Thread by @holland_tom

Namaste! Today's @TheRestHistory takes on the insanely ambitious project of giving a 4,500 year HISTORY OF INDIA in under an hour, in 10 buildings.

@arthysteriaa brilliantly rises to the challenge!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/110…
open.spotify.com/episode/6lF7pQ…
play.acast.com/s/the-rest-is-…

I am going to put up photos of @arthysteriaa's choice of ten buildings that best illustrate the history of India.

Do not follow this thread if you would rather listen to the episode without knowing what they are!

1. The Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro (c. 2500 BC): Sindh, Pakistan
2. Barbar Caves (3rd century BC): Bihar, India
3. Udaygiri Caves (5th century AD): Madhya Pradesh, India
4. Cheraman Juma Mosque (629*): Kerala, India

*Allegedly

5. Chola temples (11th-12th centuries): Tamil Nadu, India
6. Qutb Minar Complex (12th-14th centuries: Delhi, India
7. Babur's Gardens (1520s): Kabul, Afghanistan
8. Jaipur City (18th century): Rajasthan, India

9. Gateway of India (1913-24): Mumbai, India
10. Hall of Nations (1972): New Delhi, India

Our massive, massive thanks to @arthysteriaa!

"There, behind barbed wire, was Hindustan. Here, behind the same kind of wire, was Pakistan. In between, on that piece of ground that had no name, lay Toba Tek Singh."

Also cited in the episode - @arthysteriaa's commemoration of Partition - is this story: columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pri…