by Aseem Gupta | Feb 14, 2016 | Relationships, Love & Human Connection
You notice someone across a crowded gathering. You ask mutual friends about them, dress more carefully when you expect to meet, and wonder whether a smile means genuine interest or ordinary politeness. Perhaps you send a gift, arrange another encounter, or rely on a...
by Aseem Gupta | Feb 8, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
In the ruins of Hampi, the scale of the vanished city remains difficult to comprehend. Temple towers rise above boulder-strewn hills. Stone bazaars stretch towards sacred complexes. Aqueducts, reservoirs, roads, gateways and palace foundations reveal a capital built...
by Aseem Gupta | Feb 7, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
The Delhi Sultanate’s expansion into the Deccan seemed, for a time, to prove that armies based in northern India could dominate almost the entire subcontinent. Delhi’s commanders raided wealthy capitals, forced powerful kings to submit, carried enormous quantities of...
by Aseem Gupta | Feb 6, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
On the ninth day of the fourth lunar month in 752, thousands of monks, courtiers, officials, musicians, dancers and foreign dignitaries gathered at Tōdai-ji in Japan’s imperial capital of Nara. Before them sat an enormous bronze image of Vairocana Buddha, the product...
by Aseem Gupta | Feb 5, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
In 1025, an imperial force from southern India crossed the Bay of Bengal and attacked a chain of ports connected to Srivijaya, the dominant maritime power of Southeast Asia. The campaign reached across a commercial world linking the Tamil coast with Sumatra, the Malay...
