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@anujdhar @curryputtar Is this really a Mantra?
From Saka Documents of the St Petersburg Collections Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar I have a strong feeling Christians learnt this from Buddhism... Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, we learn that Kushanas sacked Ayodhya from the Tibetan version of the royal chronicles of a kingdom in Tarim Basin? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea were always considered as separate(Taranatha's History of Buddhism)? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar What sort of a book it is, which starts by criticising other religions?
"One does not become a Brahmin by matted dreadlocks, clan, or birth; but having expelled small and large wrongs in every way, an expeller of wrongs is someone called a Brahmin." - Dharmapada Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The dangers of depending foreign stuff. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The mighty Britisher was scared that he will be sold as a slave 🤔 Does this mean such things happened before?Screen Shot 2019-10-27 at 18.07.59 Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Why did this happen? Was either the Maharaja of Jammu or the British planning to advance into Tarim? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The dangers of comparative linguistics, especially of the PIE waves. One version says that the word for ginger entered Tocharian from Sanskrit(nagara), another says it entered Indo-Iranian from Tocharian and then, from Indo-Iranian into Tocharian. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, the Iranians consider Ayurveda as 5000 years old. How old do we Indians consider it to be? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Indian silk(2450 BC) is as old as Chinese(2750 BC) and both cultures had similar technology. Now, going by the fact that silk found in Sapalli Tepe in Uzbekistan is from 1800 BC, do we need to verify if it is Indian? Does that mean Silk Road started from India and not China? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The story of Mandhata? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The famed Golden Bird of the Orient which everyone wanted to capture. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Agnimeele Purohitam is the first words on the phonograph? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Now, don't tell me this hypothesis is actually true. The link is Otto von Böhtlingk. ImageImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Pakistani Army learnt lying in media from Hyderabad 😝 Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar This is really interesting. Chitral is also a part of Kashmir as late as 1938 and the British decided to splice it off? Why didn't India include in negotiations? And why was it out of Jammu and Kashmir? Because we want it to be so.(National Archives of India PR_000005014074) ImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar Look at the title of Maharaja Hari Singh in Accession Document. Tibbet Adi Deshadhipati? What's the background? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The last vestiges of power. The only Accession Document where I saw the seal of the kingdom. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Come on...this is too much. You weren't even bothered to type a new copy instead of striking off the month? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar It looks like, the Mehtar of Chitral signed a treaty in 1878 accepting vassalage to Jammu and Kashmir. There was a discussion over the status of Chitral vis-a-vis Jammu and Kashmir. Looks like the discussions were open ended due to Second World War and the treaty stays in 1947. ImageImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar When the Sikh Empire fell, looks like the Muslim rulers of Kashmir area begged the British not to allow Gulab Singh to take control of the area. ImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar As late as 1871, Chitral was a vassal of Kashgar. It is but natural that China will try to encroach upon the whole area. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The Political Officer in charge of Sikkim resided in Lhasa? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The whole of Mahayana Buddhism in a single page. Drill through the topics, you should be able to get the basic gist. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Are there any such examples from India? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar In his book, “Four Types of Loyalty in Early Modern Central Asia”, Thomas Welsford proposes four kinds of loyalty for citizens in the area. In fact, this is applicable to the whole world. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Jammu and Kashmir not just extended West into Chitral but South into Kohistan as well? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar This always confuses me. Three persons wrote I killed Bijjala, with one even claiming a title as provocative as Bijjala Sirachhedaka. Is it possible it happened in a battle and not in a palace coup? When Basava committed suicide fearing retribution, why not these three? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Why did Supreme Court asking centre to give 5 acres to Muslims at Ayodhya remind me of the origins of the word Jumla(a false promise) - the saga of Siege of Gandikota? ImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar A Jammu and Kashmir Official Stamp with Tibbetadi Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, is the issue that simple? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Do you need a better proof how Kalinga stood untaken till 1568? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Dated to around 450 AD, Srungavarapukota Plates of Anantavarman is one of the first references which identifies Samudragupta's Devarashtra as Madhyama Kalinga. Incidentally, this is one of the only two grants issued by the three ruler dynasty. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Why do I get a feeling Census is introduced just to identify areas where the chance of conversion to christianity will have less resistance? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar You may call it superstition, but the pots warn you not to enter the village. Simple and practical. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Foundation legend of Keonjhar. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Ceremony to install a new king in Keonjhar. This voluntary submission is something which is common all over India in effect, no one wants independence. They want a good ruler. ImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar Muslim Relics with Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Government. What happened to them? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar This adds more to the confusion. If Adhirajendra is already dying, what civil war are we talking about? If he actually died a natural death and not poisoned, why is the aversion to take his name? Vikrama Chola Ula mentions him simply as "All other kings who ruled after" Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Vedanta Desika writes Nammalwar is a Sudra. Wonder how people are going to take this. Secular Sudras, we have them all history like the Kakatiyas but Bhaktas who were accepted with open arms? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, this explains why Vishnubhat Godse used the words Desh and Hindustan. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Very few would have heard of the name of Santaras(a minor kingdom in Coorg and the coast), forget Santara Jagadeva. It is fascinating to note, even such petty vassals acted as sword arms of mighty rulers when need arose. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The usual Telugu-Tamil issue. Telugus wrote Kulottunga invaded Chola Empire and conquered it, Tamils write he is their prince. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, according to the great Gopinatha Rao of Travancore Archaeological Series fame, Rama killed Ravana because he was sex-starved? This is exactly why a whole rework should be done on all the Indian inscriptions(can't guarantee the integrity of the current generation either). Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Another perspective of British Control of Hindu Temples. It's not just the wealth, but also the capture of rallying points. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar These Tamil names are getting on my nerves. Samayapuram is Veera Someswaram, Sendamangalam is Jayantamangalam and now, Sendalai is Chandralekha Chaturvedi Mangalam? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Rajaraja Chola's mother is the only Chola queen who committed Sati? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar And yes. There were cases of Reverse Sati as well. How can one explain that from a societal point of view? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Ignoring the chaos between Parantaka and Rajaraja I, there was not one but multiple end of dynasties. Was this the origin for Krimikantha?
