There was a temple dedicated to Emperor Augustus at the ancient port of Muziris, in Kerala. Though no remains of the "Templ Augusti" remains, the construction of the temple was completed before 20 BCE. Cassius Dio mentions that an embassy from "Chera country" visited Augustus

#OnThisDay Maharaja Ranjit Singh took Lahore from the Bhangi misl, at the request of residents of Lahore on 7 July 1799. In 1801, he declared himself the king of the Punjab. This marks the foundation of the Sikh empire, which extended from Mithankot to Kailash mountain.

#AncientIndianWarfare In book 10, chapter 4 of Arthashastra, Kautilya gives the following work of cavalry in a battle: 1) Lengthening & protecting the flanks:; 2) Supervision of the discipline of the army; 3) Turning the movement, pursuit of the fleeing enemy, etc.

Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien (337-423 AD) did not come to India alone as it is commonly thought. He came with four other Chinese philosophers named Hui- Ching, Tao – Cheng, Hui – Yang & Hui – Wei & few others. After visiting modern day Peshawar, Fa-Hien was only left with Hui –

#AncientIndianWarfare Arthashastra mentions a govt department, which looked after the training and recruitment of horses. The title of the person looking after the horses was ' Ashvadhyaksha' (Superintendent of Horses). He had the following duties: 1) Keeping a register of

Working on two threads.. I m confused as to which one should I post first... Which one should I post first?

Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien visited India between 399-412 AD during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya. While he was returning to China via Java, he was in a ship which had 200 souls. In the midst of his journey, storm clouds began to appear & threatened the ship. The

दिल-ए-नादां तुझे हुआ क्या है आख़िर इस दर्द की दवा क्या है मैं भी मुंह में ज़बान रखता हूँ काश पूछो कि मुद्दा क्या है हम को उन से वफ़ा की है उम्मीद जो नहीं जानते वफ़ा क्या है जान तुम पर निसार करता हूं मैं नहीं जानता दुआ क्या है -- Mirza Ghalib

#AncientIndianWarfare The single most important Indian institution regarding horses was the 'Ashvamedha Yajña'. It was used by the Indian rulers to prove their status as a 'Chakravartin'. Though mentioned in RV, the full ritual of Ashvamedha has been mentioned in Yajurveda

"By the barest of margins", the second option wins. Will be writing the thread on this Saturday or Sunday. 'The Murder of a Maharaja' will be posted couple of weeks after that.

A Korean monk, Hyecho of Silla came via sea to India in 723 AD. He wrote a document named ‘Wang Ocheonchukguk’, which details his travels in India. Among other things, Hyecho mentions the following details about the armies of Indian kingdoms: 1) Mentions the king of "Central

Once at Surajkund fair, I met a villager, a parking lot guard, and a traffic police bloke, in a span of 15 minutes. They had the same face. I wonder who those guys were!

गुरू ब्रह्मा गुरू विष्णु, गुरु देवो महेश्वरा l गुरु साक्षात परब्रह्म, तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नम: ll "The Guru (teacher) is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru is Shiva, the Guru is the absolute, ultimate divine. Salutations to that revered Guru." #gurupurnima2025

#AncietIndianWarfare Some of the most beautiful coins featuring horses have been minted in the Gupta era. The king is shown riding a horse with a bow, attacking a rhinoceros, riding a horse with its left leg raised or coins commemorating their Ashvamedha Yajña. These coins

The defeat of Alexander was so great that he crossed Porus' kingdom & went 200 kms further east, towards Beas river, & Poros' name expunged from Indian records. Poros also helped Alexander in subjugation of other Indian kingdoms as he wanted to help the defeated Alexander.

John Oldman Vincent A. Smith, in his book “Early History of India” (1904), notes: “Had a united India confronted Alexander, he would have met with a disaster more complete than that which overtook him in the Gedrosian desert.”

Arab historian Al-Masudi came to India in c. 950 AD and wrote a book 'Muruj-ul-Zehab (The Meadows of Gold), documenting his travels. He has mentioned the following about Pratihara & Rashtrakuta military systems: 1) Mentions Pratiharas as a dominant military power, with an army

#AncientIndianWarfare The history of Indian cavalry had one crucial defect. After Gupta period, there was no usage of the horse-archers. The horse archers were used first by the Satvahanas, who have a sculpture of a horse archer. (image 1) The coin of Chandragupta