In the early 16th century Rana Sanga of the Mewar Dynasty and Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagar Empire
were the most powerful rulers of whole India before the arrival of Babur.
Rana Sanga defeated the Sultans of Malwa, Gujarat and even the Sultan of Delhi Lodhi but instead of
annexing these...
There were several great Buddhist, Hindu and Jain Dynasties during ancient and medieval period.
But which Dynasty was the greatest in terms of cultural achievements, military success or
legacy.
Its doubtful that SL would have stood a chance against the barbaric Turks or even the Arabs.
The Portuguese never had huge armies and thats why the Lankans were able to protect their island
against the Portuguese. But the Turks and the Arabs had much bigger armies than the Portuguese.
And...
Its funny that Pakistanis and Afghans don't even have their own writing system and still use the Arab writing system
of their former masters. On the other hand the Indians still use their own writing systems.
Loot at the condition of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a failed state. And one of the main reasons is the fact that Afghanistan
was ruled by Turkic rulers for several centuries. You should be grateful to the Emperors of the Vijayanagara Empire
and Maratha Empire like Krishna Devaraya, Shivaji...
The ancient Indian text of Sushruta mentions the use of opium, wine and Indian hemp.
The medieval Indian text Bhoj Prabandh states that the Indian king Raja Bhoj of Malva who ruled in the 11th century
underwent a cranial operation under the anesthetic influence of a plant.
You mean the victory of Muhammad Ghori over Prithviraj Chauhan.
But the same Muhammad Ghori was defeated by the Indian queen Naikidevi of Gujarat
and Ghori never dared to attack Gujarat again.
No, eastern India was for the longest time under direct British rule and today eastern India is the least developed region
of India. On the other hand the most developed state of India is Kerala because Kerala was never under British rule.
The Punjab and the rest of Pakistan could have flourished under the Maratha rule. During the British period the princely states that were ruled by the Maratha rulers in Gujarat and Maharashtra were the most developed regions of whole India.
Even today Maharashtra and Gujarat are some of the most...
BD can't compete with most of the Indian states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and south India. There is still
a long way to go for BD. And BD should be grateful to India for giving them freedom from Pakistani rule.
Well, I have to admit that I didn't know that BD was doing so well lately. Thats good for BD.
I know that Pakistan had a bad impact on the development of BD and I read that Pakistan
even forced the people of BD to change their language and their writing system. It would be great
if BD starts...
Its not like that the whole northern Indian subcontinent is underdeveloped. BD, Pakistan and Indian states like
UP and Bihar give a bad name to the northern Indian subcontinent. States like Gujarat and Haryana
are doing well and are able to compete with southern India.
The Rashtrakuta rulers defeated the Arab invaders and the Vijayanagar kings defeated the Turkic invaders but as far as
I know there were not any conflicts between Chola rulers and Muslim rulers.
He doesn't have anything to do with Central Asian Turks. He is a descendant of Anatolian people
who were conquered by the Central Asian Turks and were forced to change their language
and culture.