These include Hindu astrology ( also known as " Indian astrology " and in modern times referred to as " Vedic astrology ") and Chinese astrology, both of which have influenced the world's cultural history.

In the earliest Indian astronomy texts, the year was believed to be 360 days long, similar to that of Babylonian astrology, but the rest of the early astrological system bears little resemblance.

Indian politics has also been influenced by astrology.

In 2001, Indian scientists and politicians debated and critiqued a proposal to use state money to fund research into astrology, resulting in permission for Indian universities to offer courses in Vedic astrology.

These find their equivalent in the 28 lunar mansions of western astrology and the Nakshatra of Indian astrology.

They use exactly the same referential frame of the astronomers, except for astrologers who study sidereal astrology ( Indian Astrology ) and use a different ephemerids, based on the constellations.

Hindu astrology ( also known as Indian astrology, more recently Vedic astrology, also Jyotish or Jyotisha, from Sanskrit, from " light, heavenly body ") is the traditional Hindu system of astronomy and astrology.

Following a judgement of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2001, some Indian universities offer advanced degrees in astrology.

The qualifier " Vedic " is however something of a misnomer, as there is no mention of Jyotisha in the Vedas, and historical documentation suggests horoscopic astrology in the Indian subcontinent was a Hellenic influence post-dating the Vedic period.

The main texts upon which classical Indian astrology is based are early medieval compilations, notably the

Shakun & Utpaatsis a branch of Indian astrology dealing with ; interpretation of dreams, status of living & non-living items in the environment, sounds produced by human & animals, analysis of portents, and modes of pacification of adverse omens and portents.

* 27 signs of the zodiac in Indian astrology

Yukteswar was especially skilled in Jyotiṣa ( Indian astrology ), and prescribed various astrological gemstones and bangles to his students.

Thus, the Government of India has prepared the National Panchānga or the Indian national calendar in 1957 ( was proposed by Saha and Lahiri in 1952 ), which is used in predictive astrology.

It is a branch of Vedic astrology which is still widely used across the Indian subcontinent.

In Indian tradition Fire is also linked to Surya or the Sun and Mangala or Mars, and with the south-east direction.

Carl Perkins, however, toured with Orbison while they were both signed with Sun Records and recalled a specific concert when Orbison covered the Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald standard " Indian Love Call ", and had the audience completely silenced, in awe.

During the south Indian festival Pongal, a whole turmeric plant with fresh rhizomes is offered as a thanksgiving offering to Surya, the Sun god.

* 499 – The Indian astronomer-mathematician, Aryabhata, in his Aryabhatiya, propounds a possibly heliocentric solar system of gravitation, and an eccentric epicyclic model of the planets, where the planets follow elliptical orbits around the Sun, and the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight

* Talayesua, Don C. " Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian.

* South Indian Astrologers claim that at the birth of Lord Kalki, Moon would be in Dhanishtha nakshatra ( Aquarius sign ) Speed " of action and thoughtsDay could be derived, Sun would be in swati nakshatra ( in Libra ) SignificanceMonth could be derived, Jupiter would be in Purva Ashadha nakshatra ( in Sagittarius ) and early victory significanceYear could be derived, Ascendant Lord would again be in Purva ashadha Nakshatra ( in Sagittarius ) and Early Victory significancehour could be derived, Saturn would be in Libraand " sword " significanceyear could be derived and Ketu would be in Scorpiowisdom, knowledge and enlightenment significanceyear could be derived.

The name was derived from the Indian word Nataeosueti, translated by the French as " Medicine " or " Sun " river.

The town is named for the Sun Dance ceremony practiced by several North American Indian Nations.

With William F. Hanson, Bonnin co-composed the first American Indian opera, The Sun Dance ( composed in romantic style based on Ute and Sioux themes ), which premiered in 1913.

The Sun Dance Opera ( romantic American Indian opera, 1913, 1938 ).

In some religions of Indian origin, acts of hardship committed on oneself ( fasting, lying on rocks heated by the Sun, etc.

However, relevant legislation is pending in Connecticut ( except on Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Indian Reservations ).

For example, Sun Wukong's is considered by some American, Chinese, and Indian scholars to be influenced by both the Hindu deity Hanuman from the Ramayana and elements of Chinese folklore.

