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“Thus, an Indian father’s determination to protect his beloved daughter led to the demise of the Portuguese in Oman. In”
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
“लिखते तो वह लोग हैं, जिनके अंदर कुछ दर्द है, अनुराग है, लगन है, विचार है। जिन्होंने धन और भोग-विलास को जीवन का लक्ष्य बना लिया, वह क्या लिखेंगे? क”
― गोदान [Godan]
― गोदान [Godan]
“We know about the remarkable tale of how a foreign prince was invited to rule over a kingdom in southern India because Nandi Varman II himself tells us the story in inscriptions and bas-relief panels on the walls of the Vaikuntha Perumal temple in Kanchipuram.”
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
“Mark Twain is said to have remarked, ‘History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
“In reality, the network of large and small temples had a close relationship with merchant and artisan communities as well as the village/town councils; this is quite clear from an examination of various donations and contracts. Moreover, the reason that the temples accumulated so much wealth is that they acted as bankers”
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
― The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
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