Buddhist ( and Hindu ) temples were Mandala shaped, they are oriented according to the four cardinal points, the main gate being towards the east. Since building space and materials were scarce, Maldivians constructed their places of worship on the foundations of previous buildings.

Since 1984, relations between Sikhs and Hindus have moved towards a rapprochement helped by growing economic prosperity ; however, in 2002 the claims of the popular right-wing Hindu organisation the RSS that " Sikhs are Hindus " angered Sikh sensibilities.

Since the 14th century the Deccan ( Southern Peninsular region of India ) was divided into two entities: on the one side stood the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate and on the other stood the Hindu kings rallied around the Vijayanagara Empire.

Since he was a member of the influential Brahman caste ( the highest-ranking caste ), it is reasonable to assume that he supported caste distinctions, and the Guptas may have been responsible for the emergence of Brahmanism as a theological system as well as a code of social behaviour, which was carried into present Hindu society.

Since the population of Punjab is about 60 % Sikh and 37 % Hindu, the Akali Dal needs the support of as many Hindus as the BJP can get to form lasting administrations, and the BJP needs the SAD to bring as many parliamentary seats from Punjab as it can to form a Union government.

Since people of same gotras are considered to be brothers and sisters in the Hindu mythology, marriages cannot be performed between Bajpais.

Since his family worshipped Anjaneya, a Hindu God, his mother advised him to take the screen name of " Chiranjeevi ".

Since his schools catered mostly to the Hindu middle class, he was able to receive attention from the government which helped to spread his methods and ideas.

Since the destruction of Ramna Kali Mandir in 1971 by the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Dhakeshwari Temple has assumed status as the most important Hindu place of worship in Bangladesh.

Since 1998, the greatest challenge to Dalit Christian rights and welfare in India has come from right-wing Hindu groups.

Since the process of loading the cartridge required the soldier to bite the cartridge open to pour in the loose powder, the soldiers believed that the process would require them to consume pork or beef-an act abhorrent concept to Muslim and Hindu soldiers, respectively, for religious reasons.

Since the 1960s, the importance of the Chota Char Dham as both an actual destination and an object of the national Hindu religious imagination has grown considerably.

Since animal sacrifice is frowned upon by the Hindu society since the end of Vedic age and is a punishable offense in modern India, all documented Agnicayanas have been performed without this and may be deemed incomplete.

Since then, the Hindu population of Jamaica has risen and it has become the second largest religion ( after Christianity ) in Jamaica.

Since 2003 the OCHS Continuing Education Department ( CED ) has facilitated access to Hindu Studies for adults in the UK-at various locations, and online for a more international audience, making a scholarly approach to the subject available to as wide an audience as possible.

Since 2008 the Centre has published the Journal of Hindu Studies in partnership with Oxford University Press.

Since this incident occurred near a Hindu temple, a right-wing political party member, Mangal Rao, organizes a wave of riots against the Muslim community.

Since most of Sikh and rural Punjabi Hindu customs, beliefs and historical perspectives were identical or closely related, this transformation did not pose any social challenge.

Since the beginning of its formation, the Medang Mataram kings seemed to favour Shivaist Hinduism, such as the construction of Gunung Wukir Hindu temple as mentioned in Canggal inscription by king Sanjaya.

Since it is a melting point of South Orissa and Western Orissa with a substantial tribal population, those living in hills as well as plain land, their different culture, tradition, languages and belief along with main stream Hindu culture have made Kalahandi region rich with culture and festivals.

Since Fah-hien's Indians were people of Swat / Udyana, Hiuen Tsang's Indians were the people of Kapisa to Rajapura ( Rajauri ) and Arrian's Indians were the Assakenoi, Aspasio and Asteknoi localised in Kapisa / Swat / Kunar / Aornos regions of Paropamisadae in the west of Indus and north of Kabol as far as up to the Hindu Kush, hence, Johm Muir's Kambojas are exactly the same as the Aspasio, Guraeus, Assakenoi and Astekenoi of Arrian, or the people from Kapisa to Udyana / Swat territories, stated to be rude frontier Indians by Chinese pilgrims Hiuen Tsang and Fa-hien.

Since then, Pramukh Swami Maharaj has inaugurated hundreds of mandirs and centers around the world, leading to his recognition by the Guinness Book of World Records for having consecrated the greatest number of Hindu temples.

Since then, various life forms have been moved into three new kingdoms: Monera, for prokaryotes ( i. e., bacteria ); Protista, for protozoans and most algae ; and Fungi.

Since then, it has become clear that the Plantae as originally defined included several unrelated groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms.

Since the death of Owain Gwynedd in 1170, Rhys ap Gruffydd had made the southern kingdom of Deheubarth the strongest of the Welsh kingdoms, and had established himself as the leader of Pura Wallia.

