This week, for my Wikipedia trail, I started off learning about the Rakshasa, and ended up on the page for the acre. We will learn about two interesting intermediate steps along the way as well. First, I started on the page for:
Rakshasa. Rakshasas are a class of mythical beings within Indian mythology, the name translating to "man-eater." They are somewhat similar to what contemporary mythology might consider a demon or monster. Within the Ramayana, rakshasas are beings that are on the side of Ravana, the commander of the rakshasas, and there are many battles in the midpoint of the Ramayana about the rakshasas and the monkey armies. On the page of the Rakshasa was the page for:
The Bengali Language. Bengali is the main language of the nation Bangladesh, and it is the second most spoken language within the India-Asia region, only behind Hindu. It developed at some point around the first millennium BCE, and it came to prominence around 500 AD, though that year is argued between different individuals. On the page for the Bengali Language was the page for:
University of Karachi. The University of Karachi is one of the oldest public universities in Pakistan. It was established in 1951 and it enrolls around 24,000 students per year. It is ranked as one of the top 500 universities in the world, and was at one point, one of the top 250 universities in Asia. It's Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences has nearly 500 P.h.D students, and it is nine different faculty departments. On the page for the University of Karachi was the page for:
The acre. The acre is a unit of measure typically used for land measurement, and it is considered to be 1/640th of a square mile, or equivalently, 4047 square meters. It was originally considered to be the amount of land that could be plowed by a yoke of cattle in one day, back in Medieval times. There is also the customary acre, though this unit of measure only differs by less than 0.1% from the acre.
Rakshasa. Rakshasas are a class of mythical beings within Indian mythology, the name translating to "man-eater." They are somewhat similar to what contemporary mythology might consider a demon or monster. Within the Ramayana, rakshasas are beings that are on the side of Ravana, the commander of the rakshasas, and there are many battles in the midpoint of the Ramayana about the rakshasas and the monkey armies. On the page of the Rakshasa was the page for:
The Bengali Language. Bengali is the main language of the nation Bangladesh, and it is the second most spoken language within the India-Asia region, only behind Hindu. It developed at some point around the first millennium BCE, and it came to prominence around 500 AD, though that year is argued between different individuals. On the page for the Bengali Language was the page for:
University of Karachi. The University of Karachi is one of the oldest public universities in Pakistan. It was established in 1951 and it enrolls around 24,000 students per year. It is ranked as one of the top 500 universities in the world, and was at one point, one of the top 250 universities in Asia. It's Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences has nearly 500 P.h.D students, and it is nine different faculty departments. On the page for the University of Karachi was the page for:
The acre. The acre is a unit of measure typically used for land measurement, and it is considered to be 1/640th of a square mile, or equivalently, 4047 square meters. It was originally considered to be the amount of land that could be plowed by a yoke of cattle in one day, back in Medieval times. There is also the customary acre, though this unit of measure only differs by less than 0.1% from the acre.
The University of Karachi. Source: Wikimedia Commons
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