The Sun is owned by the Mohegan Indian Tribe, and was the first WNBA franchise to have the distinction of not being affiliated with an NBA counterpart.

* Curtis, Edward S. The Creation and Coyote Creates Sun and Moon, as published in North American Indian, Oral stories of Pomo Indians, 1907-1930s, Volume 14, pages 170-171.

In the 15th century, his work was anticipated by Nilakantha Somayaji, an Indian astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics, who first presented a geoheliocentric system where all the planets ( Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn ) orbit the Sun, which in turn orbits the Earth.

Indian traders brought Indian architecture to South east Asia through various trade routes. Grandeur of construction, beautiful sculptures, delicate carvings, high domes, gopuras and extensive courtyards were the features of temple architecture in India. Examples include the Lingaraj Temple at Bhubaneshwar in Orissa, Sun Temple at Konark in Orissa, Brihadishwar Temple at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.

While Mithra is not the divinity of the Sun in Zoroastrian scripture ( or in Indian scripture either ), this being the role of Hvare. khshaeta ( literally " radiant Sun ", whence also Middle Persian Khorshed for the Sun ), in Zoroastrian / Iranian tradition, Mithra became the divinity of the Sun.

However, this moniker did not fare well, and was replaced by the current name, which in the local Indian language means " where the Sun is sitting ".

* Sun TV ( India ), a Indian Tamil-language, regional cable-television station

* Sun TV Network, an Indian media company based in Chennai that owns Sun TV

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain a program of stabilization payments to small domestic producers of lead and zinc ores and concentrates in order to stabilize the mining of lead and zinc by small domestic producers on public, Indian, and other lands as provided in this Act.

For four of the six ( the anaconda and the amethystine python cannot be included for lack of data ) there is also a correlation between size at maturity and maximum length, the boa constrictor being the smallest and the Indian python the next in size at the former stage.

The best way to determine the correct figure ( in captives ) is by direct observation of pairs isolated from birth, a method that produced surprising results: maturing of a male Indian python in less than two years, his mate in less than three ; ;

even the famed Indian Civil Service is not fully adequate to the tremendous range of tasks it has undertaken.

But the `` marvelous person '' that is supposed to result from Zen exhibits more Chinese practicality than Indian speculation -- he possesses magical powers, and can use them to order nature and to redeem souls.

This view of karma is in contradiction to Buddhism, Jainism and other Indian religions that do view karma as a law of cause and effect.

As one component of the interconnected global ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean ( which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic ), to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south.

Another theory by Yule and Burnell ( 1886 ) is based on an entry in the Catalogue of Indian Serpents from the Leyden Museum ( Ray, 1693 ) that reads: Anacondaia Zeylonensibus, id est Bubalorum aliorumque jumentorum membra conterens, meaning " the anacondaia of the Ceylonese, i. e. he that crushes the limbs of buffaloes and yoke beasts.

Arundhati Roy is a prominent Indian author of the 20th and 21st centuries.

* 15 August is Indian Independence Day since 1947.

* The first week of August is " Indian Week " for the Penobscot Tribe in Old Town, Maine.

* 1329 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII ; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.

* 1942 – Indian leader Mohanda Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.

* 1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.

The ancient Indian philosophy is a fusion of two ancient traditions: Sramana tradition and Vedic tradition.

The Territory of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an external territory of Australia consisting of two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Rote.

It is surrounded by the southern waters of the World Ocean – alternatively ( depending on source ), it is washed by the Southern ( or Antarctic ) Ocean or the southern Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.

" Assault is in Indian criminal law an attempt to use criminal force ( with criminal force being described in s. 350 ).

The only places outside of Japan in which Y-haplogroup D is common are Tibet and the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.

He is generally considered a world conquest military genius, given his successful strategy: he attempted to close all the Indian Ocean naval passages to the Atlantic, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and to the Pacific, transforming it into a Portuguese mare clausum established over the Ottoman power and their Muslim and Hindu allies .< ref >

Alexander is apparently mentioned in the Edicts of Ashoka, as one of the recipients of the Indian Emperor Ashoka's Buddhist proselytism, although no Western historical record of this event remains.

In the Zen tradition, Ananda is considered to be the second Indian patriarch.