Brahmins and Ashraafs not only set the rules for social climbing but also imposed rigid categories on the masses through their proximity to British power.
From Kautilya’s Arthashastra to Mughal policies and British non-intervention, India’s response to supply shocks has long been defined by the role of the state.
When the British replaced Persian with English as the administrative language in 1837, they uprooted a seven-century tradition that had become, in every sense, Indian.
The relationship between Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent was built over five centuries by people who were entrepreneurial, mobile, literate, and commercially connected.
From the inception of Indian statecraft, political theorists were aware of the dangers of corruption. Arthashastra recommends that all senior officials be tested by secret agents.
Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.
As early states developed in the Iranian plateau and northern India, ideas continued to circulate between the steppe and the settlements of the Iranian plateau and the Punjab plains.
Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.
The Indian Right and Liberals all accepted the British conception of Hindu, Muslim and British India and the country's eventual decline. What they disagreed on was its cause.
Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Evryone knows krishnadevaraya ಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇವ ರಾಯ rulef the richest kingdom. Forget about self appraisal by kings, other historians have wrotten that diamonds were being sold on the streets of vijaya nagara which was the capital of karnata samrajya. There are seven volumes of inscriptions on donations made by the kings in the past to Lord Venkateshwara. One entire volume is about donations made by Krishnadevaraya, that mostly constituted gold jewellery. Probably one gold jewelry is worth 100 gold coins.
Rajaraja Chola was an idiot who made the Islamic conquest of India easier. Instead of fighting the armies of Islam, he attacked his Hindu neighbouring rulers. Instead of defeating the Islamic invaders with nefarious designs on India, he plundered and pillaged Indian rajas.
So much for being a great warrior. He was a useful idiot who helped Islam in it’s pursuit of dominance over the Indian subcontinent.
Evryone knows krishnadevaraya ಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇವ ರಾಯ rulef the richest kingdom. Forget about self appraisal by kings, other historians have wrotten that diamonds were being sold on the streets of vijaya nagara which was the capital of karnata samrajya. There are seven volumes of inscriptions on donations made by the kings in the past to Lord Venkateshwara. One entire volume is about donations made by Krishnadevaraya, that mostly constituted gold jewellery. Probably one gold jewelry is worth 100 gold coins.
Rajaraja Chola was an idiot who made the Islamic conquest of India easier. Instead of fighting the armies of Islam, he attacked his Hindu neighbouring rulers. Instead of defeating the Islamic invaders with nefarious designs on India, he plundered and pillaged Indian rajas.
So much for being a great warrior. He was a useful idiot who helped Islam in it’s pursuit of dominance over the Indian subcontinent.
Rajaraja Chola had the foresight to invest in crypto. Thus he became the richest king.