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Murali Sastry
Murali Sastry, also known as M. S. Murali Sastry, is an Indian materials chemist known for fungal nanoparticle biosynthesis and winner of the 2002 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
Murali Sharma
Murali Sharma (also credited Murli Sharma), Indian character actor born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, active in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam cinema since 1996, with over 250 films, a Nandi Award, and Filmfare/SIIMA wins for Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.
Murali Vijay
Murali Vijay (Murali Vijay Krishna), born 1984 in Chennai, Indian right-handed Test opening batsman, 2008-2018; 61 Tests, 3,982 runs at 38.28, 12 hundreds; retired from international cricket January 2023.
Muralidhar Goud
Muralidhar Goud (మురళీధర్ గౌడ్) is a Telugu character actor known for Tillu's father in DJ Tillu and Tillu Square, Balagam, and Sankranthiki Vasthunam; a former electricity department accounts officer who began acting after retiring in 2012.
Murals from the Tomb of Prince Zhanghuai
More than 50 Tang dynasty wall paintings from the tomb of Li Xian, Crown Prince Zhanghuai, excavated near Qianling in 1971–1972 and famous for its Polo Game and Hunting Procession murals.
Murals from the Tomb of Princess Yongtai
The murals from the Tomb of Princess Yongtai (永泰公主墓壁画) are Tang dynasty wall paintings from 706 in the Qianling tomb of Li Xianhui, granddaughter of Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian.
Murals of Anak Tomb No. 3
The Murals of Anak Tomb No. 3, also called the Dong Shou tomb, are Goguryeo tomb paintings in Anak, North Korea, dated to about 357 CE.
Murals of Palcho Monastery
The Murals of Palcho Monastery are extensive 15th-century Buddhist wall paintings at Gyantse in central Tibet, a landmark for synthesizing Newar and Chinese styles into a distinctly Tibetan idiom.
Murals of the Cave of the Musicians, Kizil
The murals of the Cave of the Musicians (乐天窟), Cave 38 of the Kizil Grottoes in Xinjiang, China, are Buddhist wall paintings named for music-playing devas.
Murals of the Gyantse Kumbum
The murals of the Gyantse Kumbum are 15th-century wall paintings filling the 73 chapels of the Kumbum stupa at Pelkhor Chode Monastery in Gyantse, Tibet.
Murals of the Hōryū-ji Kondō
The Murals of the Hōryū-ji Kondō (法隆寺金堂壁画) were late 7th- to early 8th-century Buddhist wall paintings at Hōryū-ji temple in Nara, Japan, praised as a treasury of East Asian Buddhist art.
Murals of the Hpo Win caves
The murals of the Hpo Win caves, or Po Win Taung, are Buddhist wall paintings in cave temples near Monywa, Myanmar, mostly from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Murals of Wat Bowonniwet
The Murals of Wat Bowonniwet (วัดบวรนิเวศวิหาร) are nineteenth-century wall paintings by the monk-painter Khrua In Khong, the first Thai murals to use Western single-point perspective.
Muramasa (村正)
Muramasa (村正, Sengo Muramasa), swordsmith line of Kuwana, Ise, active from 1501 into the Edo period; famed for sharp Mino/Soshu-style blades and the Tokugawa curse legend.
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (朧村正)
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (朧村正, Oboromuramasa) is Vanillaware's 2009 Wii side-scrolling action RPG set in the Genroku era, starring Momohime and Kisuke, with 108 forgeable demon blades; revived as Muramasa: Revenant Blades in February 2027.
Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre
Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre, at the former Murambi Technical School in Nyamagabe District, Rwanda, commemorates the April 1994 massacre of about 50,000 gathered Tutsi; lime-preserved bodies are displayed in classrooms, and the site is a UNESCO World Heritage component.
Murambi, the Book of Bones
Murambi, the Book of Bones (Murambi, le livre des ossements) is a 2000 novel by the Senegalese writer Boubacar Boris Diop about the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Muramyl dipeptide
Muramyl dipeptide (MDP), N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine, is a glycopeptide and the minimal immunologically active structure of bacterial peptidoglycan, identified in 1974 as the ligand of the receptor NOD2.
Murang'A
Murang'a County is a devolved county in Kenya's Central region, historically Fort Hall, capital Murang'a town. 2,558.8 km², 1,056,640 people (2019), agriculture-driven economy, major Tana River and Nairobi water source.
Murano
Murano: island group in the northern Venetian Lagoon, 1.5 km from Venice, center of Venetian glassmaking since the 1291 furnace transfer; also known for the Glass Museum and Basilica of Santi Maria e Donato.
Muraqqa
A muraqqa (Persian for "album") is an album of mounted paintings, drawings, and calligraphy bound between decorated covers, reaching its peak under Mughal emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan.
Muraqqa-i Delhi
Muraqqa-i Delhi (مرقع دہلی) is a Persian account of Delhi's notables, poets, Sufi shrines, and street life, written by Dargah Quli Khan, who witnessed Nadir Shah's 1739 invasion.
Muraqqa' of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir
The Muraqqa' of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir is a manuscript of the Dīvān of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (r. 1382–1410), the last Jalayirid ruler, celebrated for its marginal ink drawings.
Murarbaji Deshpande
Murarbaji Deshpande (मुरारबाजी देशपांडे) was a Maratha general under Shivaji who, as killedar of Purandar fort, led its defense against the 1665 Mughal siege and died in the fighting.
Murari (మురారి)
Murari (మురారి) is a 2001 Telugu supernatural family drama directed by Krishna Vamsi, starring Mahesh Babu and Sonali Bendre, about a curse killing a male heir every 48 years; a Nandi Award-winning super hit re-released in 4K in 2024.
Murari Lal Meena
Murari Lal Meena, born 1958, is an Indian National Congress politician who has represented Dausa in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving as a Rajasthan minister.
Murasaki (Mercurian crater)
Murasaki, Mercurian crater, 130 km diameter at 12.6S 30.2W; older member of the bright Kuiper-Murasaki rayed crater complex, with the 62 km Kuiper crater superimposed on its northwest rim.
Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部)
Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, c. 973–c. 1014) was a Heian-period Japanese woman writer and court lady, author of The Tale of Genji (源氏物語), often called the world's oldest full-length novel. She served Empress Shoshi and left the Murasaki Shikibu Diary and Murasaki Shikibu Collection.
Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki
The Murasaki Shikibu Diary Emaki (紫式部日記絵巻) is a set of Japanese illustrated handscrolls from the first half of the 13th century that pictorialize Murasaki Shikibu's court diary.
Murashu Archive
The Murashu Archive, also called the Murašû Archive, is a group of Babylonian legal tablets recording a family firm's business at Nippur from 454 to 404 BC.