Tracing the Huns in Sanskrit Kāvya Tradition
Introduction Starting sometime shortly before 200BCE all the way down to the 7th century of the common era, there occurred a series of irruptions of Inner Asiatic peoples, who appeared to have their origins in Mongolia More...
Polycentrism, the many-one problem and the roots of yoga
One of the central problems Hindus face on the intellectual battlefield is articulating their position vis-a-vis the stances of their Abrahamic foes. An important aspect of this problem is the difficulty faced by More...
Origins of the Moghul Tyrants of India
Introduction In the autumn of 1404 CE Timur-i-Lenk, after having spread the terror of Islam all over Asia for more than three decades, was poised to launch the final campaign of his life – the invasion of the More...
Acharya Chanakya’s approach to knowledge
Introduction The wise Viṣṇugupta Cāṇakya, also known as Kauṭilya, who propelled the Mauryan Chandragupta to meteoric heights, while uprooting the tree of the wicked Nanda-s and cleansing the taint of the More...
The legend of King Hayagrīva
After the Great War at Kurukṣetra and the conquest of Hastināpura, Yudhiṣṭhira went through a phase of deep despondency. Given his pacific nature, he was immensely troubled by the violence he had inflicted More...
ISIS Caliphate: Lessons from the earliest Mohammedan invasions of Central Asia
Preface By 1000 CE, the Turks were already on their way to becoming the primary spearhead of Islam against the Hindus of India, the heathen civilizations of Central Asia, and the Christians in the West. The Mongol More...