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Hello Kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! Today, we trace the history where there was the rule of a huge empire. You guessed it right, Mauryan Empire! So get geared up and let us begin! Area Control: The Mauryan Empire was enormous and very large. It almost had the whole Indian Subcontinent under its extent! As the empire was huge, it had large areas under its control. Check out this map with its exact territories.  Area covered by the Mauryan Empire The Mauryan empire controlled almost the whole Indian subcontinent. It consisted of mainly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and parts of Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan. Seems huge right? Establishment: The empire you see in the map above was firstly called Nanda Empire ruled by Nanda Dynasty. There was one extremely intelligent and wise sage in the court of Emperor Dhana Nanda. His name was Chanakya. His strategies and knowledge are even more famous today. He is known as the master of politics. Anyway, so once he got insulted in the ...

Hello Kids! We, KidsCast! are here with another article related to the largest and the best diamond the world has ever had and is thus, amazing. But with beauty comes its weaknesses. In this article, you will explore The Kohinoor Diamond. Are you all geared up? Let's begin. History: So, kids, we begin directly with the history of the diamond. The  stone was first mined in the  Kollur Mine  in  India , during the period of the  Kakatiya dynasty , who, impressed by the diamond, placed it in the  Bhadrakali Temple  in  Warangal .  It was later acquired by the  Delhi Sultan   Alauddin  Khilji  when he  invaded southern India . A record of the diamond comes from the 1740s when Muhammad Maharvi observes the Koh-I-Noor as being one of many stones on the  Mughal   Peacock Throne  that  Nadir Shah  looted from  Delhi .  The diamond then changed hands between various factions in south and...

  Hey Kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! A very warm welcome to this warm article! Yep, it is true. Today we are going to learn about a huge star! And that star is our own Sun! Yes, we are going to learn about The Sun in detail, how big it is, how hot it is, and how powerful it is! So what are we waiting for? Let's begin!  Introduction:  The Sun is the largest celestial body in our solar system. It is classified as a star . In simple words, it is a very huge ball of fire. It is located at the center of the solar system. It is almost of a perfectly spherical shape, a celestial body made of plasma we can say. It is too hot for anything or anyone to go in or on it. Its surface temperature is nearly about 5,505 °C (9941°F) . The Sun mostly is made up of Hydrogen and Helium gases . It is heated up to a large extent due to nuclear fusion reactions taking place inside it. The sun radiates the energy mainly as visible light, heat, ultraviolet, and infrared radiation . It is very ...

  Hey Kids! Welcome to KidsCast once again! Today, we are going to answer a very interesting question! Have you ever wondered that is News is Always Correct? Like everything which is showed on the Television, everything which is written on Newspaper, and whatever news you read on the Internet, is all of that actually TRUE? Let us answer this question, while understanding a few things properly!  How does News Industry work?  How do actually News and Media companies or industries work majorly depends on what is their mindset or what are their goals . Like for example, a few companies want to share true news, and they actually do that. But on the other hand, a few companies or industries share paid information. They take money from their investors or business houses and they share the news what those business houses want.  Various news companies or industries don't have that much money, that they can run their news channels or newspapers on their own. So they need som...

Hello!  Welcome back to another article! I am sure we had talked about the incidents of the Bermuda Triangle earlier, but lets talk about one of them in detail today! Are you excited? So let us begin! WHAT IS THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE?? For those of you who don't know what the Bermuda Triangle, let me tell you. The Bermuda Triangle is a loosely defined area in the western part of the North Atlantic ocean where a number of ships and planes have gone missing under mysterious circumstances. It also vaguely looks like a triangle with its vertices being Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. USS Cyclops' Disappearance USS CYCLOPS was the second of four Proteus-class colliers or ships we can say, built for the United States Navy several years before World War. The loss of the ship and 306 crew memebers without a trace, remains to be America's greatest loss of life in their Naval history without any combat. It was thought to be sunken by a German Raider but the German Government denied any ...

