Prateek Dasgupta
Hobbyist historian interested in lost civilizations. Penn State Grad School Alumnus. Penned thoughts: https://t.co/8DB3WiMt4F
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The term BΓ‘tor (Hungarian), Bahadur (Hindi), Bahador (Persian), BahadΔ±r (Turkish), and Bogatyr (Russian) refer to a "hero" or a "brave warrior." The origins of the term can be trac...
Nehru's analysis of Mongols and Chinggis Khan was remarkably ahead of its time. When Nehru wrote about the Mongol empire, the Secret History of the Mongols wasn't yet translated in...
I would ignore the hot takes by politicians about Mughals, but certain Mughal historians have started claiming by the reign of Akbar, Mughals were Indianized. Mughals always consid...
The Mahabharata is one of the greatest epics ever written, right up there with the Epic of Gilgamesh and Illiad. But have you ever looked at it from a legal perspective? (1/n) http...
Coin of Barha Tegin, also known as Sri Ranasrikari, founder of the Turk Shahi dyansty. After the Arab conquest of Kabul, Barha Tegin, who was the ruler of Zabulistan, allied with t...