Part 29 B DESCEND INTO ANARCHY: NEPAL, BENGAL AND KAMARUPA

Canberra, 25 May 2014 [Part 29 B is the second half of the Chapter ‘Descend into Anarchy’. The first half is also posted along with this as Part 29 A] Nepal In medieval India, the kingdom of Nepal was not considered a separate entity and extended from Sikkim in the east to the Kumaon hills […]

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FROM INDUS TO INDEPENDENCE: A TREK THROUGH INDIAN HISTORY Part 16

Canberra, 15 September 2013 THE AGE OF DIFFUSION AND DISINTEGRATION (~ 200 B.C. to 300 A.D.) In early 2nd century B.C. the pan-Indian authority that ruled the sub-continent from its elaborate base at Pataliputra in Magadha came to an end; this also marked the end of the experiment in imposing a centrally controlled imperial government […]

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FROM INDUS TO INDEPENDENCE: A TREK THROUGH INDIAN HISTORY: Part 11

Canberra, 27 April 2013 THE GLORY OF THE MAURYAS Section II Ashoka the Great (269-232 BC) (aka ‘Devanampriya Piyadassi’ – The Beloved of the Gods) The Mauryan capital of Pataliputra has been described by Megasthenes as well as by other Greek sources. It stood at the junction of the rivers Ganges and Son-Hiranyabahu (Erranoboas in […]

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