  Hey kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! It is a lot of time since we wrote anything, because our team was busy in other things, like making pasta, noodles, etc. 😁 Obviously, just kidding! Anyway, so let us start with our new Article: Greenland : Not Green, but White!  What is Greenland? A picture of a small town/settlement in Greenland Greenland is an icy island, located between the north portion of North America and Europe. It is the World's Largest Island. It is a very huge island is in fact bigger than its dependent/ruling country- Denmark . Greenland is mostly ice, with a few cities and settlements.  Anyway so let us learn more about this beautiful and huge island made mostly of ice!  Location:  Greenland Location, marked in Red Greenland is located the North regions of the continent of North America. As you can see in the above mini-map, Greenland is actually very big in area. It is located between North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. It is actually t...

Hello Kids! Welcome back to  KidsCast! So kids, we are back with a very interesting topic because at the time we are going was the time when nature really showed its anger on humans that how angry our mother earth was from us! Instead of improving we went worse but don't worry, we will improve and now lets start with this thrilling and amazing topic!  Extreme time: The Dark Age was an extreme time which really left the humans stunned! Why we are saying that is because the sun was not visible on earth for approximately 18 months. Many parts of the world were severely affected because of this time. More than 40 million people died because of this tragedy. The majorly affected areas were Europe, East and South Asia and North America.   How it occurred? In the starting of the year 536 A.D. three volcanoes, two in Iceland and one in North America erupted which caused this tragedy. Why the event occurred because of this is that these volcanoes were so big and so tall that when ...

Hey kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! Have you ever heard about the dwarf planet: Pluto ? Today we are going to get the answer of the question, "Why is Pluto not a Planet Anymore?" So let us begin! Pluto - A Dwarf Planet What is a Dwarf Planet? Before we dive into the deep story of Why Pluto is not a planet anymore, we need to understand that what is a dwarf planet exactly. A Dwarf Planet is a celestial object like a small planet, but is lacking and missing the criteria of being a actual planet . So it is almost like a planet, but because of some features of it, it is classified as a Dwarf Planet, and is not considered as a Planet. There are many Dwarf Planets in our Solar System other than Pluto, like: Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea . The International Astronomical Union officially recognizes five Dwarf Planets in our Solar System, including Pluto. But, a funny fact, that Pluto is our favorite Dwarf Planet. Anyway, let us know and understand the real reason behind why Plu...

  Hello kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! Long time no see! But don't worry t oday we are going in past at the time where there was a large water animal, not large but very very large because as you see the topic itself bigger than you can imagine!  What was the Megalodon? The word megalodon means the big tooth! The scientific name for this prehistoric shark is Carcharocles Megalodon . It is the largest shark ever lived on earth! It lived around 2.3 to 3.6 million years back. It had no predators so it was not afraid of any animal. While humans have been measured to have a force of around 1317 newtons (the SI unit to measure force) , researchers estimated that this shark had a force between 1,08,514 and 1,82,201 newtons, according to the study of NHM . As its name meant big tooth so of course it had specialty in its tooth. The size of it tooth was between 6.5 inches  and 8 inches. Size:  The size of an adult megalodon was 60 feet and it weighed 1,110   Kg. The siz...

  Hey kids! Welcome back to KidsCast! Today we are here with another thrilling yet interesting topic. We are going to talk about: Hindenburg - The Titanic of the Skies! So let us begin!  So before getting to know about Hindenburg, we first would need to know that What is an Airship?  What is an Airship? An Airship is a mean of air transport which can fly in the air. It can either be a passenger airship or a cargo airship which helps in shipping goods. In fact, airship is a dirigible balloon like aircraft, which is kind of lighter-than-air aircraft . This aircraft gains lift from a lifting gas such as Hydrogen or Helium, and this gas is lighter than the outside surrounding air, and because of this, the Airship gets lifted. Blimps, are also a type of airships, but it is not a rigid airship.  However, these days we don't get to see much airships in the skies. In fact, according to the Van Wagner group, there are only 25 blimps or Airships currently operating around...