The Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda(Chinese: 聚星樓; Jyutping: zeoi6 sing1 lau4; lit. ‘The Pagoda of Gathering Stars’) is the only surviving ancient pagoda in Hong Kong near MTR Tin Shui Wai station and Light Rail Tin Shui Wai stop. It is part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail and a declared monument. Contents History See also References External links History According to Tang Clan legend, Tsui Sing Lau was originally located at the mouth of Deep Bay.
Tikona is a village and gram panchayat in India, situated in the Mawal taluka of Pune districtin the state of Maharashtra. It encompasses an area of 676.61 ha (1,672 acres). Contents Administration Demographics See also References Administration The village is administrated by a sarpanch, an elected representative who leads a gram panchayat. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, the village was a
Pagodas in Japan are called tō (塔, lit. pagoda), sometimes buttō (仏塔, lit. Buddhist pagoda) or tōba (塔婆, lit. pagoda)and historically derive from the Chinese pagoda, itself an interpretation of the Indian stupa. Like the stupa, pagodas were originally used as reliquaries but in many cases they ended up losing this function. Pagodas are quintessentially Buddhist and an important component of Japanese Buddhist temple compounds but, because until the Kami and Buddhas Separation Act of 1868,
Tō-ji (東寺, Tō-ji) is a Shingon Buddhisttemple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, it was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. As such it has a long history, housing treasures and documents from the early Heian period and the Tang dynasty, and with buildings in its complex covering the Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama,
Trấn Quốc Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Trấn Quốc, chữ Hán: 寺鎭國), the oldest Buddhist temple in Hanoi, is located on a small island near the southeastern shore of Hanoi’s West Lake, Vietnam. History The Trấn Quốc Pagoda in Hanoi is the oldest pagoda in the city, originally constructed in the sixth century during the reign of Emperor Lý Nam Đế (from 544 until 548),
The Tomara (also called Tomar in modern vernaculars because of schwa deletion) dynasty ruled parts of present-day Delhi and Haryana in India during 8th-12th century. Their rule over this region is attested to by multiple inscriptions and coins. In addition, much of the information about them comes from medieval bardic legends, which are not historically reliable. They were displaced by the Chahamanas of Shakambhari in the 12th
Thomas R. Metcalf (born 1934) is a historian of South Asia, especially colonial India, and of the British Empire. Metcalf is the Emeritus Sarah Kailath Professor of India Studies and Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Imperial Connections: India in the Indian Ocean Arena, 1860-1920 (2008), A Concise History of Modern India (with Barbara Metcalf, 2006), Forging the
Suzhou (Chinese: 苏州; Suzhounese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarinpronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southeastern Jiangsu Province of East China, its city center being 100 km (62 mi) west of that of Shanghai – and outer suburbs of the two global hubs meet. It is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce, and Jiangsu’s second-largest, surpassed by its capital Nanjing. The city’s north waterfront is
The People of India is a title that has been used for at least three books, all of which focussed primarily on ethnography. Contents The People of India (1868–1875) The People of India (1908) The People of India (1992–) See also References Further reading The People of India (1868–1875) Lord Canning (1812–1862), Governor-General of India. He conceived a photographic study of
The Five-Storied Pagoda(Gojūnotō, 五重塔) is a novella by writer Kōda Rohan. “It was originally written as a serialized piece of fiction in the intellectual newspaper Kokkai (Diet, or Parliament), beginning in November 1891 and ending in March of the following year. As a consequence, chapter divisions in this story do not necessarily coincide with the breaks in plot