Every year millions travel to Beas to attend the Satsangs (discourses) at the Dera. The sangat (devotees) reaches several hundred thousands on the days of the Bhandaras, which fall on the birth/death aniversary of the Masters (Dera gurus). ...
Beas is also famous for the Radhasoami Charitable Hospital, which was constructed in the 80s by the Radhasoami Society. Since its innauguration, it has served countless patients. Annual eye camps are held at the hospital where hundreds of patients with eye related problems, especially those suffering from cataracts are cured. Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) was founded by Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj in 1891 at a site called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh on the West bank of the River Beas in the Punjab of Northern India. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Cataract is also used to mean a waterfall or where the flow of a river changes dramatically. ...
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Indus Water Treaty The Indus Waters Treaty Historical context The partition of the Indian subcontinent created a conflict over the waters of the Indus basin. ...
These are the nations along the course of the river Hypanis, west of the Borysthenes.
The Hypanis, rising here, during the distance of five days' navigation is a shallow stream, and the water sweet and pure; thence, however, to the sea, which is a distance of four days, it is exceedingly bitter.
The Tyras and the Hypanis approach each other in the country of the Alazonians, but afterwards separate, and leave a wide space between their streams.
According to Strabo, Greek advances temporarily went as far as the Sunga capital Pataliputra (today Patna) in eastern India:
The 1st century BCE Greek historian Apollodorus, quoted by Strabo, affirms that the Bactrian Greeks, led by Demetrius I and Menander, conquered India and occupied a larger territory than the Macedonians under Alexander the Great, going beyond the Hypanis towards the Himalayas.
The Roman historian Justin also mentioned the Indo-Greek conquests, describing Demetrius as "King of the Indians" ("Regis Indorum"), and explaining that after vanquishing him Eucratides in turn "put India under his rule" ("Indiam in potestatem redegit").
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