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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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History

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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Life and times

Heave-ho-for a living: Coolies, professional luggage bearers.

Coolies are a professional corp of Indian luggage bearers
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Preserving Earth

Is your family as close knit as that of the caterpillar?

A nest of walnut caterpillars climb a tree in processionary motion.
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Places

There is no place like Connaught Place in Delhi.

Built in the 1930s as a business hub, Connaught Place in New Delhi is the pulsating heart of the city
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History

The star of David or the Hindu Shatkona?

Used by cultures separated by time and distance, the origin of the hexagram is shrouded in mystery.
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Architecture

Possibly the world’s most complex hybrid.

Chu-Srin is a Tibetan rainwater gargoyle and the most complex creature.
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History

How the Apple came to Himachal.

Himachal was not always the land of apples as it is today. In fact the land had no apple trees.
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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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