Maharaja Jayachandra’s White Elephant that Refused to Salute Muhammad Ghori
An extraordinary episode from the history of the ill-fated Gahadavala emperor Jayachandra shows the ennobling Hindu ethos reflected in the training of war elephants
The Blood-soaked Prelude to the Rise of the Vijayanagara Empire is an Age of Hindu Resistance
The real prelude that eventually birthed the grand Vijayanagara Empire has to be understood accurately to get the full context of its rise and dominance. This context is known as the Age of Resistance.
Turushka-Danda: A Hindu Fiscal Response to Early Islamic Invasions
A little-known fact of Hindu history that shows how the mighty Gahadavala Empire built a solid deterrent against alien Islamic invasions using a fiscal measure called the Turushka-Danda.