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Culture and Civilisation in Ancient India A historical outline of ancient Indian culture and civilization — from the Vedic period through classical developments in society, religion, and philosophy
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Subhash Kak's Contributions Subhash Kak's multidisciplinary work on Vedic chronology, astronomy, the structure of the Rig Veda, and the notion of India subhash-kakvedic-chronologyastronomyindian-philosophyhistory
Indian History and Chronology Essays on Ṛgvedic chronology, the Sarasvatī river, Rakhigarhi archaeology, the Dāśarājña (Battle of Ten Kings), and the distinction between itihāsa and history historychronologyrigvedaarchaeologysaraswatirakhigarhiitihasa
The Broad Contours of Ancient Indian History Some notes on the matter of ancient Indian chronology chronologyhistory
A New Chronological Framework for Indian History A detailed research paper first presented at Indica's conference on Puranas and Puranic knowledge chronologyhistory
A Chronology of the Daśāvatāra Hint- no, the ten avataras of Vishnu do not mirror the stages of evolution by natural selection chronologyhistory
Decolonization - A Personal Footprint and Some Ramp Ways In the noise that words with wide circulation receive, their representation is often distorted. 'Decolonization' is one such word. Here we share a personal footprint as the writer looks back at his earliest memories, and outlines some essential ramp ways we all can use. civilizationhistoryfm
Fractal Maṇḍala The fractal maṇḍala is a descriptor I use for dharma, alternately for the Indian civilizational consciousness. historycivilizationfm
History is Ontic but Itihāsa is Ontologic Examples and detailing to demonstrate that Itihasa is Ontological, not Ontical civilizationhistoryfm
Indian Civilizational Consciousness A definition of Indian civilizational consciousness, from its own POV civilizationconsciousnesshistory
Indian Civilizational Consciousness A short essay on this Independence Day, that re-examines the meaning of 'Indian civilizational consciousness' from the dhātus. civilizationhistoryfm
The Macrohistoric Case for India's Civilizational Primacy A long read positioning India's civilizational primacy by tethering our ancient history to its proper roots and lore civilizationhistoryfm
A New Reading of the Dāśarājña, or Battle of Ten Kings, in the Ṛg Veda A detailed research paper that shows how, with the right premise, the Rigveda's battle of ten kings can give a vastly different account than the mainstream chronologyhistoryaryan
Problems in High and/or Astronomically-Derived Chronologies for Indian History Yes, astronomy is hard science. No, astronomical dating is not legit. Read why chronologyhistory
Rakhigarhi, Genetics Some coverage on the great elephant in the archaeological record chronologyhistory
Ratha as a Bīja of Civilizational DNA A core fractal maṇḍala essay that shows to deep detail, what is meant by a fractal in the mandala historycivilizationfm
An Exegesis of Ṛg Vedic Chronology Yes, the Vedas are apaurusheya and anadi. Also yes- the drashtas that perceived them were human. Erego- time and place. Deal with it chronologyhistoryaryan
2 Theories and a Pivot - Aryans Simplified in 10 Steps The great game of PIE cat and mouse, unravelled aryanhistory
Witzel’s Realm – On Reputationist Concerns Over India’s Reclamation of its History Oi, Witzel, padh innu. aryanhistory
