NiṣādaHermaphroditarchaṃśa (Mal'ta boy ka parivar)

History articles

Docs will be posted on my substack when complete, and probably X and Reddit.

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3 pitfalls to avoid in reading Indian history 📤
Features and contradictions of premodern Indian civilization 🏗️
Sources/secondary: A short bibiliography of good sources for Indian history ✅
Sources/primary: A catalog of ancient Indian literary sources 🏗️
Hinduism/philosophy: The early development of Indian philosophy 🏗️
Hinduism/theology: Early Vedic society and theological developments 🏗️
Foreign/west: Axial age Indian influences on the Western realms 🏗️
Foreign/silkrd: The Sanskritization of the Overland and Maritime Silk Roads 🏗️
Foreign/accounts: Foreign accounts of India 🏜️
Ancient Indian discoveries and inventions 🏜️
Myths/intro: Indian history myths, narratives and overcorrections 🏗️
Myths/barbarians: Notes on barbarians 🏗️
Myths/civilization: Brāhmī, water-wheels, coins, Pythagoras 🏗️
Myths/dating: Kautilya, Gustav Oppert gunpowder, Ayodhya, Ramayana/MBh 🏗️
Myths/culture: Notes on a defense of Indian culture: caste, Buddhism, Ayurveda, diet, general morals 🏗️

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