#Kushan

Curwen Ares Rolinson

huntersrolinson

This Is #GangSteppe - a fine 2nd century AD Kushan depiction of Lord Skanda, from Gandhara in present-day Afghanistan/Pakistan. Something I find pretty cool about this particular rendering, is that

William Dalrymple

DalrympleWill

Some favourite masterpieces of early Buddhist art. Over the last week I have been researching the diffusion of early Buddhism. Here are some favourites I dug out from my travels.1.The

Afghan Historians

AfghanHistorian

#Kanishka I was, the greatest, and certainly the most famous, of the #Kushan kings. He is known, from the combined testimony of the literary, epigraphic, and numismatic sources, to have

Indian History

IndianHistory0

The Kushana Empire was founded by Mahārājādhirāja Kujula Kadphises, a Shaivite Hindu convert from his ancestral Steppe religion of the Yüeh-chih. He was not a Buddhist, as popularly believed. A

Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳

Aabhas24

#SadarPranam to Ishvara within you. You seem to be ill informed. Here I explain how & u may respond should u hv substance.This is a painting from 1015 AD East

Afghan Historians

AfghanHistorian

The Buddhist site of #TapaSardarBuddhist sanctuary rises on a hill which dominates a vast portion of the Dasht-i Manara plain Ghanzi #Afghanistan. The excavation of the site, carried out by

अंचित्य The United nation president

The_Pinake

List of largest empires in India history1.King vikramadityaKing Vikramaditya made Ujjain his capital, in present-day Madhya Pradesh. He almost ruled whole Asia . Vikramaditya empire controlled many parts of Modern

Coffeefueled

EponymousBreeze

Look closely at this brick created ~ 300-250 BC & you can see Greek writing. It was found at Ai-Khanoum, on the Northern border of Afghanistan. Ai-Khanoum was a primary

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

1/ Religion was another important link between #China and #Iran in both ancient and medieval times. This thread will briefly explore the Sino-#Iranian connection in the spread of three religions

Kagaho Du Bénou 🔥🦅

Alzar__1

[THREAD BERSERK]L’arc de la tour d’albion est un des moins compris de Berserk et en effet, si on ne réfléchit pas 1min on n’y comprend rien.Heureusement pour vous bas-peuple, il

Bharatputra101

bharatputra101

This thread is on the #Holocaust of #Hindus in past 2000 years. #must_read because No one is going to tell these things to u,therefore it is very important to read

Sujal

ReadBerserk1

Berserk 361: A Chapter Analysis thread This has been by far the best Berserk release I've had pleasure of experiencing. The chapter exceeded my and many people's expectations if you

Dr. Jennifer Raff

JenniferRaff

I have the honor to be co-guest editing a special issue of @PhysAnth on race. This special issue, in dialogue with our @AAAGenetics session and Presidential Panel in 2019 on

Rebecca L. Spang

RebeccaSpang

Time for another #MoneyAtoZ thread. A series of tweetorials based on my @iubHistory @IUCollege History of Money course (HIST-W 330).A is for Ancient EconomyB is for BitcoinC is for Cowriesd

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD: WHEN GREECE RULED INDIA]1/89Some time in the 7th century AD, Sanskrit writer Bāṇabhaṭṭa did a biography on his patron, emperor Harshavardhana. It was titled Harṣacarīta and is said to

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uglyluhan

Gonna use this question as an excuse to look at the Islamisation of the Melaka kingdom, and whether there was opposition to the religionhttps://twitter.com/LuQQAtMe/status/1350368256763183105?s=19 I previously did a thread explaining

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