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Why could someone undertake and commission such projects I am trying to understand the purpose of building these monuments do you think it's something more than just Faith and Devotion ...Was it being made to achieve some other purpose?? submitted by /u/Imaginary-Bat903 [link] [comments]
“Om Namo Arihantam, Om Namo Siddhanam, Om Namo Ayariyanam Om Namo Uvajhiyanam, Om Namo Loe Savva Sahunam, Eso Panch Namokaro Sava Pava Pana Sano, Mangla Nam cha Sauvesim, Padhamam Hawai Mangalam’ I am a Jain from Mumbai. I was talking to my mother about oral transmission of history through millennia, like the Rigveda has. At first, my mother couldn’t believe it. She said, “Surely, it is better…
Hi everyone! I’ve been reading up on the ancient DNA studies regarding the Steppe ancestry in India, and I have a question about how historians and scientists interpret it compared to what happened in Europe. From what I understand from the genetic data: 1. The ancestry coming in from the Steppe was overwhelmingly male. 2. Almost everyone in India has some of this Steppe ancestry on their father's…
I have always wondered why most of Indian society is not matrilineal, is it because Indian-origin religions mandate the same? I am looking for in-depth answers from sociologists/anthropologists and not another one of those Islamic invasion victimhood answers. submitted by /u/OdyaToka [link] [comments]
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The king who issued those inscriptions is Veera Ballala II (also spelled Vira Ballala II or Vira-Vallala-Devarasar in the Tamil records). "...Devar Vira-Vallala-Devarasar vadakku Ariyar mel eduttu vittu Nakkigundi-kkottaiyura alittu venru padai i Dorasamuttirattilii elundaruli..." Ik that this inscription is in Tamil as they expanded deep into Tamil Nadu. In fact, they grew so fond of the region…
Weren't they aware that the more the position of the British empire gets stronger on the world stage, the more difficult the independence movement will become? submitted by /u/yedanapuddi [link] [comments]
Is it true that Sambhaji initially sided with the Mughals? submitted by /u/Vagabondjokester [link] [comments]
Historically, we had two Patañjali(s): one who authored the Mahābhāṣya, commentary on Pāṇini generally dated to 150 BCE and the one who compiled (not necessarily sole author) of the Yogasūtras, later fused with its commentary into the Pātañjalayogaśāstra. Indian tradition attributes to Patañjali three important texts, each in adifferent domain: a seminal treatise on Sanskrit grammar, a…
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