"The land Aryas entered, which had been home to the Harappan Civilization, had great cities with no traces of palaces or temples and no evidence of any military activity. It was an egalitarian society that would put much of the present world to shame."
- Peggy Mohan.
- Peggy Mohan.
Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages by Peggy Mohan is a must-read book.
"To look at present-day Kerala is to wonder whether Malayalam is a single language or many spoken varieties pulling together under a gentle gravitational force, egged on by literature, the school system and mass media."
- Chapter 3, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants.
This book is Wow
- Chapter 3, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants.
This book is Wow
"Namboodiri Brahmins arrived in Kerala in 8th century AD."
- Chapter 3, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants.
Very few books mention this (A Survey of Kerala by A Sreedhara Menon and Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia by Bardwell Smith)
- Chapter 3, Wanderers, Kings, Merchants.
Very few books mention this (A Survey of Kerala by A Sreedhara Menon and Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia by Bardwell Smith)
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