History

History Aug 02, 2016

The Tradition of Kshaatra in India – Awareness of Kshaatra in the Yajurveda

In the Yajurveda, we see manifestly the greatness accorded to the essence of kshaatra. An important representative of the essence of kshaatra is the ashvam...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

History Jul 25, 2016

The Tradition of Kshaatra in India – Indra

The Age of the Vedas: Indra – a great symbol for kshaatra In the Vedas, Indra has been called Purandara. It means that he is the Indra who destroyed the puras...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

History Jul 22, 2016

The Tradition of Kshaatra in India: Awareness of Kshaatra in the Vedas

Since how long has the spirit of strength and courage been in the world? Indeed for thousands of years. In the Upanishads – the preeminent portion of the Vedas...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

History Jul 21, 2016

Krishnadevaraya as a Metaphor for Downplaying Hindu History

An unfortunate outcome of the “modern” way of thinking–shaped by the all-are-equal assumption–is the fact that over the years, it has contributed to the reducti...

Sandeep Balakrishna

History Jul 13, 2016

The Tradition of Kshaatra in India: Origin of the Word 'Kshatriya'

The Age of the Vedas: Origin of the word ‘kshatriya’ It is said that the word ‘kshatriya’ comes from the root word ‘kshi.’ Even here, opinions differ. In Yaska...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

History Jul 11, 2016

History of the Somnath Temple - 3

Sardar Patel visited Junagadh in November 1947 after the state of Junagadh formally joined Indian Union. Jam Saheb and Kakasaheb Gadgil who were prominent citiz...

Vishwanath Chandrashekara

History Jul 06, 2016

The Tradition of Kshaatra in India: Age of the Vedas

The Age of the Vedas: Introduction According to the Puranas, there are no more kshatriyas left in the world; नन्दान्तं क्षत्रिय कुलं – with the fall of the Nan...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna, Hari Ravikumar

History Jul 06, 2016

The Tradition of Kshaatra in India: Introduction

For several years now, there has been an attempt to distort India’s history, culture, and traditions starting from the Islamic invaders, British imperialism, th...

Sandeep Balakrishna

History Jul 04, 2016

History of the Somnath Temple - 2

Describing the situation in India after Mahmud Ghazni’s military expedition, Alberuni says, “Mahmud destroyed the wealth of India. The scars of this attack coul...

Vishwanath Chandrashekara

History Jun 19, 2016

History of the Somnath Temple - 1

Somnath is an ancient city on the West coast of India. Somnath has a history of at least 1,500 years that is well documented and there have been many references...

Vishwanath Chandrashekara

History Jun 19, 2016

The Indian Conception of History

Do Indians have a sense of history? No, says the received wisdom even today in major sections of the academia and the media. If you as much as question the sour...

Sandeep Balakrishna