1. Rajendra Chola I(Manimangalam Inscription of Rajendra II)
2. Rajadhiraja
3. Rajendra II
4. Adhirajendra
5. Vikrama Chola
6. Rajaraja II Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The legend of Karunakara Tondaiman. Clearly, it tells he is very important. Is it possible that he is glorified because Kulottunga is not a Chola and this is a representation of Kulottunga's jealousy(or perceived jealousy) against a true blood Tamil? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Reminds me of this and it's applicable to that Feroze guy as well.
What is the gap and why are we not able to control the narrative? Three reasons
1. Abrahamic societal background
2. Sanskrit academics dissociated without any cultural reference
3. Colonial sense of entitlement. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, a temple is not a building. It's an economical power hub and an all in one from a school to a hospital to a hotel. Makes sense for everyone to target temples in an effort to ruin India, right? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Did the Cholas have a camel corps? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The Legend of Kailasanatha - Buddha is a false Avatara Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Ramanuja had trouble with Lord Vishnu as well? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Parasurama of Kerala is actually Mayurasarman? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Surprised to learn Vijayaditya is that great a commander. Does this mean he killed Rajadhiraja Chola? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So this is the origin of this, "There is never an India" thingy? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Why does Rajadhiraja remind me of Dattaji Shinde? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar These Europeans...is this how you describe someone? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, the Cholas are not Kshatriyas? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Looks like, when we are looking at inscriptions, we need to focus on minutae like Kimidi and Gidrisingi? These unexpected details are more useful in plotting the boundaries on kingdoms than the details of spectacular battles. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Karunakara Tondaiman is from the Chaturtha Varna. What am I missing here? Are Pallavas not Brahmins? Or, after they lost, they were degraded? Or Karunakara isn't a Pallava? By the way, what's the caste of Kopperunchiga? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Buhler on Vikramanka Charitra. The sad part is, even today, his synopsis is the only English translation of the work. Though there is a really good Hindi translation, wonder how many refer it...By the way, the same people glorify fantasies like Odessey or Aneid. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Am confused here. If Rattapadi itself is 7,50,000 graded(villages?) what is this Andhra with 50,00,000? Is it that big? Or is it a new designation during Kakatiya era? And if Vengi Vishaya(not the whole Vengi Kingdom) itself is 16000, what of the whole of Vengi Kingdom? ImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, the Kondapadumati Rajulu elevated themselves socially by translating their names to Sanskrit? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Why do I get a feeling, Brahmanda Purana and others defining Trilinga Desa corresponds to Chalukyan Telugu lands excluding Vengi? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Which is the oldest reference to a Prabha? ImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar The usual Vengi Chalukya/Chola bickering. Velanati Rajendra Choda was the supreme commander of Kalinga invasion and not Karunakara Tondaiman? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Hanumakonda Inscription of Rudradeva - Consecration of Thousand Pillars Temple of Warangal. There can't be a better proof than this for saying the temple contained idols of Lord Surya and Lord Vishnu, though only the Sivalinga exists now. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The hijacking of December 25. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Intellectual dishonesty at the highest levels. What's written and what's written in the quoted sources. All the more a reason for one to confirm the sources before doing anything. ImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, as late as 1970, India complained to Pakistan over treatment of it's minorities and has decided to complain all eternity. Is anyone listening to what they were saying? ImageImageImage
@anujdhar @curryputtar An East India Company Inscription. Fasli and Isavi are something uncomfortable to read in Devanagari. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar A Hindu Prasasti of a Muslim King Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, Kalyani Chalukyas are from Warangal? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Sivaji's Birth Chart Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar I can't stop laughing reading this. Were these the sort of people who tried to decipher Indian history? Different thing that their nonsense is making us break our heads even today. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar So, this problem was always there? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Not a confused soul, but adherent of two religions.
I serve the feet of Lord Chennakasava
I am from the Bharadvaja Vamsa
Having an epithet Kavisarvabhauma
I am Srinatha, a devotee of Lord Siva Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Which is older? Tamil Brahmi or Bhattiprolu? If Bhattiprolu script is historically considered older(need not be now), why is it called Tamil Brahmi and not Telugu Brahmi? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar If an Indian and a Britisher drew swords, even if it is in academic circles, what happens to that Indian? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar A question. Returu Kaifiyat took the story from which of the two versions? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Doesn't this remind one of another prominent religious figure? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Insults galore, rhyming with names of kingdoms. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The much villified Manusmriti. May be, we should attribute the defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan to this book because the enemy didn't follow the book? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Every household word has a story behind it. Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar The weapons used in the Battle of Palnadu. What sort of weapons are these, and how did they wield them? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Which is the oldest Tamil Inscription without any Sanskritic influences? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Diwan Purnaiah Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Is it possible that the British imposed the same on Travancore leading to a rebellion there? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar Saying that, what historic proofs have we got for Alfred the Great or Harold Bluetooth? Image
@anujdhar @curryputtar What did this Erikalinga do? Gloat or oppose? Image
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