Kondoja, an expert barber in Karnataka impressed Aliya Rama Raya with his beard-shaving skills and used the opportunity to get a tax exemption for his community throughout the Vijayanagara Empire. The story reveals a wealth of brilliant insights into the social, economic and political life of the pe
The concluding part of the series on the Hindu Response to Islamic Invasions shows that Hindus repeatedly lost out because they were unable to take a long-term view of national policy and wasted energy and resources which should have been reserved for a holy war against Islamic invasions.
A deliberately hidden fact of the history of alien Muslim invasions into India is how, on several occasions, Hindus across India displayed vigorous national unity against a common enemy. The poorer class worked feverishly at the spinning wheel or as hired labourers to be able to send something to th
Kulapati K.M. Munshi delineates his approach to the study of Indian History as a flowing stream through time instead of using dynasties and isolated periods.
A brief profile of Syed Ahmad Barelvi who sought to re-impose Islamic rule in India through Jihad and Sharia
इतिहासातला लेख आहे एका न ऐकलेल्या पत्राबद्दल जे छत्रपती शिवाजीराजे यांचे पुत्र महाराज संभाजीराजे यांनी संस्कृतमध्ये लिहिले आणि सनातन धर्माच्या पुनरुज्जीवनासाठी अमूल्य सेवा केली
A historical essay about a largely unknown letter written by Shivaji's son Sambhaji in Sanskrit
The firsthand accounts of the Mapilla atrocities in Malabar under British rule exposes another chapter of whitewashed history
The second part of the series on the Malabar Mapillas traces the rise of the Mapillas who acquired a monopoly on maritime trade
The first of a series of essays delving into the mindset and psyche of medieval Muslim chroniclers of Indian history