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The aftermath of 1857 revolt saw many, especially Rajputs from Bihar who had rebelled against the EIC, emigrate; with Mauritius been the most favoured destination. An average 31,00...
“In these golden times of Rajput life when swords were never allowed to rust nor steeds to rest, and the poet-bard was always wanted at the side of the warrior as a witness of his...
Muhammad Baqir, an Iranian noble in the court of Jahangir, in his political treatise Advice on the Art of Governance, advocated against universal education and believed that mainta...
Why did a princess of the great Chinggisids marry a lowly warlord like Timur; or why did Babur's sister marry his most detested enemy, king of a race Babur hated the most; or Babur...
Among the many regional variants of the Rāmāyaṇa, the Khotanese version is very interesting. Maheśvara bestows on a Brāhmaṇa a jewel and a cow for all necessities of life, who th...
Mughal-e-Azam but this time instead of Salim and Anarkali, it's Akbar forcefully seperating his nobles from their homosexuaI lovers.
"When these prime Rajputs fall in battle, They have their pick of heavenly brides, There are two types of men in this world who go on the pierce the beautiful disc of the Sun..."...
It is widely believed that Shahrbanu, the daughter of the last Sasanian king Yazdgird was married to Husayn, son of Ali; and this union of Sasanid and Alid blood been divinely orda...
Writing this again: that the nature of religion depends more on the men who 'control' it at that particular time rather than what the scriptures actually say or words of its revere...
Maharaja Gulab Singh once captured around 5000 rebeIs, instead of finishing them off right there, he sk*nned the chiefs, half sk*nned others and sent them back to their villages. A...
"...It was he alone who performed the Agnihotra daily and successfully organized the Aśvamedha, adoring the almight by suppressing the sins...manifest to all as the rising Sun—the...
Till now I believed it's only from the Greeks we know of Porus, but turns out I was wrong. The political drama Mudrārākṣasa along with Jaina and Buddhist traditions preserve the me...