Since the Witch-king was a servant of the Dark Lord Sauron, it is presumed that Angmar's wars against the successor kingdoms of Arnor were done at Sauron's bidding to destroy an important ally of Gondor.

Since the scholarly and legal traditions of the ulema were well-established by the time of the Abbasids, the later Middle Eastern empires and kingdoms ( including the Ayyubid, Seljuk, Fatimid, Mamluk and Mongol ) had little impact on modern Islamist political ideals.

Since descendants better situated in genealogical charts died out, their son Christian ( the abovementioned ) became the king of all three kingdoms of the whole Kalmar Union.

Since then, the Rif has suffered numerous battles between Berber kingdoms, Spain and Portugal.

Since Jesus had been born in the " sixth hour ", or halfway through a day ( or, five hundred years into an Age ), and since five kingdoms ( five thousand years ) had already fallen according to Revelation, plus the half day of Jesus ( the body of Jesus replacing the Ark of the Jews ), it meant that five-thousand five-hundred years had already passed when Jesus was born and another 500 years would mark the end of the world.

Since that time, ten thousand years ago, humans have become the dominant race on the planet, controlling four of the major kingdoms or confederacies.

Since Daniel was a statesman during the Persian conquests, the Book of Daniel could have been written in a period when the Persians had their greatest influence on Aramaic, believed to be in the mid 6th century BC.

Since a number of different architectural styles succeeded one another during the Angkorean period, not all of these features were equally in evidence throughout the period.

Since the KMT had completed the first step of revolution through seizure of power in 1928, Chiang's rule thus began a period of what his party considered to be " political tutelage " in Sun Yat-sen's name.

Since the 1990s the region has experienced an exceptionally tumultuous period in its regional economy with the collapse of large portions of the ground fishery throughout Atlantic Canada, the closing of coal mines and a steel mill on Cape Breton Island, and the closure of military bases in all three provinces.

Since 1996, Chelsea have enjoyed the most successful period in their history.

" Since these tablets predate the Sulbasutras period by several centuries, taking into account the contextual appearance of some of the triples, it is reasonable to expect that similar understanding would have been there in India.

Since seeing the original Japanese-language versions of Godzilla movies was very hard to come by from a Western standpoint during this time period, it became easily believable.

Since 2004, the national economy has recovered and undergone another period of rapid economic growth.

Since a productive period in the 1970s, the mining industry has been hampered by the Iran – Iraq War ( 1980 – 88 ), the sanctions of the 1990s, and the economic collapse of 2003.

Since the Early Modern period, the title of knight is purely honorific, usually bestowed by a monarch, as in the British honours system, often for non-military service to the country.

Since the earliest samurai government in Japan, during the Kamakura period ( 1185 – 1333 ), sword fighting, together with horse riding and archery, were the main martial pursuits of the military clans.

Since that point, excepting a brief period of French occupation, it has remained steadily under the control of the House of Grimaldi.

Since the overall annual passive quota for the United States is 42, this means that it will be obligated to accept no more than 31 observation flights a year during this three-year period.

Since the incubation period of prion diseases is so long, an effective drug does not need to eliminate all prions, but simply needs to slow down the rate of exponential growth.

Since the key to the pawnshop business model is making interest off the loaned money, pawnshop owners want to accept items that the customer is likely to want to recover, after having paid interest for a period on the loan.

Since some xenon might have escaped the rocks this formation period might be even shorter.

Since the establishment of the Slovak Republic in January 1993, Slovakia has undergone a transition from a centrally planned economy to a free market economy, a process which some observers were to believe was slowed in the 1994-98 period due to the crony capitalism and other fiscal policies of Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar's government.

Since the absolutist period, states have largely been organized on a national basis.

Since the wave still has the same very long period, the tsunami may take minutes to reach full height.

Since modern computer equipment cannot easily generate 1. 42 bits for the stop period, common practice is to either approximate this with 1. 5 bits, or to send 2. 0 bits while accepting 1. 0 bits receiving.

Since the mid-1980s, through the " Đổi Mới " reform period, Vietnam has made a shift from a highly centralized planned economy to a socialist-oriented market economy which use both directive and indicative planning ( see Five-Year Plans of Vietnam ).

Since there are few documents on site with datable contents ( such as an Egyptian scarab ) and since no dendrochronology has yet been performed upon the remains here, the events are listed here according to Helladic period material culture.

Since death does not follow immediately on crucifixion, survival after a short period of crucifixion is possible, as in the case of those who choose each year as a devotional practice to be non-lethally crucified.

Since the Ottoman Empire never attacked again, the fortifications were never put to the test, and today remain one of the best-preserved fortifications of this period.