anly helpod foreign investors. Local firms have also bonefited fram this compotitive environment.

Some
of the Indian firms havo come out stronger in this markat and even in International markets. Bhartd
Airtel has also been successhul in the telecommunicatüion industry since the local market was made
more liberal This means that foreign firms that bolieve in the spirit of falr market compatition can
flourlsh in India.The papulation of India is estimated to be over 12 billon poopla. This masshve
population has seen this country become very attractive to Multinational Carporation in two ways. The
country should educate this large papulation to increase ts skdlled labor, Othor tesources such as
minerals, wildlufe, and other natural resourees should be used responsiblylndian ecanomy can greatly
be improved if the infrastructure is develaped The gavernmant of India has committed isetf to improve
the infrastructure in this country. The government has been koen on improving the transport system as
a way of bosting ts ecenomy. Major citles like New Dolhl and Mumbai already has electrie tralns to help
decrease traffic congestion on roads. The governmeat also has programs to expand its road netwark in
the entire country startng with the major cities as another way of decangesting traffic. This means that
movement of people and goods has been made easler. Firms oporating in India will find t oasy to move
their gods from the majar cities to ether markets where thøy are noeded. It is also important te noto
that the lovel of litoracy is also on the risa, a fact that would improve quality of workdorce in this
country.Conclusion and Recommendations:-india is a very attractive country for muttinational
corporations that wish to expand thelr operations. Although some people have arguod that numorous
facters bedevil thes country making IR unattractve for investment, the fact is that any serious fim that
wishes to expand cannot ignore this market.The masslve population of aboust 12 people in ths country
makos it attractive in terms of cheap labor and a hugo market. This country has also liberalized its
markot making iR easy for forelgn firms to make an entry into it. This means that multinatonal
corparations can no longer ignore the Indian Strategy. To succeed in this market, the fallowing
recommendations should be observed.Multinational corporations coming to this country should
understand the market culture by understanding Indian cultural practiceslt is important to define the
market segment that is targeted and understand how to moot its needsForeign firms coming to India
should be able to counter some of the external environmental challenges such as occasional political
InterferenceThe governmont of India should address various issues of concern raised by invastors to
encourage loeal investments.For example, ane of the most notable locations of such ancient
arehitectures is the city of Tikal. Dwing to its rieh history In arechitecture and other forms of civilzations
such as astronomy, anthropolagists have found it necessary ta document Tikal both as remarkable
historieal site and a souroe of rich socio-cuttural and political life of the Mayans wha lved in this place
(Thurston, 1994)Jt is against this background that the study on the city of Tikal has been gtven much
prominence. In addition, throughout the anthropological history of Tika, it is astounding to note that
astronomy was ene of the remarkable developments as discussed in this paper.Tikal is located in the
heart of Guatemalan Jungle -more than 300 klometers away from Buatemala Citly and cavers an area of
approximately 125sq Kilometers.

t is ane of the largest pra-Calumbian chvilzatan architactures that stll stand the test af time as one of the
largest and well establshed archaeelogleal sites af anclot history Andrea, 2002). ts history can be traced
back to 500-400 years BC as part of the ancient cvlization of Mayan people.Furthermore, Its
architectural buildings and growth has been historically associated with power and sacrificial ritual
performances and thus, it was the mest powerful kingdom of its timo in the rogion according to the
Mayan culture. Mayan architecture in Tikal is indeed a notable pre-classical anthropological site whese
civilization traversed through 1,700 B.C t mainly began in Mirada basin on the northern side of
Buatemala.0Other historical estimates have documented that human settlement in this city may have
begun around 6000 years ago and thelr architectural design is also associated with Tikal This has
prompted anthropologists ta porcelve Tikal as one of the oldest architectures in the werld. As a matter
of fact, Tikal appoared to be the only anclent chvlization in American poninsula that had records of its
history kept.Despite lack of thetr architectural documentatiens, their messages were mainly passed
thraugh broadcasting on stone billboards and these messages could last for centuries. Up and until naw,
their messages are still embedded an stone billboards in temples buitt in Tikal (Pscher, 1996). Their
architecturs also expanded and started recording on potteries, paper and skdn on events when they
were considered to be Important as part of thotr cultural values.Currently, there are un-declphered
hierogbyphs that cantaln numerous messages vwhich were recorded durlng the relgn of TikalThe
admiratdon of Mayan architocture may extend for centuries and up to the present this spectacular
nature of Tikal has net yet dwindled. In this respect, many anthropolagists have relontlessty sought to
understand the inspiration behind this kind af great invention. As a result, there have been widespread
unfounded claims about the influence of Mayan arehitocture.Theoretically, it has been argued that
Mayan architecture is still one of the oldest architectures in the world today, and indopendent of
external forces.

