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How Shiva lost his manhood: The mythological origin of the Shiva Lingam as a phallic object.

An amusing account of how the Shiva Lingam came to be, as narrated in the Puranas.
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History

Behind the myth of the serpent people known as the Nagas.

According to some scholars, the half serpent-half human Nagas of mythology were actually real people
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Books

The epic poem of the ancients.

A popular rendition of the epic Mahabharata in English.
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Books

The fruit of an Englishman’s curiosity.

A faithful English rendition of ancient Hindu scriptures
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Culture

The invincible buffalo demon.

Thousands of miles away from the labyrinth of the Minotaur, is another tale of a bull-man creature
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Culture

The untimely awakening.

The origin of the custom of Akaal Bodhan, during the festival of Durgostava
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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.
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History

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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History

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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History

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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