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  1. The brick structures at Sāvatthī were mostly built during the Mauryan, Kushan, and Guptan periods. So, Buddha never actually set foot in the Mulagandhakuti, which is just a shrine. But, he did probably stay in a mud/thatch/wood hut near there during rains retreats.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetavana

    #buddhism #earlybuddhism #maurya #gupta #india #bharat #bharata #jambudipa #history #jetavana #savatthi #sravasti #shravasti

  2. @guardianfeeds

    This would be expected as India moves in a medievalist direction under the BJP and Modi.

    Can only imagine what other medieval practices will re-emerge.

    #India #Bharat #Modi #BJP #WomensRights #Feminism #CasteSystem

  3. As I understand, yoga, meditation, equality, & viewing the forest as sacred came from the Indus Valley Civilisation (proto-Dravidian) and AASI/tribal peoples, in contrast to the caste-hierarchical, fire-sacrificing, horse-and-plains culture of the Vedic Indo-Aryans.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashupat

    #yoga #meditation #equality #sacred #indusvalley #ivc #harappa #aasi #asi #tribal #indigenous #india #bharat #subcontinent #desi #caste #sacrifice #vedic #vedas #indoaryan #dravidian

  4. Interesting fact: the Jaya Srī Mahā Bodhi tree in Anurādhapura, Srī Laṅkā was grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree, which was brought by Emperor Asoka's daughter, Saṅghamittā, in the 3rd c BCE. It is THE SAME ORGANISM as the original Bodhi tree. If only it could speak.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_Sri

    #buddhism #india #bharat #srilanka #bodhi #bodhitree #enlightenment #nirvana #nibbana #botany #biology #ashoka #asoka

  5. Ash Sarkar meets William Dalrymple.

    Alexander the Great as a footnote in history is a great start.

    Pliny the Elder complaining about decadent silk and, well, woke spices is fun.

    Other topics: Hindi numbers and the circumference of the Earth; Buddhism as a religion of traders and its relationship to the only female Chinese emperor in 3000 years.

    Tongue in cheek:
    Shakespeare and Leonardo da Vinci?
    Indian, 😉.

    youtu.be/iI8KmWVGOYw

    #history #India #Bharat #Rome #China #Asia

  6. INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-182][EP-411] – ARBIND KUMAR BLOG

    SABARMATI ASHRAM ROLE OF MAHATMA GANDHI IN INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT (SERIES-2) MAHATMA GANDHI’S CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAMME BETWEEN 1922 TO 1930 GANDHI’S political actions in INDIA between 1922 and 1930 were primarily focused on rebuilding the nationalist movement after the suspension of the NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT in 1922 after CHAURI CHAURA incident.That was a blow on many of…

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  7. INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-181][EP-410] – ARBIND KUMAR BLOG

    MAHATMA GANDHI ROLE OF MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT (SERIES-1) CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAHA OF 1917 The CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAHA of 1917 was the first SATYAGRAHA MOVEMENT led by MAHATMA GANDHI during the NATIONAL MOVEMENT in INDIA. CHAMPARAN was a district of BIHAR (INDIA). Farmers’ uprising took place there during the BRITISH RAJ in INDIA.The farmers were protesting…

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  8. INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT[PART-170][EP-399] – ARBIND KUMAR BLOG

    THE FIRST SESSION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS IN BOMBAY FROM 28-31 DECEMBER 1885 THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS  Source: INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT – ARBIND KUMAR BLOG

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  9. INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT

    TIPU SULTAN TIPU SULTAN, popularly known as Sher-e-Mysore (Tiger of MYSORE), was the son and successor of HYDER ALI, who ruled the Kingdom of MYSORE … INDIA , THAT IS BHARAT -A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, #BHARAT

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