All Dharma Dispatch essays on History and Historiography
The forgotten Delhi Shoe-Sellers' Riot of 1729 throws a stark and informative light on the real extent of the decay of the Mughal Empire under Muhammad Shah. It also reveals substantial details of the nature of the Muslim society of that period.
A brief history of the liquor industry in the 17th Century Mughal Empire and its interactions with the European trading merchants reveals a rather stark picture
The Dramatic Performances Control Act, 1876 was a repressive legislation aimed at destroying the forces of Indian nationalism. It was also a law that the set the precedent for overturning judicial verdicts using executive fiat.
The now-forgotten Dramatic Performances Control Act of 1876 was passed by viceroy Lytton under the Prime Ministership of Benjamin Disraeli to specifically crush opposition to the colonial British rule in India.
Vipravinodins were Brahmanas in the Vijayanagara Era whose profession was jugglery. This essay attempts to trace their chequered history using inscriptional evidence.
Presenting the thrilling story of Chahamana Vagbhata, a grandson of Prithviraja Chahamana, who instilled fear in the hearts of two sultans of Delhi.
In this episode of Amatya Ramachandra Pant's Ajnapatra, we observe the incredibly humane principles that guided the great Hindu Kingdom of Chhatrapati Shivaji and his descendants. This must be made prescribed reading especially to our bureaucrats today.
Jaitra Simha Rawal was the fierce Hindu Hero who singlehandedly stopped the Delhi Sultanate's southward expansion and saved the Deccan and south India for about half a century.
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
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.