Sia Kangri 7,422 -do- 15. Chaukhamba (Badrinath peak) 7,138 16. Trisul West 7,138 17. Nunkun 7,135 18. Pauhunri 7,128 19. Kangto 7,090 20. Dunagiri 7,066
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Indian History in Short :- The History of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which spread through in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent, from 3300 BC to 1300 BC. This Bronze Age civilization collapsed at the beginning of the second millennium BC and was followed by the Iron Age Vedic period, which extended over much of the Indo-Gangetic plains and which witnessed the rise of kingdoms known as the Mahajanapadas. In the fifth century, large parts of India were united under Ashoka. He also converted to Buddhism, and it is in his reign that Buddhism spread to other parts of the Asia. In the reign of Mauryas, Hinduism took shape fundamentally. In the eight century Islam came to India and by the 11th century it firmly established itself in India. The North Indian dynasties of the Lodhis, Tughlaqs, and numerous others, whose remains are visible in Delhi and scattered elsewhere around North India, were finally succeeded by the Mughal empire, under which India o

Old Idol of Narasimha found in Germany

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32000 year old Idol of Narasimha (Lord Vishnu’s Avatar) found in Germany Many news about prehistoric founds and their possible meaning reached the world in the last decades. One of them, found in South Germany, puts scientist around the world in amazement. The centerpiece is the “lion man”, an idol that is made from the tusk of a mammoth in the form of a human body with a lion head. Amazingly it .