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Kashmiri Brahmins & Karnataka go a long way. A large number of Kashmiri Brahmanas settled down in Vijayanagara. They were accorded a high position. In an inscription dated to 1368

PV Kane in his book "History of Dharmashastras" gives us the chief reason for the decline of Buddhism in India.1)People realised the dangers of buddhist teachings of constantly being preach

Today's gem. We "South Indians" don't prescribe to Vedas & also jyotish shastra apparently.It seems we follow Naadi instead. Ok fair enough. I am a firm believer of Naadi myself.

A Thread on the description of Bharatavarsha & its sacred mountain ranges, river systems & its people in the Brahma PuranaRishi Lomaharshana begins the description of Bharatavarsha with this verse:उत्तरेण

No one explains away the the post colonial mental condition called "Macaulayism" better than late Shri Sitaram Goel. He always had a special way with words while describing the ills

A thread on my book recommendation for Hindus. Many of you might already be familiar with some of these books...but sharing it anyway for the benefit of those who are

On the glory of the Maratha empire & its heros, Savarkar in his book titled "Hindutva" writes.. "Because we(Hindus) had won we thought it had been an easy matter. If

This Hoysala era reclining Maha Vishnu lies smuggled away at the National museum of Denmark. This Pala era Uma Maheshwara sculpture lies smuggled away at the Cinquantenaire Museum in Belgium

Aurel Stein, the british archaeologist who excavated sites around (K)hotan once remarked he could have easily mistaken these sites for those in Punjab & Haryana, the very heart of Vedic

This madam writes for a Singapore based rag, the straits times.Singapore,the draconian dictatorship city state which has deployed creepy 4 legged robots straight out of an episode of black mirror

Anyone who calls themselves a Hindu will arm themselves with unquantifiable knowledge these 11 mammoth history books by RC Majumdar have to offer.You need nothing more than these 11 books

Shri Rama Navami good wishes to all Hindus. Here's a glorious life size 500+ year old Vijayanagara era carving of Rama, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Sugreeva & Angada. Now how do we