Aryabhata I

Also called  Aryabhata the Elder  astronomer and the earliest Indian mathematician whose work and history are available to modern scholars. Known as Aryabhata I or Aryabhata the Elder to distinguish him from a 10th-century Indian mathematician of the same name, he flourished in Kusumapura—near Patalipurta (Patna), then the capital of the Gupta dynasty—where

Biblical Literature, Biblical literature in the liturgy of Judaism

Because the synagogue arose in a land separated from the Jerusalem Temple with its sacrificial

Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai lies at an elevation of 1,150 feet (350 m) in the basin of the Kok River, near the Khun Tan Range. It has an airport with scheduled flights, and road connections lead south to Lampang and north to Myanmar (Burma) and the Laotian border. It is a trading centre dealing in teak, coffee, and rice. The town was once the walled capital city of an independent principality.

Peter I

Born the third son of the reigning prince Alexander Karadjordjevic (1842–58), Peter became heir to the throne on the death