Sea shell shows link between ancient cultures ... Story Filed: Saturday, February 01, 2003 1:22 AM EST QINGHAI, Feb 1, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An ancient...
I am not sure if Mr. Bhandare is right about "Akbar issued coins of Ram-Sita". Yashwant ... Money talks: Ancient coins refute myths SHABNAM MINWALLA TIMES NEWS...
A: From 1911 Encyclopedia: The TOWN OF DHAR is picturesquely situated among lakes and trees surrounded by barren hills, and possesses, besides its old walls, ...
... follower ... Are these inscriptions published? Any idea what rules of grammar have been inscribed here ... Panini's sutras? Regards, Lakshmi Srinivas...
... If I remember correctly, the grammar is not on these slabs. I think the slabs have part of some literary work on them. Somewhere else in the structure,...
Kalsi on the Dehradun- Chakrata route, in the Doon Valley, on the Yamuna river,just wheer the Himalayas start, is a site for one of Ashok's edict pillars Ravi...
Surely, the path that leads to worldly gain is one, and the path that leads to Nibbana is another; understanding this, the bhikkhu, the disciple of the Buddha,...
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Mohammed Shafeeq, Indo-Asian News Service Hyderabad, February 7 Charminar, the enduring symbol of Hyderabad, was opened to visitors Friday after 17 long years....
The founder of the city of Hyderabad, Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah, though was not the first poet of Urdu language but he was the first Urdu poet who compiled his...
Dear Dr. Kochhar, An unwritten dictum is that no decent Indologist should dare to enquire about the whereabouts of Chandragupta or Porus. I have ignored such...
Dear Dr. Kochhar It is not often that Soters rub shoulders with Saviours but at first sight this is exactly what seems to have happened in Arachosia. Sir ...
Dear Ravi Chaudhary, The Greeks used the form Sasicottos which is accepted to be the same as Sasigupta by all witers starting from Jones. Chandragupta is cited...
Dear Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, Drama belongs to the enchanted world of make-believe that has little in common with history which is all about Truth ; yet a carefully...
Abantika Ghosh in Kolkata If you are an art collector, beware. Because the Nandalal Bose you are buying is probably fake, not even worth half the quoted price....
I am happy to hear this. However it seems that there are very few visitors in many of India's museums. Many museums make very little attempt to convey to the ...
Dear Group Members, During Alexander's invasion, the Satrap of Bactria under Darius-III was Bessos, leader of the Bactrians and Indians at Gaugamela who fought...
From an article by Rajaram Hegde. It seems that by elliptical he means "a roof having half domes on both the sides", and not the form used in formal...
Dear Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, What happened at Granicus? In his well-known book Peter Green maintains that Alexander was at first defeated and then came back next...
Dear Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, I share your interest in the history of the Jats but my statement that the Jataka stories were probably originally Jatki stories i.e. ...
Infinite cycles of poverty fiction By Walter Williams A typical belief among the world’s foreign aid agencies is there’s a "vicious cycle of poverty" that...
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All, 3 Cheers for this posting! You have your facts straight. I am so tired of bleeding heart (but VERY condescending) people giving lectures to developing...
We have seen that there is a Muslim belief that Raja Bhoj of Dhar had converted to Islam. A chapter of Bhavisha Purana, of an unknown date, suggests that Raja...
Amalgamation of Buddhism and Hinduism by Kishanie S. Fernando "Velgam-Vehera" near the Periyakulam Tank in the Trincomalee District is said to be a place of...
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One assumes that the different communities in Thrikodithanam lived in separate colonies. Most of these were located towards the west of the temple around...
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Velur: The efforts to preserve the more than 300-year-old St. Francis Xavier's Forane church set up by the German-born Jesuit missionary, Arnos Padiri, in the...
SURAT: London-based researcher Dr Sara Manasseh, who came to the city in January seeking to learn about ancient historical links between India and Israel, was...
Bidar, known for its historical and cultural significance, is apparently in the grip of of land sharks who are allegedly encroaching on government land using...
