Explains how voting in an election works in India. This process can be used for comparison to the United States.

This resource of archived content offers a variety of possible classroom activities and methods for teaching about the British Empire and colonialism.

Article on the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. With links to related material.

This multimedia tour of Salsa dancing includes general background information, a chronology of salsa, sound and video clips, biographies on salsa artists, and resources for further reading and research. Also included is a "Salsa...

Nepal lies between China and India in South Asia. The country is slightly larger than the state of Arkansas. Nepal has the greatest altitude change of any location on Earth. The lowlands are at sea level and the mountains of the...

There is a table that has links to hurricanes in the Atlantic from 1995, East Pacific from 1997, West Pacific from 1996, South Pacific from 2000, and South India from 2000. This page has a satellite map and the Saffir-Simpson Scale.

Penden Lhamo is one of the more wrathful female deities of Buddhism. Among her many roles, she is the special protector of the city of Lhasa, the Gelukpa Order, and the Dalai Lamas of Tibet. She was invited to Tibet in around the...

An in-depth description of how to do crayon etchings, this website includes many helpful hints and background information on etching.

This is a short biography of Indira Gandhi. It includes an annotated bibliography that is a good source for references.

Resource from the Non Nuclear Proliferation Studies. Provides links to news items, publications and content related to the arms race.

An article on Vajrayana, one of the three Buddhist routes to enlightenment. The article includes the history of Vajrayana and its teachings, as well as information about its development in places beyond India, such as China, Japan, and...

The Regents Exam Prep Center offers a review sheet prepared to help students on the NY State Regents exam in World History. Gives brief details about the Gupta Empire and reasons for its decline.

This virtual course from Khan Academy is a series of video tutorials and practice links that follow the world's prehistory through 600 BCE.

Now embedded within the Peabody Essex Museum, the East India Marine Hall was built in the 1820s. The museum traces its lineage to the 1799 East India Marine Society, claiming to be the nation's oldest continuously operating museum.

A short report on how the use of a short range missile by Pakistan may have upset the balance of power between India and Pakistan.

A British author and poet, born in India. He is best known for the children's story The Jungle Book.

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and from 1 May 1876 the first Empress of India of the British Raj until her death. Her...

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