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A forefather of modern age artillery: The Gurkani Multi-Barrel Cannon.

One of the earliest forms of the volley gun known to man.
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The Greco-Roman Buddha from Gandhara, the Kushan Period.

Sculpted in Gandhara, a statue that is among the first to show the Buddha in human form
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Vintage Years

Through the lens of a touring yank.

The Howrah Bridge spans across the Hooghly, 1947
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Vintage Years

Making it razor sharp.

A Mohammedan man sharpens a knife in British India, 1860
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Places

Jagannath temple: Kalingan in form, Kalingan in spirit.

Built in the 16th century, the Jagannath temple at Ranchi is a work of Kalinga architecture
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Places

The Gossener Evangelical Lutheran Church: A pioneer of the faith.

The first church to be built in the city of Ranchi, 1855
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People

Albert Ekka: For comrade and country.

Awarded India's highest wartime award, Albert Ekka was a soldier of uncommon valour.
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History

The pot bellied lord of wealth: Kubera, king of the Yakshas and guardian of treasures.

Produced in the 2nd century, the sculpture comes from the Mathura school of art.
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Books

Demise of an empire, an academical approach.

Penned by one of India's distinguished historians, an academic work that scrutinizes the Mauryas.
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What ended the Mauryan Empire?

Rock edicts, like the Junagadh rock edict reveal Ashoka's patronage of Buddhism.
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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.
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How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.
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Why Indian Sepoys had preferred to enlist in the armies of the East India Company, between the 17th-18th century.

In the 17th century, monthly payments made service in the Bengal army a great attraction.
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Vintage Years

And it took a mutiny to change policing: Why after the Mutiny of 1857, the old Kotwali system was replaced.

A vintage photo from 1900, and why policing changed in British India, from the Kotwali system of the Mughals.
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The death of Charlotte Chambers during the Mutiny of 1857.

During the mutiny of 1857 the gruesome and ritualistic murder of Charlotte Chambers was a rallying call.
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