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Greek accounts don't tell any thing lest whatever you asking, so we don't have description(s), so no comparison is possible. If you mean that Paddhati dealt with horn-bow,(a composite bow..?) and classic accounts (???) single curve bow (a kind of straight or flat bow )? I am little confused...

I just did that and that was lost on you, because you are clubbing all with History. I gave the example of Archery, from a fabled account, which can pass the litmus test of present day practices and logic, of course, if we study it critically. Fallacy on your part. Let us compare what was...

History and Military history, whats the difference? if any, does not confine to battlefield only, but also studies effects on people, culture, economy etc. etc. (really don't need to tell you...) What I am unable to comprehend, why should't we discuss the caste/race issues of Porus or any other...

My arguments provide insufficient 'reasons' because of very negative aspects of such enquiry in current political context...... Errr.....What? Issues of race, castes etc are very relevant in current political, cultural context.... your points taken,............. but caste or race of Porus is...

Sir, what you think this forum is? Study material exchange program for college student? If you have read it all then why don't you share your ideas?

As I am the person who raised the caste issue of Porus in this thread at first, so need to clear few things; Apart from typical habits of persons here and there and what they think, race and/or caste is a sub set of every discourse on history, anthropology, linguistics and culture. Our...

Further continuing from my last posts regarding Vajra, I still think that a different kind of Vajra existed, that was being alluded as 'formed out of spine of a sage' and 'made terrible noise' when hurled. I am unable to find any image till now on Web till now that can be true representative of...

For detailed info on Vajra evolution, interested persons may follow the sundial_vajra_literature A wealth of info regarding myths, legend with bits of history, of Vajra in different cultures, time periods etc. Few excerpts are reproduced below; Earliest mention of Vajra, thunderbolt, in...

Yawara, in fact, has nothing to do with Vajra, either in form or in use. Yawara is pencil like (fancy dumb bell shape is also common), usually made of wood, size of 4 or 5 inches, when clensed in fist both end of sticks are jutting out of palm and visible by 3 quarter of an inch. It is a...

Well back to your own thread, and I can see that you have gained some weight, good for you. Now can you please answer throw light on my query stipulated in post 154, that is, Stone relief shows that the Ashura victim, hold a sword in right hand and shield in left, in conflict of your description...

Now that complicates a lot of things, I would have thought that caste system might have been in place in mature form around 300 B.C. or so.

If you mean a teacher/lecturer/professor now, Nope. I had some teaching experience but that was many many years ago.

:oops: It comes with being Jaggu Dada. Foreign blacksmith might fancy his chances in these dire times. :undecided: but that was exactly my request. What was his (Porus) caste according to Greek sources? Ok, no Rajput at those times, as you say so, but what the Greeks wrote (If anything at all...

The red part is simply don't hold true in many cases, for example, War of 1812, highly disputed results or Massacre of Armenians, 1915 whether its was a genocide or not, huge unsettled debate etc. Some time or many times, at gross level all things are not that black or white. Propaganda is not...

Ok, no pun was intended, may be you don't understand Punjabi; khehna Tee noo tay sunana Nu noo :lol: As of Wasabi, an alternate nick that I can adopt now is 'Jaggu Bhai' but I would prefer Jaggu Dada.:lol: Now a question which is circling in my mind for a few days; what was the caste of Raja...

It seems as the point((The point that I am trying to make, again and again, at the risk of sounding like a stuck record.............)), raised by 'Joe Shearer' is lost on you. That part of post was not 'directed' toward you, he was just sharing it with you. In Punjabi language we sum this up as...

Above two question can be answered (my personal views only) on two lines; First, simplistic, answer is in your first question, no exact timelines (million of years), personages,places. what left? account of happenings, that too, steeped in myth, folklore etc. so the 'history' is lost some...

Good Thread, and a very relevant one. The exact numbering from 1 to 10 would be quit subjective, but we may all have consensus (:lol:) at 10 most significant. As I understand, Maureya empire, had already expanded considerably, except for a minor glitch, Kalinga, which was taken care off by...

Joe Shearer When two boys reached late in school, Masterji asked a boy, why are you late?, boy said, oh sir I dropped my penny and was searching for it. then Masterji asked other boy, why are you late, boy said, oh..oh..this ...that I was standing on his penny. This was about 'the penny'...

Seems like a good idea, please proceed.