History and Historiography

All Dharma Dispatch essays on History and Historiography

Essays

The Depraved Annals of the Muslim Aristocracy in Medieval India

The Depraved Annals of the Muslim Aristocracy in Medieval India

An essay series narrating the horrifying details of the ruling Muslim aristocracy in Medieval India

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The Chilling Damage that Communism-Infected Nehru Inflicted on an Ancient Civilisation

The Chilling Damage that Communism-Infected Nehru Inflicted on an Ancient Civilisation

The second and concluding part narrates the massive damage that Jawaharlal Nehru's fascination for Communism caused to the Sanatana civilisational fabric of Bharatavarsha.

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Brainwashed by Russia: How Nawab Nehru Became the Patron Saint of Communism in India

Brainwashed by Russia: How Nawab Nehru Became the Patron Saint of Communism in India

Most histories of Communism in India often overlook the seminal and pivotal role played by Jawaharlal Nehru in offering substantial patronage for spreading this totalitarian ideology in India.

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The Raja Dharma of Sri Krishnadevaraya is an Eternal Model for Hindus to Emulate

The Raja Dharma of Sri Krishnadevaraya is an Eternal Model for Hindus to Emulate

The first part of a series expounding on the Raja Dharma that Sri Krishnadevaraya laid down as state policy and practiced.

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The Exquisite Gauda Desha of Dhundiraja

The Exquisite Gauda Desha of Dhundiraja

A detailed picture of the Bengal that the 17th Century Sanskrit Scholar Dhundiraja saw and described in his Sanskrit work, Girvanapadamanjari

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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

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The Bengal that was the Sprawling Economic Garden of the World

The Bengal that was the Sprawling Economic Garden of the World

The first part of a series narrating the prosperous economic empire of Bengal roughly from the 14th up to the 18th Century

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The Dravidian Lemuria Fantasy as History and the Invention of Kumarikandam as Geography

The Dravidian Lemuria Fantasy as History and the Invention of Kumarikandam as Geography

How the Dravidianists invented a non-existent Kumarikandam and politicised both history and geography for political purposes

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The Wahabi Movement was not a Struggle for Independence but a Declaration of War Against Infidel India

The Wahabi Movement was not a Struggle for Independence but a Declaration of War Against Infidel India

Busting the secularist myth that the Wahabi Movement was the first war of Indian independence

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The Story of the Communist Collaboration with the Nizam of Hyderabad and his Bloodthirsty Razakkars: An Introduction

The Story of the Communist Collaboration with the Nizam of Hyderabad and his Bloodthirsty Razakkars: An Introduction

Pages from a forgotten history of the Communist collaboration with the Razakkars in Hyderabad

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