This paper thus argues on the emargence and growth of Mayan architecture in Tikal as inftuenced by
social, political, cuttural and astronomical aspacts of the Mayan poople. Without these aspects of
Influencs, Mayan architecture at Tikal would be nonedstent.The presence af complex storage structures
In Tikal is solely attributod to agricuture Belng complex famers who cencentrated on cultivation of
maize, not as a source of basic food but for the purposes ef spirituality, the Mayans were inspired by
agrleulture and thelr spirtual attachment to construct complex sterage structures.Thoy believod that
man was ereatod from maze by tho gods and thus onmbarked on planting it by attaching kmmonse
cesmological importance, Consaquently, they usad complicated agricutural tochniques such as canal
rrigations during thelr time and thus were ablo to grow foed wven during dry spells Roderiek, 2008). This
cloarly depicts that Tikal was not just a simple ancient development but a complex system and way of lfe
that was highly valuod by ts occupants.For Instanco, systoms of governance were rightly lin place and it
was without doubt that anthropolagists found it necessary to write a full documentary on t. Although
there is a canventional vlew that arehitecture Impreved as an innavatien, thelr architecture, founded an
agricultunre, remalned unchanged and stil stands to challonge modern architeeturo since it was
passlanately discovered Due to this significant attachment to this crop, they doveloped complox
architectural designs for constructing storage polnts for the maize and water, which led to the presence
complex agricultural structures like underground storage tanks for water and granarles for mazo
storage.Without artistic inventions founded on remembrance of past events and leaders, Mayan art
architecture would not have come into place. Paintings and drawings an the walls of the temples
suggest valuation of the ceremonies carried out in the city.Stone Inscriptions and seulpture carvings of
great rulers of the cty on the temples, tombs and other stones are reflective of the need to remember
their past ovents and leaders (Aischer, 1996), It can thus be argued that the presence of artistie in thelir
arehitocture is founded on thelr passion for remembering the past and for future generations and not
for aesthetie purposes (Culbert, 1996|The curremt site of Tikal architecture has been greatly renevated
by modern institutions ailthough the historical significance can still be felt. The government of
Buatemala in collaboration with the Universily of Pennsylvania has to a larger extent attempted to
restore the original form of Tikal

The tall temples that were bult using lUmestone and other locally svallable materials were Indeed
remarkable in the fiold of anthropology As already noted, most of the materials used to censtruet Tikal
were lecally assembled with greater emphasis being laid on the strength and availability of the same
materials. Inslde the Tikal architecture, there were myrlad of evtdence showing the possiblity of a well
governed establshment such as administrative systoms, pyramids, places of worshlp, works af art such
as monuments and sculptures as well as royal palaces.After lümestone was excavated from various sites,
the hollow depressions were nat left idle but were mainly used as water reservairs. On the same note,
the stucco was used to croate a smooth surface of the plazas. Hence, the reservoirs were mainly filled
with water that would flaw straightaway from the smoth finlshed surfacesAstronomy has been a
grawing segment od sclence since time immemorial While its development may not be specifically
attributed to any group or Individuals, It is profound to note that Tikal had an outstanding interest and
immonse develapment in astronomy. It is imporatve to note that this community was protty koen In
kaaping records of time and events. These were keenly kapt in calendars.The latter were nat just used
for the saka of kaaping records of events against various tme scales Instoad, the evolution of
consclousness was also an imtegral part of astronamy that was bang practiced at Tikal This is a vivid
demonstraton that Tihkal acted as a