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Topic: Kushans

Dancing Shiva in Samarkand: Central Asian traders spread Hinduism, Buddhism along Silk Road

800 years before Babur, Hindu gods were worshipped by merchant diasporas in Central Asia.

Shiva, Skanda: How Hindu gods absorbed Iranian, Greek ideas

Some of the most important gods of modern India were influenced by Central Asian elites of the Kushan Empire.

We know very little of the Kushans— middlemen of silk road & empire that gave India Kanishka

In ‘The Stone Tower’, Riaz Dean blends aims to solve a 2,000-year-old riddle: Where was the Stone Tower, the lost landmark that represented the midpoint and thumping heart of the Silk Road?

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Marxism extinguishes democratic rights the moment it captures power: MA Venkata Rao

Being founded on class war, any State founded on Marxism is bound to set itself in opposition, bitter and all-out, against all other nations, libertarian commentator MA Venkata Rao wrote in 1963.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

1st ever live battle array formation, Shaktibaan regiments—what’s new at the R-Day parade this yr

The 77th Republic Day Parade at Kartavya Path will showcase India’s operational synergy and self-reliance, highlighting combat readiness, indigenous weaponry and joint military operations.

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.