#Bactria

Unheard Voice 🦋 🦋

All this debate about Vedas and the supposedly "aryans" is because of Max Muller and his dating of Vedas to 1200 BCE. He did it on a very ad hoc

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

As a refresher, the Kushans were Iranian nomads who settled in Bactria and, in the first century CE, built an empire that covered most of modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern

sine_injuria_bis (SHADOW-BANNED)

1897 Short Studies in the Science of Comparative Religions, Embracing All the Religions of #Asia by JGR Forlonghttps://archive.org/details/shortstudiesins00forl/page/n3/mode/2up 1897https://archive.org/details/shortstudiesins00forl/page/n17/mode/2upp

Evan Schultheis

My Hunnic Kaftan is finally complete. Based on the Loulan find, but with modification to the sleeves to match Old Termez (4th c.) and Moshchevaja Balka (8th-9th c.), in reverse

Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠

Empires, like individuals, can tire. It was not for naught that Afghanistan has been called, 'the graveyard of empires'.And at the moment, we're witnessing last days of American hegemony. Trump

Antiokhos in the East

Being thinking about coins and coloniser/colonised identities a bit today. Coins of Greco-Bactrians in today’s Afghanistan are famous for their size and quality - like this glorious gold stater of

Happy #InternationalArchaeologyDay from the sunny Cyclades! This year's fieldwork has been anything but ordinary, so I thought I'd celebrate #IAD2020 by sharing everything we've been doing since June!Buckle up for

TRUMP2Q2Q 🐸🇺🇸🛡⚔️3️⃣6️⃣9️⃣

1). Royal Raymond Rife. Have you ever heard of him? Do you know what he was working on? Have you ever heard the term “Resonance Frequency?” Lets

Amit Schandillia

[THREAD: UJJAIN — HYPE VS. FACTS]1/82Timekeeping is a 3,500-year-old tradition that goes back to Ancient Egypt and Babylon where they used giant stone obelisks for the purpose. We call them

#Hinduism in the #Afghan Frontier, a glorious history of resilience and heroism unparalleled in human history.#Megathread #Hinduism #Afghanistan Somewhere in the pages of history, a story of courage and bravery

Evan Schultheis

Roman Helmet Evolution 2: "Screw you Baldenheims" BoogalooA thread: First: sorry the edges are cut off slightly, my scanner was being a pain.As you may have guessed today's rant is

Invasion of India by Alexander the Great: Part 2This is the concluding part of the thread on Alexander's Invasion of India between 327 - 325 BCE. After his victory, Alexander

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

Going to start a new thread about battles, tactics, armies, warriors and military titles in Eastern and Western Iranic lands, right under this tweet. At the Battle of Gaugamela (October

oldeuropeanculture

#FolkloreThursday Thread: Looongish, but hopefully interesting...In it I will talk about ferns, feathers, thunder gods and thunder god names...Ferns are a very ancient family of plants: early fern fossils predate

Amit Schandillia

[THREAD: HISTORY OF THE HINDU TEMPLE]1/102Four hours south of Aswan in Lower Nubia, right by the Nile, is a region dotted with temple complexes built more than 3,000 years ago.

𝔦 𝔬 - 𝔰 𝔞 𝔱 𝔲 𝔯 𝔫 𝔞 𝔩 𝔦 𝔞

1 RT = 1 TRUE REDPILL, IRONPILL, ARYAPILL, KALIPILL & WHITEPILL [& More]The assorted oral tradition of the Learned Patricians of al'Kaliyya Be sure to finish this thread to its