#Fortifications

WORLD OF SANATAN DHARMA

world_sanatan

SOME OF THE MAJOR KINGS OF SOUTHERN INDIA A u must read 1. Pazhassi RajaPazhassi Raja is one of the first freedom fighters of our mother land and I

Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری

yusufpore

1. Today marks the 362nd anniversary of the #BattleofSamogarh; one of the most decisive (and defining), land-battles fought in the #history of Asia. A seminal conflict of arms that decided

#rebuildtheworld

d01230oom

Part 2 - High Altitude WarfareThe high altitude atmosphere makesLadakh an inhospitable and sparsely populated land, yet one that Pakistan/China has sought tocontrol. During the Kargil War. The Indian Army

Viśhāl | विशालः | விஷால்

vedicvishal

Ancient Vedic YantraThe word “yantra” is derived from the root yam, to control, and has been freely used in ancient India for any contrivance. Mechanical skills had produced in ancient

Duke of Qin

qin_duke

It's really difficult for American pundits to understand cause and effect because the incentive structure of Washington DC is so dysfunctional that it breeds people detached from reality who think

Tom-Hugo Couvet

THCouvet

Le #10mai, Journée commémorative du souvenir de l'#esclavage et de son abolition, est l’occasion de revenir brièvement sur l’histoire du « Havre-négrier », longtemps restée méconnue malgré son importance. Un

Jenny Grant

SilenceInPolish

This weekend, the city of #Breda celebrates the #75th anniversary of its liberation by #Maczek's 1st Polish Armoured Div.For Maczek, the victory at Breda was second only to Falaise.A thread

Dr Leonie Hicks

LeonieVHicks

The first in a series of threads about aspects of #Norman #MedievalHistory: Mont-Saint-Michel (suggested by @AnotherAspirin). This is a fascinating site, which I finally visited last year. 1. Let's start

हठयोगी

hathyogi31

Since, the trailer of tanaji has arrived, many asked me to make a thread on him. So here I am with the history of tanaji. But before that lets talk

isaac Samuel

rhaplord

Monastery of Ghazali 500AD, makura -christian nubia hope to include more entries from sudan's christian period 500-1400AD,more;https://books.google.co.ug/books/about/The_Nubi

Andy Arthur

cocteautriplets

The @britishlibrary have put up a really great scan of this Paul Sandby watercolour sketch of the vista north from Edinburgh Castle in 1750. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/50263334808) It's a moment before a

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

@Rob_Haug back for day four of the eastern frontier. Yesterday I started talking about the eastern frontiers of the Sasanian Empire, but, surprisingly, had trouble fitting four centuries into a

Alexander McKeever

AKMcKeever

Ok this is going to be excessive but while researching the Jebel Laylun piece I ended up geolocating a number of HRE attacks (A'zaz to Bashmara) from the last year

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Today, let's take a tour inside Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem & see some of the shops & buildings around the turn of the 20th centuryPhotochrom of the exterior of the

Laurie Voss

seldo

With unexpected speed -- one has literally nothing to do in quarantine on the weekends, it turns out -- we reach the 11th entry in project #EuropeanBios, Hadrian, Roman emperor

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saket71

An #Onam story:There was a tangible tension which hung that day among the mountains. Mahadev sat silent, listening to the Devas. Vishnu was smiling. "It is like going backwards in