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When Hindu Women Sold Their Jewels to Fight Mahmud Ghazni
History Vignettes
When Hindu Women Sold Their Jewels to Fight Mahmud Ghazni
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
A deliberately hidden fact of the history of alien Muslim invasions into India is how, on several occasions, Hindus across India displayed vigorous national unity against a common enemy. The poorer cl ...
Illustration Showing the Construction of the Taj Mahal
History Vignettes
Yes. The Taj Mahal is a Despot’s Monument to a Woman
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
A cultural analysis of the real symbolism of the Taj Mahal
What the Majestic Ajnapatra of Amatya Ramachandra Pant Teaches us about 18th Century Hindu Polity: An Introduction
History Vignettes
What the Majestic Ajnapatra of Amatya Ramachandra Pant Teaches us about 18th Century Hindu Polity: An Introduction
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
4 min read
Amatya Ramachandra Pant, Shivaji's Finance Minister authored an extraordinary Ajnapatra or Royal Edict giving guidance to Sambhaji II. It is also the primary source giving us superb, first hand detail ...
Illustration of a Tapasvi
Notes On Culture
The Tapasya of the Tapasvins of Indian History
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
4 min read
The first episode of a series showcasing the Tapasya, the methods and lifestyle of the stalwarts of Indian history
Bahadur Shah Zafar: The Last Mughal who was also the Last Great Traitor
History Vignettes
Bahadur Shah Zafar: The Last Mughal who was also the Last Great Traitor
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
The story of how Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal, intrigued with the British to sabotage the First War of Indian Independence in 1857
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