Dhansak them the tradition of cooking meat with lentils and/or vegetables. However, tomatoes, chilies, pumpkin and potatoes are native to the Americas and were unknown in India until some time after the Portuguese (who in turn got them through trade with Spain) brought them to India in the 16th century CE. The dhansak is flavoured with a spice mixture called "dhansak masala", which is similar to "garam masala" except that the spices chosen are more aromatic and sweet rather than pungent. Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, dried ginger, coriander seed and cumin seed, as well as a pinch of asafetida, are among
Pulse-position modulation Pulse-position modulation Pulse-position modulation (PPM) is a form of signal modulation in which "M" message bits are encoded by transmitting a single pulse in one of formula_1 possible required time shifts. This is repeated every "T" seconds, such that the transmitted bit rate is formula_2 bits per second. It is primarily useful for optical communications systems, which tend to have little or no multipath interference. An ancient use of pulse-position modulation was the Greek hydraulic semaphore system invented by Aeneas Stymphalus around 350 B.C. that used the water clock principle to time signals. In this system, the draining of water