Immigrant Vijayanagara warriors were focused primarily on enriching themselves. This is revealed by temple inscriptions in the Kaveri delta and the northern Coromandel plain.
Haider Ali & Tipu Sultan clashed with the rulers of Tamil Nadu over control of the Nilgiris, which, played an important role in the geopolitics of early modern South India.
The sovereign queens of the Bhauma-Kara dynasty, coming from tribal and royal backgrounds, were extraordinary examples of how Sanskritic court culture absorbed local traditions.
Indian sepoys who left their homes and crossed oceans to witness a world being conquered and exploited by the British, sought to understand, interpret, and even profit from it all.
Sources on the Guptas—and their Central Asian rivals & successors—show that ancient India’s most ostensibly ‘indigenous’ rulers had more complex identities than we think.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
“Minor medieval war”? Any idea what the impact of it was? The major kingdoms like Vegi Chalukya and Velanati Choda got embroiled into it and collapsed, creating a political vacuum, which was later very partially filled by Kakatiyas in west, Gajapatis in east and Kayastha in south. The fall of these kingdoms to Muslim invasions in the very next generation was caused by that weakening.
“Minor medieval war”? Any idea what the impact of it was? The major kingdoms like Vegi Chalukya and Velanati Choda got embroiled into it and collapsed, creating a political vacuum, which was later very partially filled by Kakatiyas in west, Gajapatis in east and Kayastha in south. The fall of these kingdoms to Muslim invasions in the very next generation was caused by that weakening.