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father of geography Eratosthenes

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  Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek scholar is called the ‘father of geography. He was the first one to use the word geography and he also had a small-scale notion of the planet that helped him to determine the circumference of the earth. About Eratosthenes: Eratosthenes was multi-talented. He was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist He calculated the circumference of the Earth without leaving place Egypt In his three-volume work Geography he described and mapped the entire world known to him, without even dividing the Earth into five climate zones which are given below: Two freezing zones around the poles, two temperate zones, and a zone encompassing the equator and the tropics He was a man of learning and exploring, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria He invented the discipline of geography, including the terminology used today

Ashi Jetsun Pema Wangchuk

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  Early life and education♕♕♕♕ j etsun Pema was born at  Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital  in  Thimphu  on 4 June 1990. Her father, Dhondup Gyaltshen, is the grandson of two  Trashigang Dzongpons , Thinley Topgay and Ugyen Tshering ( governors  of  Trashigang ). Her mother,  Aum  Sonam Choki, comes from the family of Bumthang Pangtey, one of Bhutan's oldest noble families.Sonam Choki's father was a half-brother of two queens consort of Bhutan,  Phuntsho Choden  (great-grandmother of the present king) and her sister  Pema Dechen . Her ancestor is also the 48th  Druk Desi  and 10th  Penlop of Trongsa   Jigme Namgyal  (father of King  Ugyen Wangchuck  and of her great-great-grandmother,  Ashi  Yeshay Choden). The King and Queen of Bhutan are distant cousins. Jetsun Pema is the second of five children. Her siblings are two brothers, Jigme Namgyel and  Dasho...

guru rinpoche

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  Padmasambhāva ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna , was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from India who taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th centuries). According to some early Tibetan sources like the Testament of Ba , he came to Tibet in the 8th century and helped construct Samye Monastery , the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet. However, little is known about the actual historical figure other than his ties to Vajrayana and Indian Buddhism                                  P admasambhava later came to be viewed as a central figure in the transmission of Buddhism to Tibet.  Starting from around the 12th century,  hagiographies  concerning Padmasambhava were written. These works expanded the profile and activities of Padmasambhava, now seen as taming all the Tibetan spirits and gods, and concealing various secret texts...

Our majesty king jime khesar namgyel wangchuck

  Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the Druk Gyalpo, the monarch of the Kingdom of Bhutan. After his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicated the throne in his favor, he became the monarch on 9 December 2006. A public coronation ceremony was held on 6 November 2008, a year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.   Born:  February 21, 1980 (age 43 years),  Kathmandu, Nepal Spouse:  Jetsun Pema  (m. 2011) Siblings:  Dasho Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ,  Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck Parents:  Jigme Singye Wangchuck ,  Tshering Yangdon Grandparents:  Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ,  Kesang Choden Education:  University of Oxford ,  Phillips Academy — Andover ,  Wheaton College ,  Magdalen College Great-grandparents:  Jigme Wangchuck ,  Phuntsho Choden ,  Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji ,  Sonam Topgay Dorji