History Vignettes

In its most profound conception and in enlightened practice, Dharma was the foundation of bureaucracy in Ancient India

An overview of how statecraft worked in ancient India in both theory and practice

Murshid Quli Khan elevated talented Hindus to high positions in his civil and military administration and created a new Zamindari class in Bengal

Murshid Quli Khan adopted extremely savage methods of torture to extract revenue from the Bengal province

Murshid Quli Khan's radical Ijtara revenue system outrages the old elite of Bengal who complain to the Mughal emperor

As the Subahdaar of Bengali, Murshid Quli Khan introduces the Ijtara system of revenue collection which has far-reaching consequences lasting up to the early 20th century

Aurangzeb's grandson Azim-us-Shan dies in a botched up war for succession, which is followed by another series of such wars. In the end, Murshid Quli Khan is elevated as the Subahdaar of Bengal, which ...

Aurangzeb’s death changes Murshid Quli Khan's fortunes for the worse. His enemy Azim-ud-din now takes revenge by banishing Quli to the Dakhhan

Muhammad Hadi successfully destroys his assassination plot hatched by Aurangzeb's grandson. He gets the title Murshid Quli Khan and renames the city of Makhsudabad as Murshidabad.

Aurangzeb’s grandson, Muhammad Azim-ud-din was appointed as the Subahdaar of Bengal in 1697. He ruled the province with shocking oppression and extortion and clashed with Muhammad Hadi or Murshid Quli ...

The first episode of a comprehensive history of Murshid Quli Khan, Aurangzeb's confidant and the first Nawab of Bengal

Presenting a list of some important Sanskrit primary sources narrating the history of the Maratha Empire

A deep and sustained study of the Saartha system is one of the definitive guides to learn the real history of Bharatavarsha

A truthful study of the system of Saartha unambiguously shows an ennobling picture of the harmonious Sanatana social order of that era