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History PhD @ JNU. I blend my two loves: eyemakeup and history at Eyeshadow & Etihaas. For enquiries/collabs contact eyeshadowetihaas@gmail.com
প্রদীপ্ত মৈত্র (Pradipto Moitra) Profile picture 1 subscribed
Jan 24 4 tweets 4 min read
Lets bust KK Muhammad's propaganda, shall we? If you don't want to read the whole thread, here's the video ()

1) KK Mohd (from now on KKM) was involved in the 1976 excavation carried out by BB Lal, he was only a *student* in this excavation, as he himself says in screenshot 2

2) 1976 excavation has no published report till date, we can't verify KKM's gobbledygook. However, a summary of the excavation was published in Indian Archaeology Review, screenshot 3 has what it says. Doesn't mention any temple at all.

3) The court ordered excavation was 2003 excavation, this was the only excavation that was carried out directly underneath the Mosque, since the mosque by then was fully demolished by absolute criminals

4) KKM was not part of the 2003 excavation

5) 2003 excavation had 2 observers Prof Varma and Prof Menon, who flagged major problems in the excavation, including creation of pillar bases by the ASI, here's their paper

6) The observers conclude in their paper that what was found was a mosque and not a temple. The mosque was dated 12th-13th c. (screenshot 4)

7) So RW dodos have so far been believing a person who wasn't present in the court ordered excavation of 2003.

8) RW dodos have been calling it KKM' *findings* when they weren't even his findings, excavation was led by BB Lal and no report was ever published.

9) Questions that journalists should've asked KK: Where is the 1976 excavation report? Why does the summary of the report published in IAR 1976 make no mention of any temple at all? You were only a student at the 1976 excavation, how reliable are your observations, since there is no written report?

Till journalists don't ask tough questions to dodos kaise chalega?? 🤷🏻‍♀️
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As for the 2003 excavation major red flags were highlighted by the observers, I've explained all in the video linked above, but here's a screenshot, they *created* pillar bases #NeverForget
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Dec 9, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
The screenshot is an example of WhatsAppery, here's an example of history:

Contribution of Islamic world to Science and Tech:

Al Jibr (Algebra)-- by Al Khwarizmi, 9th c AD

Al Kimiya (Alchemy) -- by Jabir Hayyan (especially the principle of Takwin), 9-10th c AD

Astronomy (finding out the correct length of the solar year)- Al Battani, 10th c AD

Trigonometry- developed by Nizam al din Tusi, 13th c AD

Botany- Al Dinawari, 9th c AD, also Qazwini, 13th c AD

Cartography- Abu Zayd Balkhi, 9th-10th c AD

Geometry- Al Farabi, 9th century AD

Quadratic equations- Some of them still used by Omar Khayyam, 11-12th c AD.

Medicine- Al Razi (figured out smallpox, and that fever is body's immune system working) 9-10th c AD

Magnifying lens- Abbas Firnas 9th c AD

Refraction- Discovered by Ibn Sahi, 10th c AD

The list is 4 times more, you know there'll be a video soon on this as part of my world history series on my channel here.

Expect WhatsAppery experts to counter this by saying "zero we gave" or "yeh sab yahin se aya hai" so predictably insecure.
Image Sources: Howard Turner, Science in medieval Islam and George Saliba, Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
Jan 5, 2023 14 tweets 3 min read
TW: Abuse/Self Harm. Submitted my PhD thesis. Minor bumps on the way like getting out of a physically and mentally abusive relationship (my only one!), battling PTSD, many self sabotaging beliefs and scary thoughts about self harm. This one's for my only beacon of light. Image Abuse creates a world of deep loneliness. Your abuser is quite alright with everyone else he meets, creating a really disturbing "why me?" in your mind which is a lot more difficult to overcome than the abuse itself. Worse if it's laced with breadcrumbing "love"