Morena: The Architectural Workshop of the Gurjara-Pratiharas
[contextly_sidebar id=”sJTSIHbAzTsYuMBDApx2Yj0zTOFpQdqW”] If there is one dynasty in north India which has left a lasting imprint on the architectural style of the region than any other, it is the Gurjara-Pratiharas. Morena More...
Ancient Temples and Modern Dacoits: The Story of Morena
The first image that rushes to one’s mind when the name of Morena is mentioned is that of turbaned dacoits on horses, clothed in black, guns in their hands, and rushing through the ravines, leaving a trail of More...
History of Hindu Heroism: A brief chronicle
IndiaFacts columnist Manini has put together a compelling presentation chronicling the long history of Hindu heroism for IndiaFacts. Here’s how she describes the presentation: This is a quick chronicle of More...
Sita Ram Goel: The Rishi of a resurgent India
A Prophet of Nehruvian India The late Sita Ram Goel, historian, thinker and creator of the publishing houses Voice of India and Aditya Prakashan was a fighter par excellence for nationalist causes which he saw as More...
Imagining Jambudvipa: Rescuing Indology and Indian History
“. . . a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, More...
Hindus must reclaim their history
In an opinion piece in Outlook (“Chaining 1200 years”, 7-7-2014), Hasan Suroor takes issue with PM Narendra Modi’s diagnosis that Indians suffer from a slave mentality due to “1200 years” of oppression. More...
IndiaFacts seminar proceedings: Persecution of Hindus
On 21 June 2014, IndiaFacts organized a successful seminar entitled Persecution of Hindus: Historical and Contemporary Narratives at India International Centre, Delhi. Speakers at the seminar included the following More...
Decoding Wendy Doniger’s Hinduism book: 1
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a scholarly critique of Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History published in 2009. This book published by Penguin was withdrawn by the publisher More...
The Tragic Story of Dhaara Nagara
Dhar or Dhara Nagara was the capital of Malwa. Raja Bhoja, the legendary Paramara king of the 11th century had made Dhara the capital of Malwa. Bhoja was an extraordinary genius–a great scholar, an accomplished More...