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Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he initiated to conquer the neighboring kingdom of Kalinga. His story is told in thirty-three edicts th
Temples in Bharat reflect the country's rich religious and spiritual heritage. Bharat is home to over 2 million temples, many of which are considered to
The eminent archaeologist's continued emphasis on the influence of Sanskritic tradition on Tamil was not only met with contestation from some Tamil scholars but also landed him in several controversies.
Mohammed Shakeb: Preserver of Mughal Archival Documents and Reconstructor of Libraries A tribute to a polymath historian who recently passed away. Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Shakeb at the Qutb Shahi tombs in Hyderabad, October 2013. Photo: Author provided History10/Feb/2021 I first met Dr Mohammed Ziauddin Ahmed Shakeb in the summer of 2011, as a naïve PhD student whoâd arrived in Hyderabad from Los Angeles wanting to âread Shah Jahanâs documentsâ. He asked me the very standard question asked of research students in India, âWhat is your topic?â I only had a rather inco...