The Military Geography of Ancient and Medieval India: An Introduction
The first part of an expository series on the military history of India set in the backdrop of the geography of ancient and medieval India.
Annotations from Prayaga: An Introduction
Prayaga, known as the Tīrtha-cakravarti (Emperor of Pilgrimages) is one of the cradles of the Sanatana civilisation. Even the briefest journey into its profound annals helps us grasp the accurate perspective from which to understand Hindu history. This is the first part of a new series.
Kautilya’s Eternal Imprint on the History of Bharatavarsha: An Introduction
The first part of a series tracing the imprint of Chanakya and Kautilya on various aspects of the civilisational history of Bharatavarsha.
The Magnitude of the Irretrievable Sanatana Civilisational Loss in Pakistan
Not a single work of the Veda, Dharmasastras and other Sanskrit Literature composed in Sindh and northwestern Bharatavarsha has survived today
Bharatavarsha Must Reclaim its Sanatana Narrative to Win Against the Twin Abrahmisims
The Sanatana Model is the only guiding light for a world afflicted by ceaseless strife rooted in the Abrahamic worldview
Do We Want Sanatana Bharatavarsha to Become a Christian Outpost of the West?
If our political leaders and society throw away or neglect Sanatana Dharma and spirituality altogether, we will lose both spiritual life and social betterment
Bharatavarsha is the Original Sanatana Home: It’s Our Responsibility to Safeguard it
Let me list a few names at random. Ananda Coomaraswamy, Subrahmanya Bharati, C. Rajagopalachari, P.V. Kane, Kavyakantha Ganapathimuni (the preeminent disciple of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi), Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel, Pandit Lekh Ram, N.S. Rajaram…and this is a really short list. Among other extraordinary contributions, they launched
The Ideal, Conception and Practice of Chakravartin Shows the All-Encompassing Unity of Bharatavarsha
Read Part 1: 10 Features Showing the Fundamental and All-encompassing Unity of Bharatavarsha: A Ready Reckoner Chakravartin or Samrat: The Paramount Sovereign This is a very ancient ideal, conception and institution of kingship dating back to the Vedas and had been familiar to Indians hundreds of years before Chandragupta
The Sacred Bonds that Bind Bharatavarsha
In an earlier essay, I had remarked that the only way to “understand” Santana Dharma is to live it. What had once been akin to breathing to Hindus has now become a thing to “understand.” Let it also be said that you cannot “learn” Hinduism by reading any number of
The Ayodhya Dipotsava Diaries: An Introduction
Preface Nothing prepares you for Ayodhya. Nothing. Not even when you go there bearing in mind such lofty slokas as अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी कान्ची अवन्तिकापुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैता मोक्षदायि