Alexander vs Porus: Beyond the fog of war

[contextly_sidebar id=”CK1TsqwfjDcBsM01KTFyNX10EeAGtg22″] After defeating Persia in the year 334 BCE, Alexander of Macedon was irresistibly drawn towards the great Indian landmass. However, the Persians More...

Narrative and meta-narrative in Tony Joseph’s opus on ‘Aryan’ Invasion Theory

It is remarkably ironic that the last word — positively the very last word — on paleoanthropology was produced by Tony Joseph in The Hindu newspaper “How genetics is settling the Aryan Invasion debate” More...

Aryan Invasion Myth: How 21st Century Science Debunks 19th Century Indology

The Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) needs no introduction. It is the bedrock upon which Indian history has been written. Its central thesis has three main components: India’s original inhabitants were “dark-skinned” 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...