CA | Banker | Passionate about Life, Travel, Poetry and History | Creator of @ItihaasaLive, a miniblog
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Joined April 2013
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Good language but vague in content - just released note from EU on WTO TRIPS waiver. It appears that the EU is pushing for status quo. Sad.
ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…
Hi @AKanisetti in your facinating podcast Yuddha, you mentioned an incident where Cabral's discovery of Brazil also had some hostages from Kerala in his ships, can pls share the source for some further reading?
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T22- Gautami Balasari
A #mother who immortalized her son
A #Hindu benefactor to a #Buddhist Sangha
#itihasa #Ancient #India #satavahna #deccan #Nashik #motherhood
T21 - #Ajatashtrua, ascended Magadha throne in 493 BC (after killing his father) was an expansionist who waged wars and annexed neighbouring kingdoms into #Magadha. Two weapons described during these wars were mahashilakantaka and (1/2)
a large sized #catapult used for hurling rocks and rathamusala, a chariot fitted with a mace for driving through enemy ranks. This could be the earliest examples of Indian #SiegeWeapons used - PHEI 2/2
Image - A medieval #European depiction of catapult
When Nalasopara and Kalyan traded with the Greeks and Romans, When the land was ruled by Kings who took the name of their Mothers..
#mother #ancientindian #Greek #RomanEmpire #Trade #womanpower
They were the first Indian kings to have their faces marked in coins like the Greeks. They also traded actively with the Greeks and Romans from their ports Kalyana and Sopara, near modern Mumbai - AHSI
Image - Coins of V.Pulamavi(Wiki)#womanpower #History #Mumbai #Kalyan (2/2)
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Just in | Four devotees fear trapped in a Shiv temple in Chhindwara district in MP due to landslide. Rescue operations have started
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My take in @dna on the importance of Parliament's ratification of the Indo-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement: dnaindia.com/analysis/column…
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Thrilled to share the news that Ben Foster has joined the cast of INFERNO!
bit.ly/1ECLjci
