#Ancient

There seems to be a vertical division among #medtwitterindia about Ayurveda. One group derides Ayurveda altogether, and jump to lable other modern practitioners as if they are endorses of quackery.
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Pramanas- Sources of knowledge in Indian philosophyVedic-Śruti(Vedas) supreme!Nyaya-Pratyakṣa(Empirical)>Anumāna(Inference)Jaina-Intuition supreme!Buddhist-Empirical>>inferenceCharvaka-Empirical supreme!Ancient Greeks-Inference
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Thread on ethical views of different atheistic philosophers in Ancient India:1. In ancient India, Charvaka Darshana was not the only atheistic school. Here, by atheistic, I mean both the kind
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This is one of my favorite works of art. The artist was a Ponca named Standing Buffalo. He drew a battle. I love it because he fought in it in
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Evolution 'Multiregional' hypothesis vs 'Out of Africa' hypothesis Map depicting the hypothesized Out of Africa migrations Fertile Crescent Overview map of the world around 2,000 B.C. https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/atlas
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7 most powerful African queens in history you need to know. [A Thread]1. Amina the Queen of Zaria NigeriaAmina Mohamud was a Hausa warrior queen of the city Zazzau, presently in the
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6) Soon afterwards Tolkien would begin creating his legendarium of Middle-earth with both “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” revolving around the magical, golden and often-stolen One Ring
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Appearance was very important for ancient Egyptians, and they are known as a symbol of ancient beauty, vanity, and hygiene. The way they looked and their hair style represented their
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Mansar Lake is situated 62 km (39 mi) from Jammu, Mansar is a lake fringed by forest-covered hills, over a mile in length by half-a-mile in width. Surinsar-Mansar Lakes are
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For the niche community following the new Permanent Subcommittee report on art & money laundering: much has been said about the policy implications. I'll add here that the report also
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1/ Following a short exchange with @WW2girl1944 today, I thought a #thread about the ancient city of Akko (also known as Acre) is in place. So lets go underground into
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nazis are SUPER into the following things:1) perfecting the body through discipline 2) returning to a lost "authentic" golden age 3) eating a lot of meat of course they're into
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Propaganda and myth around #Mahabharat that it is just a story ,While this #Thread gives#LogicalPoints For Those Who Thinks Mahabharata Is Not Real#RT1. It has been written in the epic
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Even amid a pandemic, researchers across the world have continued to make discoveries about our human ancestors. Here are some of the most interesting anthropological findings of 2020 that have
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NONSENSE!Delhi existed long BEFORE Muslim religion was born.Even the name Delhi is from Sanskrit (Dhillika).An ancient Sanskrit inscription from Purana Qila confirms Delhi was built by Tomaras!Qutub Minar is literally
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China’s greatest lost city - a thread.Xi’an - or Chang’an 长安, ‘Everlasting Peace’. One of China’s most evocative ancient cities.Miles of pristine walls and moat stretch around ancient streets full
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