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The Telegraph India
02 Sep 2013
Archaeologists have recently claimed that ascetics known as Ajivikas used Barabar and Nagarjuna caves in Jehanabad district to practise ritualistic deaths at the time of Emperor Asoka and thereafter. The Ajivikas practice of fast-unto-death resembles that of the Jains ... The same concept was used by the Ajivikas, who were fatalistic by faith and practised the same in these caves, said Majumdar....(size: 2.2Kb)
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The Hindu
09 Jun 2012
In most ways, Thiyaganur is a typical village in Tamil Nadu. Matchbox houses with gleaming white walls and red earth tiles, fields with irregular patterns, a provisional store that sells garishly coloured beverages, and the occasional bus chugging through ... Until one gets closer ... How did they come here? ... This is not surprising ... For 700 years, Buddhism flourished and coexisted peacefully with Jainism, Ajivikas and various sects of Hinduism....(size: 8.6Kb)
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IBN Live
23 May 2012
New Delhi. Battling perception of policy paralysis, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday acknowledged that the ruling alliance can earn another mandate only on the basis of its actions in coming two years and not promises ... Talking about the future programmes of the alliance, such as Ajivika, she said, "It will give boost to the efforts of the self help groups engaged in areas of women empowerment.... ....(size: 3.8Kb)
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Newswing
22 May 2012
Minster Pala (Left) & Nathwani (Right) Minster Pala (Left) & Nathwani (Right). New Delhi ... 55.03 crore ... About employment welfare scheme in rural and urban areas, the minister said that 30701 swarojgaries were assisted under Ajivika Scheme (formerly SGSY) and added that 3153 urban poors were assisted to set up individual micro enterprises Skill training was imparted to 501 urban poors under Swarna Jayanti Shaheri Rojgar Yojana, he said ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
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DNA India
22 May 2012
Battling perception of policy paralysis, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday acknowledged that the ruling alliance can earn another mandate only on the basis of its actions in coming two years and not promises ... Talking about the future programmes of the alliance, such as Ajivika, she said, "It will give boost to the efforts of the self help groups engaged in areas of women empowerment.... ....(size: 3.5Kb)
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The Times of India
15 May 2012
SHARE. AND. DISCUSSTweetPATNA. If six hundred years before the Christian era is the germinal period of India's history, it was the fertility and the fecundity of the soil of Bihar wherein the seeds sprouted into trees with overarching branches ... Two of the greatest political experiments began in Bihar ... The Ajivikas, to name one, contributed towards enrichment of philosophical debates ... The writer teaches history at Patna University ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
