Deccan
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Episode 21: South India Post Vijayanagar Empire till 1857
Episode 21 of the BrownCast: Shrikanth tells Maneesh the history of South India after Vijayanagar up to 1857, covering the polities, their dealings with Europeans, and the socio-cultural legacy of…
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Why was India richer than Iran or Afghanistan-
Replying to a Twitter thread on why India was richer than Iran or Afghanistan, the author suggests the fertile Indo-Gangetic plains fared better than Mesopotamia and the Nile because they…
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Saturday South Asian Questions
Two questions: whether there is a distinct Deccan culture between north and south India, and whether India needs more states, followed by the author’s dislike of Gandhinagar, a new Gujarat…
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Muslims and Urdu in India
Razib Khan plots Census 2011 data on Urdu speakers against Muslim share by state, finding the core Urdu-identified region in the Deccan and Bihar, about 30 per cent of Tamil…
