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An old photograph of Mahabodhi Temple in Gaya(Bihar) before restoration by J. D. Beglar in 1870s Note the presence of pointed arch built using voussoir(wedge shaped stone/brick als...
Manifesto of Tipu Sultan. A TERRIFYING proclamation calling for all Muslims to come together to convert infidels and wage Jihad. "Whoever refuses to obey would be treated as an ac...
Further confirmation that agriculture was an indigenous development in India. "Our results—combined with archaeological evidence of XI cultivation for >9,000 years in both India...
The original Old English name of the month April was "Eostre mon(a)th"= Month of dawn/spring Goddess Eostre The English Christian monk Bede (c.700) wrote that Pagans celebrated a...
At least reformists should be bold enough to abandon Mullerian dates like '600BC' for Apastamba. He was one of the- -Fathers of Geometry.'SulbaSutra' or 'rules of chords' is the ol...
Lapsed Marxist meeting Prolapsed Marxist. https://t.co/tnBRUysVLD
Per Hindu texts a girl should be married before she attains puberty. Dharmasutras (Gautama Baudhayana Vasishtha), Mahabharata, Dharmashastras (Manu, Parasara etc) & Puranas (Vishnu...
Tea, Triumph, Tragedy. Co-authored column on the forgotten Indian genius who saved millions of lives. [Long read.] #ForgottenIndianScientists https://t.co/nBt8Uu7F5m
What does a #PhysicalTherapist do and how can they help you be your best? Hopefully, this thread will help clear up any confusion you might have. #PhysicalTherapy is often misunder...
Only by the mid 16th century did Europeans learn the Indian technique of determining latitude by celestial observation of the pole star. The Julian calendar simply was simply not e...
Did you get the beautiful Sanskrit device? https://t.co/n6Wppg0L41
Padma vibhushan V Kurien on how @INCIndia & Nehru mistreated Sardar Patel's daughter after his death. Vile. Tears run dry. (@h/t @eldolit) https://t.co/QzreM2LYY6
Most IndoEuropean tribes did not remember where their homeland was by the time they composed literature. But the ancient Zoroastrian text Vendidad give a list of 16 ancestral lands...
A few people from outside had a problem with this so first of all hazara is an ethnicity not a nationality hazaras settled in this land...
Freedom of Expression under @INCIndia. A comprehensive, crowdsourced thread in response to @ShashiTharoor's tweet: https://t.co/B3CeUMTwAG https://t.co/vXAfM0Lgep
Jesuits, 'soldiers of Christ', aren't your average priests. An order founded in 1540, it had great emphasis on scholarship, learning native languages and unorthodox approaches to m...
Indeed. On the 200th birth anniversary of Sir Syed, eulogised by Indians, let us revisit his REAL mission, MISSING from our textbooks. 1/n https://t.co/G66hR3Sqdh
1/n Dear intelligent RW. First let me congratulate you - except for a few quacks & frauds claiming to be knowledgable. None of you fell for
1/n After these funny “why taj will never win” threads. I’m starting my why “Indian architecture will never win thread” #subjectivity
JRD Tata on Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel. [From, Beyond the Last Blue Mountain: A Life of JRD Tata, by RM Lala, Penguin] https://t.co/aPcKtwP4Dh
A 3rd-century CE account of the Egyptian Priesthood and the lives of its priests by Porphyry in his Abstinence, Book 4 https://t.co/BLai2uuze5
STUNNED. Prof Guha writes on Khushwant's "commitment to democracy & pluralism", LEAVES OUT his support for Emergency; getting Rushdie BANNED https://t.co/Habzj3GhrN
Ambedkar on Islam: The Story That Must Not Be Told. My column. [Long read.] https://t.co/1gy7bsgJN8
The Citadel of #Aleppo (قلعة #حلب) is a large medieval palace which is considered to be one of the oldest & largest castles in the world. https://t.co/Pb6tpxDsx6
