Tag Archives: China

Mongolica: Qubilai Khan’s campaign to destroy the Southern Song

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

The final act in Mongol conquest of China shows the military capability of Qubilai and why his grandfather, the great Khan had singled him out as the one who someday would adorn his throne. We shall place here a very … Continue reading →

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Mongolica: Knowledge preservation and generation, Bolad Aqa and the like

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

We had earlier written an essay on the preservation and production of synthetic knowledge by the Chingizid Mongols. Here we discuss a few additional points in that regard. It is clear that throughout the Chingizid clan there was a certain … Continue reading →

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Mongolica: Chingiz Khan and the rest

Posted on July 30, 2017 by

As we have remarked many times on these pages there was Chingiz Khan and the rest. No ruler ever achieved his kind of conquest before or after him. Hence, whenever I hear of the latest claim regarding a discovery of … Continue reading →

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Braided power: a brief note on the last great steppe power: the Mongol-Manchu system

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

We first read of matters pertaining to this note which some interest in books which had newly arrived at a library in our old city that we mainly visited for Sanskritic literature. We wished to summarize everything we had learned … Continue reading →

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Pāṇini, Xuanzang, and Tolkāppiyaṉ: some legends and history

Posted on September 2, 2015 by

A slightly modified version of article was originally published at IndiaFacts Pāṇini stands at the pinnacle of Hindu intellectual achievement. His sūtra-pāṭha may be considered a monument in the same league as the invention of the śūṇya-based numeral system for … Continue reading →

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The ponderous tale of the tombstones

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

“Since you are recording the diverse Vaidruma-s would you record the tombstone variation? While other matters like the sloths of South America, the megalithic culture of India, cave paintings, or even WW2 might be more interesting to the occasional reader … Continue reading →

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Some notes on the rise of Oirat power and the Jangar tuuli

Posted on January 21, 2015 by

After 1370 CE the power of the Qubilaid Mongols declined precipitously leaving Mongolia in chaos, with several contenders jostling for supremacy but none gaining any ground. As they were fighting each other, the Kirghiz lord Ugechi routed the Qubilaid Khan … Continue reading →

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