Canberra, 3 February 2018 The Deccan Plateau forms part of the Indian Peninsula bounded by the Vindhya Mountain Ranges and the River Godavari to the north and the Rivers Tungabhadra and Krishna to the south. The Eastern and Western Ghats, mountain ranges that skirt the sea coast on both sides of the peninsula serve […]
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Indian History: Part 39 BENGAL RISING Part I THE PALA DYNASTY
April 11, 2015 
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Canberra, 11 April 2015 At the height of his power Harshavardhana of Kanauj had full sovereignty over Western and Central Bengal and also controlled some parts of the eastern kingdom of Kamarupa (Assam). Harshvardhana’s empire was already heading for ruin during the last years of his reign and his death accelerated the process of disintegration […]
Continue readingIndian History Part 37 Kingdoms of the Deep South Part III The Chola Dynasty
March 6, 2015 0 Comments
Canberra, 6 March 2015 The illustrious Chola dynasty and the kingdom they ruled was known to Panini and acknowledged by Asoka Maurya the Great as an independent entity. Further, the Mayry records confirm that the northern boundary of the Chola holdings was the River Pennar. In fact the limits of Chola Mandalam, the ‘Chola Country’, […]
Continue readingPart 29 B DESCEND INTO ANARCHY: NEPAL, BENGAL AND KAMARUPA
May 25, 2014 0 Comments
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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