#Mughal

A thread of very good, wonderful, truly Super Bowls.Translucent agate bowl with ornamental grooves and coffee-and-cream marbling. Found near Qift in southern Egypt. 300 - 1,000 BC. Getty Museum
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a thread on why or how "kameeni/kameena" are casteist slurs (tw : mentions of casteist slurs) In the 13th century, Brahmins used to call Islamic missionaries "Syeds". The Arabic meaning
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And now a super-thread on the winding & complicated (pun intended) history of the tuǧra, a textual feature often defined as a 'calligraphic emblem' for 'Turkic' rulers, though that definition
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India's farmer protests aren't just about a piece of worthwhile but badly-handled agricultural legislation.They're potentially the birth pangs of a more urbanized, prosperous India that will transform the world in
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"Perbezaan Identiti India Utara dan India Selatan".Pernah tengok tak filem Chennai Express lakonan Shah Rukh Khan dengan Deepika Padukone. Dalam filem tu sebenarnya nak gambar perbezaan dunia Utara dan Selatan
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Kasa fort/Padmadurg ( Raigad): Sambhaji Maharaj is credited for building around 1676, to keep a watch on the activities in the Arabian Sea.The sea forts built by Shivaji Maharaj in
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As recently as 1833, Indian bar iron, metal etc were the best in the world for manufacturing steel wires, electrical conductors, absorbers etc ! The steel was in great demand
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European colonialism doesn’t begin with Colombus or 1492. Western Europe tends to ignore Levantine colonialism: The Frankokratia left a swath of merchant colonies across the Eastern Mediterranean which were in
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since we are on the topic let me introduce you to Islamic architecture and design! (and bunch of educational info bc I got carried away) so In the holy Qu'raan
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Zafarnama is a spiritual victory letter that was sent by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1705 to the Mughal Emperor of India, Aurangzeb after the Battle of Chamkaur.Do you
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Do these understand a word of Gurbani? They think "hair" determines if they are Sikh. Who is your Guru? Guru Granth Sahib or McAuliffe? Can you tell me where in
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Rajputs hardly fought any battles (post-Mughals) then why they consider themself as Warriors? How a Bunch of Firangi Traders in their pursuit of economical gain will trigger two-family occupations in
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WOE TO THE BLOODY CITY!On this day in 1857 the British guns fell silent as Captain John Nicholson gave the order to storm Delhi and bring the British one step
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Just returning home from 8 days in Pakistan as part of a Khanqahi tour which I also used as an opportunity to visit Sufi shrines, historical sites and experience authentic,
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How are you spending the last day of the year? We're drinking coffee and doing a tweet of some of our favourite 2020 stories from India & the neighbourhood,
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K a thread of ideas...2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia. https://twitter.com/HottingerLauren/status/1343789028076871681 Locals discover 20 coffins of unknown origi
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