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TopicThinking Medieval

Topic: Thinking Medieval

South India’s Jain goddesses you haven’t heard of: Establishers of dynasties, fierce protectors

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Jvalamalini’s legends depict her as ferocious and straightforward. Ambika is maternal, a protector of children and kings alike.

How non-violent Jainism thrived in the warlike Deccan

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Deccan Jains were aware of the contradiction between their non-violent principles and the martial political systems that granted them patronage.

‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance’ to ‘Total War’, how video games make medieval history memorable

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Want to explore medieval history? Step away from X and into video games

Vijayanagara was the Indian Renaissance State. It contains memories of older empires

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Just like Europe’s neoclassical monuments, Vijayanagara’s temples reformulated memories of the older Chola and Chalukya empires.

Medieval Bengali Buddhism wasn’t purely ‘Indian’. Javanese gods, Hindu rivalry

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Sudhanakumara—a minor hero from an older Buddhist text—was quite popular in Java, where he was depicted on the colossal Borobudur temple in the 9th century.

A Thai-Buddhist ‘Ayodhya’ was one of Asia’s greatest kingdoms. Then came a reckoning

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Over 400 years, Ayutthaya emerged through war, flourished through commerce, and collapsed in sociopolitical crisis.

Ram wasn’t always top god in India. Political chaos, conflict with Turks elevated him

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For centuries, Ram was considered a semi-divine hero and ideal king, not a supreme god. It’s only from the 1200s that major Ram temples were built.

Rama and the King: How an ancient hero was used by Pala poets, Chola emperors

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For centuries, Rama has been used by litterateurs and rulers to legitimise themselves.

Who brought Sanskrit to Baghdad? This is how Iranian Buddhists, Zoroastrians changed Arabs

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Sanskrit scholars were patronised by the Caliphate. This reshapes how we should think about conquest today.

Manichaeism worshipped Jesus, Buddha. This Silk Road religion’s strength became its weakness

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Manichaean icons and ideas trickled into the art of Tibet and Japan, with Mani and Jesus represented as Buddhas.
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