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3 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Which Sikh repulsed the 1st ever arab invasion into Bharat in 7th century?Nagabhatta "Singh"🙂Which Sikh smashed islamic barbarians out of Kalinga in 12th century?Narasimha Deva "Singh"🙂Which Sikh liberated Southern Bharat from islamic barbarians in 1370's? Bukka Raya "Singh"🙂
Lesson here: Never belittle & suppress your own achievements in order to big up someone else, even if they happen to be a friendly ally.

No need for any exaggeration of historical facts either.

Plain honest truth telling will suffice.
If only a fraction of the credit is given to medieval Rajputs who stood as a bulwark against external aggression for over 400 yrs in the north & the Rayas of Vijayanagara who did the same for over 300 yrs in the South, our country would be in a much better place. Buy hey... 🙂
Thank god for the Marathas. They survived the marxist distortion of history simply due to their sheer size & might. Hard to wipe away someone who controlled territories from Attock to Thanjavur. If not for Marathas, Hindu rule would have ended with the Guptas in our text books.
Thread on Nagabhatta of the Pratihara clan, Narasimha Deva of Eastern Ganga & Bukka Raya of Vijayanagara.

Hindus have been fighting barbarian invaders for a long long time.

PS: These 3 great Hindu kings pre-date Sikhism by several centuries.

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4 Dec
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3 Dec
Description of an average residential dwelling during the Mauryan times. (2300 yrs ago)

The principles & the rules governing Hindu architecture (Manasara) is as vast as an ocean. It is a pity we have moved away from traditional methods of construction of residential building.
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We had a highly evolved system of standardized measurement (Manopakarana vidhana). Shame it is not taught in schools /uni.
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