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Jul 26, 2018 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Thread on GunPowder
1)Finely crafted Cannon with tiger's head like opening, Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
"India’s military technology is history’s greatest ‘hidden’ secret."
Until early 19th century CE, India alone had total monopoly over production of gunpowder. Image
2)"Unlike China, with an odd textual reference or a drawing or a singular artefact, was the entire industry in India – which remained unrivalled in the history of the world. Compared to China’s paltry production of gunpowder, India’s widespread and organized gunpowder production ImageImage
3)...system points towards indigenous development. [There are reports, that in “664 an Indian visitor to China reportedly demonstrated the peculiar flamability of saltpeter and provided instructions on how to locate it (Pacey 1990, 16)."]” ImageImageImage
4)Facts being otherwise, it raises questions about motives for this deliberate wrong portrayal.
Read more: Indian Gunpowder: The force behind Empires by @StPTBarnum

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भारतीय वास्तुकला(Wonderful Indian Architecture) Profile picture
Mar 4, 2021
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Iconography and Symbolism: A thread on various aspect of the Hindu iconography
In this thread I'm going to highlight Hindu iconography and symbolism and deep philosophical meaning they carry.
1)Brahma from Aihole
His 4 faces are 4 Veda(s).His 4 arms are space.
2). Whole universe is composed of movable and immovable elements originating from Primeval waters(Apah in Vedas). Brahma holds these water hence Kamandalu represents those waters. Kala devours everything being and non-being(at the end, Pralaya) Akshamala represents Kala.
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Jul 22, 2020
Ancient ruins of temples in Rishiyan, a place named so because of the belief that 84000 ऋषि used to live here. The place is important as ShriRam visited this this place on his way to Chitrakoot. I've also observed some spectacular hydrological enginnering seen rately. 1/n
Here this one is most extant temple devoid of any deity. Stylistically it is similar to temples of region. I believe there were 3 such shrines with common Mandapa(like Trikuta temples of Hoysala). See the fineness of craftsmanship unfortunately most of it was smuggled.
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Aug 27, 2018
Thread: A collection of drawings made by Oviyar Shilpi, famous for his detailed renditions of South Indian art and architecture.
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Aug 7, 2018
A brief thread on the ancient history of Simraungarh and Mithila
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Apr 17, 2018
Thread: Extent of India as per John Ogilby in 1673

1)A depiction of some avatars, John Ogilby, 1673

John Ogilby writes,"..India is divided into two great parts, whereof one, which extends from the River Indus to Ganges, is by Image
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Apr 6, 2018
1)Aerial view of Murud Janjira fort: An ancient engineering marvel
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