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Archives, Indology
Alexander vs Porus: Beyond the fog of war
Greek accounts – with later Western embellishments – of the clash between Alexander and Porus at the Battle of Hydaspes have more holes than Swiss ... Read More
Archives, Identity (Distortion & Appropriation)
Narrative and meta-narrative in Tony Joseph’s opus on ‘Aryan’ Invasion Theory
The narrative supplied by Joseph is useful to certain interests from a political perspective. The meta-narrative behind it fits into a consistent gestalt of withering ... Read More
Archives, Indology
Aryan Invasion Myth: How 21st Century Science Debunks 19th Century Indology
New evidence comprehensively debunks the 19th century’s colonial Aryan Invasion Theory and its late 20th century refinement, the Indo-Aryan Migration theory. Read More
Archives, Commentaries
ISIS Caliphate: Lessons from the earliest Mohammedan invasions of Central Asia
Preface By 1000 CE, the Turks were already on their way to becoming the primary spearhead of Islam against the Hindus of India, the heathen ... Read More