#Ancient

I periodically see arguments about how Rāvana, Mahābali or some other Asura in Purānic stories is a Brahmin. The arguments are often given as counter to colonial/missionary propaganda of racist
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"𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱,𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓲𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻
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Following the war in and around #Artsakh, you will inevitably read the same arguments again and again. Here are some of the tiresome and sometimes dehumanising or stupendous arguments that
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If we truly wanted India to become a stronger democracy, we should have installed CM (and candidate) Narendra Modi as THE Leader of Opposition to the government headed by PM
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1. I happened upon @WarNuse’s tweet on John McCain & his treason & seditious conspiracy.I show you how Q states “We don’t say his name.” I’m sure there’s been some
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Shri Ram Mandir, view of an Ex secular :The Ram Janam bhoomi that's sacred to thousands of Hindus world wide had an an ancient temple even before 5th century CEThe
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the fallacy of using mughal vandalism as a defence to what happened in 1992 with regard to the demolition of babri - a thread the most common defence right wing
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this neglects to mention the real draw of criminal minds: the fact that every episode hinges on the question, “how do we make this even more unthinkably fucked-up?” on paper,
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PSA: if anyone wants to binge the sopranos @Stackson7575 and I will be starting tonight. *5 mins into ep 1* Jackson asked if A.J. was “the kid from the sandlot”
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Wuxian Shaonu 48 (also known as Wuxian Shaonu 48 Infinite), a Chinese anime series inspired by the idol group SNH48: A thread!#无限少女48 Wuxian Shaonu 48 takes place in the year
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Why is the 13th zodiac sign a perennial mystery? I thought it'd be fun to do a thread on the history of the zodiac and how we actually know where
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why wearing black hairstyles is considered cultural appropriation: an educational thread if you think black hairstyles are "just hair", that's not the case. ancient african civilizations used their hairstyles to
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Since many of you had no idea, here is a thread about Maronites in Palestine and the holy land. Maronites in Palestine are a mix of indigenous people who lived
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100 great islamic figures that changed history’s course 《 thread 》*disclaimer: - this thread is going to be based on the names mentioned in a book called مائة من عظماء
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Why Men Struggle to Go Vegan & What You Can Do (THREAD)1. Going Vegan Looks WeakWe think veganism is for "wimps" "liberals" "sensitive types" & "snowflakes". Guys that go vegan
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Long before Christoph Luxenberg, medieval Muslim authorities compiled lists of foreign vocabularies in the Quran. The Quran contains words from Ethiopian, Persian, Indian, Turkic, Nabatean, Syriac, Coptic, Hebrew, Greek, and
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