Aurangzeb

Essays

Here it is: A Ready Reckoner of Aurangzeb’s Industrial-Scale Temple Destructions

Here it is: A Ready Reckoner of Aurangzeb’s Industrial-Scale Temple Destructions

A partial list of Hindu Temples destroyed by the Mughal king Aurangzeb

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb

A brief journey exploring the approach, method and discipline that went behind Acharya Jadunath Sarkar's writing his five-volume magnum opus, "History of Aurangzeb."

How Shivaji Created a Hindu Kingdom from the Scratch: Ramachandra Pant's Vivid Description

How Shivaji Created a Hindu Kingdom from the Scratch: Ramachandra Pant's Vivid Description

In the second episode of the Ajnapatra, Ramachandra Pant gives us a highly inspirational and first hand narrative of how Shivaji created a Hindu Empire from the scratch

The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor as a Passage to Sanatana Cultural Resurgence

The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor as a Passage to Sanatana Cultural Resurgence

Commentary on Narendra Modi's inauguration of the first leg of the Kashi Vishwanath Dhama and its epochal civilisational significance.

What the Majestic Ajnapatra of Amatya Ramachandra Pant Teaches us about 18th Century Hindu Polity: An Introduction

What the Majestic Ajnapatra of Amatya Ramachandra Pant Teaches us about 18th Century Hindu Polity: An Introduction

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 details of the India of that period.

A Letter to Cornwallis by a Goswamini from Surat: A Study in Colonized Psyche

A Letter to Cornwallis by a Goswamini from Surat: A Study in Colonized Psyche

An obscure letter dated March 1791, addressed to Cornwallis written by a Goswamini belonging to the Vallabhacharya sect reveals several historical insights. Among others, it is a first hand evidence of Aurangzeb's appalling persecution of Vallabhacharya's followers, who had to migrate from Gokul to

Bengal has a Hundred Gates for Entrance and not One for Departure

Bengal has a Hundred Gates for Entrance and not One for Departure

The second part of our essay series tracing the history of the unrivalled prosperity of Bengal narrates the account of Francois Bernier

The Unvarnished Fanatic Syed Ahmad Barelvi was not a Freedom Fighter or Reformer

The Unvarnished Fanatic Syed Ahmad Barelvi was not a Freedom Fighter or Reformer

A brief profile of Syed Ahmad Barelvi who sought to re-impose Islamic rule in India through Jihad and Sharia

महाराजा संभाजी राजे यांचे एक न ऐकलेले संस्कृत भाषेच्या पत्रात  असे लिहिलेले  की आपण बादशहा औरंगजेेब याला पकडून कैद करूया

महाराजा संभाजी राजे यांचे एक न ऐकलेले संस्कृत भाषेच्या पत्रात असे लिहिलेले की आपण बादशहा औरंगजेेब याला पकडून कैद करूया

इतिहासातला लेख आहे एका न ऐकलेल्या पत्राबद्दल जे छत्रपती शिवाजीराजे यांचे पुत्र महाराज संभाजीराजे यांनी संस्कृतमध्ये लिहिले आणि सनातन धर्माच्या पुनरुज्जीवनासाठी अमूल्य सेवा केली

What Maharaja Sambhaji’s Unknown Sanskrit Letter Said: Let us Capture Emperor Aurangzeb Himself!

What Maharaja Sambhaji’s Unknown Sanskrit Letter Said: Let us Capture Emperor Aurangzeb Himself!

A historical essay about a largely unknown letter written by Shivaji's son Sambhaji in Sanskrit