"Mughal era "Hamams" and hospital discovered at Fatehpur Sikri Agra | December 01, 2005 2:24:38 PM IST Fatehpur Sikri, Mughal Emperor Akbar's dream city, has...
... Asoka ] ... It may be of interes to link this info. with the article by Adiga Sundara in Puratattva on Asoka's date (1000 BCE?) Also, questions raised by...
... Kanishka " , " ... One reading is that it may mean, 'youngest son'. http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Jan.04/central%20asia%20kumar.htm Maybe. See kan....
Yes i got the message from mr Carlos Aramayo regarding previous posting . But there was no details except the news . Here ASI had given photos of the...
... or is it ... As this is a Satavahana stupa, it probably is meant to be Asoka of the Mauryan dynasty. The Satavahanas liked to portray the exploits of ...
... to be ... Since Harappan, and also Vedic times in most areas. The Greeks seem to have began to slowly change this practice in the northern parts of ...
The preislamic period, the pre 1100 CE period on Indian history is quite blank, with only a few smittens of information. We seem to breeze through the...
... Dear Amol, Yes, the past BBC article from 2001 does not show pictures like yours!!!Anyway as Paul Kekai Manansala already wrote, the find of ASI could be...
Subject: [Indo-Eurasia] The Kushan Kings 02.12.2005 Dear Ram Varmha, I can not an Iranist but I think it seems that the most Kushan kings bear names / or...
Dear readers and members, The recent representation of Asoka in a panel kindly showed to us by Amol N. Bankar as a discovery from ASI is also commented by A. ...
In Mahabharatha, during the disrobing of Draupadi, following the loss at the game of dice by her husbands, there is mention of the type of clothing worn by...
Ram wrote: Thereupon, the Pandavas take off their upper garments, uttareeyas. Yes, upper garments existed but there is no evidence they were incumbent on...
Dear List, I "have been away", as Dr. Misra pointed out: actually, I am now in Almora, a wonderful mountain town close to the Himalayas, which I can admire...
... Dear Francisco, The text that you had posted prescribes it. gajakranta tathA mukhye hariraajachatushTayam. There should be four of these motifs (in sets of...
Paul, Most of us aware of Indian sculptures and paintings showing bare-breasted damsels in temple architecture, in cave paintings etc. This is nothing new....
... seem to have began to slowly change this practice in the northern parts of India. ... into the Indian sub-continent, Hindu women went about top-less and ...
Before Draupadi is dragged into the Court, she raises two objections to her going there. One is the question whether Yudhishtira lost her before he wagered...
... the carving of > > gajasimha in that location on the temple shikhara, but we haven't > > traced it yet... otherwise, how is it possible to find this motif...
The ancient Buddhist heritage of South India by Rohan L. Jayetilleke Since the sixth century B. C. Buddhism held a considerable place in South India and has...
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... An interpretation from the Newari side who use the Gajasimha motif in their temples in Tibet usually near crossbeams. The elephant represents the Buddha's...
Don't know about Valmiki, but Tulasi Das in Shri Ramacaritamanasa ) doesn't go into the details of Ravana's seductive speech. Nevertheless he comments about...
Dr. Metzenberg, while serving as an arbitrator on the California textbook revision issue said:"I've read the DNA research and there was no Aryan migration. I...
That Buddhism was indeed flourishing in Tamilnadu in 14th cent. is attested by some 14th century bronzes: http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/nies/8.html ...
... Why would you resort to 16th century Tulasi Das when the original author's version is easily accessible even on the internet? "When the wicked minded...
Discussing the Sakas, Quote" The Kalakcharya- kathnaka states that their kings were known as `Sahi'. Some of these `Sahis' were said to have been induced by a...
... (...)> ... Sorry not to take time checking 'on the internet', but it seems all your quotes deal with Sita's reception of Ravana in the guise of an ascetic,...
