Brihad-Bharata
The Enduring Heritage of the Hindu Legal System in Bali and Java
The first episode exploring the lasting impact of the Hindu Legal System in Southeast Asia, focussed on Bali and Java
Brihad-Bharata
How the Navanītakaṁ Supplied the Raw Material to Western Medicinal Research in Garlic
Navanītakaṁ or the so-called Bower Manuscript contains a detailed exposition of garlic as a dietary item and as medicine. After its discovery, the Western medical community appropriated this information into its own research.
Brihad-Bharata
A Turkic Muslim Treasure-Hunter Sells an Ancient Sanskrit Manuscript to a Colonial British Colonel in China
At Kucha, now in Xinjiang, Colonel Hamilton Bower buys an ancient Sanskrit Manuscript from a Turkic Muslim treasure-hunter for a paltry sum and then brings it back to India.
Ananda Coomaraswamy
An Introduction to Mankhas, the Extinct Sanatana Artists: Or How Nehruvian India Squandered Away its Cultural Suzerainty
Mankhas or Picture Showmen were practitioners of narrative pictorial storytelling. From very ancient times, it evolved into a separate art form and captured the imagination of countless generations and lasted up to even recent times.
Samrat
The Ideal, Conception and Practice of Chakravartin Shows the All-Encompassing Unity of Bharatavarsha
Read Part 1: 10 Features Showing the Fundamental and All-encompassing Unity of Bharatavarsha: A Ready Reckoner Chakravartin or Samrat: The Paramount Sovereign This is a very ancient ideal, conception and institution of kingship dating back to the Vedas and had been familiar to Indians hundreds of years before Chandragupta Maurya’