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Gaur
Gaur , ruined city, West Bengal state, India. Known also as Lakhnauti, the city was an ancient Hindu capital of Bengal. It was captured (c.1200) by the Islamic rulers of Delhi and remained a center of their culture until its abandonment in the late 16th cent. In 1537-38 Gaur was besieged and burnt by the Afghan ruler Sher Khan. The Kadam Rasul Mosque (1530), erected over relics supposedly belonging to Muhammad, is still a place of worship. The best-preserved structures are the Bara Sona Masjid and the finely carved Golden Mosque.
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Ensuring gaurs do not go extinct
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 3/6/2006; 542 words
; ...ground for the repopulation of the wild gaur. "Nonetheless, we will have to step...that poachers will attempt to hunt the gaurs," he said. He said cases of wild...Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak and Kedah. Gaur meat can fetch up to RM60 per kilogramme...
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Cloned rare ox dies of dysentery; Gaur: Noah is born after gestating in womb of a cow
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 1/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...MOINES (AP) - A rare ox called an Asian gaur, cloned and gestated in the womb of a...from endangered species lists. The Asian gaur (pronounced "gour") is an endangered...sport in India and Indochina. The baby gaur, a bull named Noah, was born Monday at...
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Genomic conservation of cattle microsatellite loci in wild gaur ( Bos gaurus ) and current genetic status of this species in Vietnam.(Research article)
Magazine article from: BMC Genetics; 11/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...A typical adult wild gaur bull may measure up to...900 kg in weight [4]. Gaurs are gregarious animals...The distribution of wild gaur includes areas of southern...1991-1995, 120 wild gaurs were reported to be killed...of the Vietnamese wild gaur population is important...
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RESCUING ENDANGERED BEASTS FROM EXTINCTION ACT SCIENTISTS RECREATE FETUS OF THE GAUR, AN ASIAN WILD OX, BY FIRST CROSS-SPECIES CLONING.
Magazine article from: BIOWORLD Today; 10/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...wickedly curving horns, the gaur is no match for Homo sapiens...An estimated 36,000 gaurs still hang on in the Southeast...zoos. In short, the gaur is an endangered species...domestic cows and wild gaurs: "The technique involved...cell from the endangered gaur, and electrofusing its...
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Number of endangered gaur up in Nepal
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/10/2007; 516 words
; ...wild cattle popularly known as gaur, has increased to 296, a jump...the Kathmandu Post report, gaur census conducted by Department...central Nepal, there are 296 gaurs including 115 females at the...daily as saying that most of the gaur were found in good health...
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Gaur homage to native village evokes scepticism
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/7/2006; 536 words
; ...COMMERCE AND Industry MINISTER Babulal Gaur's homage to his native village at the...camp. In an interview to HT on Tuesday, Gaur had lamented delay in release of Rs 50...money sanctioned from the State Cabinet, Gaur was dislodged. His successor Shivraj Singh...
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PRANAB GAVE HOPE: GAUR
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/8/2005; 679 words
; ...and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur in New Delhi on Thursday. In an informal chat Mr Gaur told reporters that Dr Mukherjee had directed...keen interest in the issue and assured Mr Gaur of all possible help. Mr Gaur also met Union...
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Gaur surpasses Bharti's tenure as CM
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/18/2005; 700+ words
; ...one thing went unnoticed - that Babulal Gaur had surpassed his predecessor Uma Bharti...ruled for eight-and-a-half months, Gaur has been in the CM's chair for nine months...staunch supporters, who had felt that Gaur would not last more than six months in...
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Gaur showers sops on Mandideep
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 2/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...COMMERCE AND Industries Minister Babulal Gaur today promised the Mandideep industrial area...Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the area," Gaur assured the industrialists today during his visit. Gaur's yet another important announcement was...
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Babulal Gaur's swansong?
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/19/2005; 700+ words
; ...emotionally charged Chief Minister Babulal Gaur addressed the valedictory session of the...Whether or not he will be remembered, Gaur's chickens seem as good as cooked, writes...Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. Babulal Gaur, who has managed to survive 15 months...
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gaur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
gaur large wild ox of Southeast Asia, having a humplike ridge on the back. The gaur, Bos gaurus, is thought to be the largest of the...strongly curved horns sweep backward and inward. The gaur is native to hilly, forested districts of India...
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Gaur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gaur , ruined city, West Bengal state, India. Known also as Lakhnauti, the city...of their culture until its abandonment in the late 16th cent. In 1537-38 Gaur was besieged and burnt by the Afghan ruler Sher Khan. The Kadam Rasul Mosque...
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Clone and Cloning
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...be able to clone human beings. In 2001, scientists from Advanced Cell Technology cloned the first endangered animal, a bull gaur (a wild ox from Asia). The newborn died after two days due to infection. In 2003, clones of a species of wild cattle, bantengs...
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Bengali Vaishnava
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...In West Bengal, he is worshiped as Krishna. Bengali Vaishnavism, or Gaudiya Vaishnavism (after Bengal's older name, "Gaur"), is unique in India in several ways. It claims that Krishna is the supreme deity, rather than an incarnation of Vishnu...
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Bhavānī
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...would then denote the goddess as Śiva's consort, similar to Pārvatī , Durgā , or Gaurī. However, in the context of regional cults connected with temples, Bhavānī may figure independently...
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