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Tag Archives: Chinggis Khan
Khitans and Mongols: A story of deep and persistent connections-1
While the Chingizid Mongols have long been the focus of students of medieval steppe history, studies over the past 50 years have been steadily contributing to the picture that they were heirs of a previously neglected and even now underappreciated … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged Asia, Asian, Asians, Central Asia, China, Chinggis Khan, Han imperialism, Hun, Khitan, Mongol, Mongolia, Mongols, war
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Huns, Uralics, and empires of the steppe
A map by Savelyev et al. for the geographic orientation of the reader of the below article. The Huns of Europe “The lord of the Huns, King Attila, born of his father Mundzuk, lord of the bravest tribes, who with … Continue reading
Some further notes on the old Mongol religion-2
O fire mother, whose father is flint, whose mother is pebble, whose meal is yellow feather grass, whose life is an elm tree. An incantation to the Fire Goddess Ghalun-eke; translation from the Mongolian by Yönsiyebü Rinchen This note revisits … Continue reading
Posted in Heathen thought, History
Tagged bauddha, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, China, Chinese belligerence, Chinese incursion, Ching, Chinggis Khan, evolution of religions, Hindu, Khan, Mongol, Mongol religion, Mongolia, Mongols, ritual
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Some talks at the Indic Today portal
We had a chat with with C Surendranath, Contributing Editor and (in part with) Yogini Deshpande, Editor in Chief of Indic Today. It is divided into four parts: 1) https://www.indictoday.com/videos/manasataramgini-civilization-counter-religion-continuity-collapse-i/ A few clarifications for this part: 1) We do not … Continue reading
Posted in Heathen thought, History, Politics
Tagged Abrahamism, Abrahamistic vandalism, ancient Hindu thought, China, Ching, Chinggis Khan, Hindu, India, Japan, religion, Russia, world history, World War 2
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Mongolica: The Tangut empire
In the early 1100s of the CE Rtsa-mi lotsawa Sangs-rgyas grags-pa was in Nālandā, India, to study and transmit the latest that the tāntrika strain of Bauddha-mata had to offer. Within a century both his world and that of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Army of Islam, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, Central Asia, China, Chinese belligerence, Chinggis Khan, India, Islamic, Islamic Vandalism, Mongol religion, Mongolia, Mongols, religion, Tibet, TIbetans
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A brief overview of the last campaign of Chingiz Khan and the issue of succession in the Mongol empire
Succession is always an important issue in history. The legacy of a mighty ruler and/or founder of an empire might quickly unravel if the issue of succession is left unresolved. In Hindu history the Gupta-s were marked with glory because … Continue reading
Mongolica: Qubilai Khan’s campaign to destroy the Southern Song
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
Mongolica: Knowledge preservation and generation, Bolad Aqa and the like
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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Tagged astronomy, buddhism, China, Chinggis Khan, history of science, India, Iran, Mongol, Mongol religion, Mongolia, Mongols
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Braided power: a brief note on the last great steppe power: the Mongol-Manchu system
We first read of matters pertaining to this note with 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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Tagged Abrahamism, Abrahamistic vandalism, bauddha, buddhism, China, Chinese belligerence, Ching, Chinggis Khan, English, French, Jurchen, Manchu, Mongol, Mongol religion, Mongolia, Mongols, religion, Taiping, world history
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Some notes on the rise of Oirat power and the Jangar tuuli
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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Tagged Army of Islam, China, Chinggis Khan, history, Mohammedanism, Mongol, Oirat, Uighur
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Poem on Sübütäi’s attack on Qazvin
The great Mongol Noyan Jebe upon receiving the news of the death of the Moslem Sultan Khwarizm Shah asked Chingiz Khan’s permission to extend their conquests westwards. At the head of 10,000 men he joined in the meantime with Sübütäi’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinggis Khan, history, Jebe, Khwarizm Shah, Mohammedanism, Mongol, Qazvin, Sübütäi, world history
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Some discussion on the Siberian conquests of the Mongols and the Ainu in history
In 1207 CE, after Chingiz Khan had been proclaimed as the sole ruler of all Mongolia, he decided to decisively settle outstanding military issues. In 1204 CE he had sent an exploratory force to subdue the Turkic Kirghiz of Siberia … Continue reading
Some reflections on the Khans Qaidu and Du’a and the great Khan’s lost legacy
Prolog In our youth we spent an inordinate amount of time reveling in intricacies of history that few around us really cared for. Not unexpectedly, a girl told us that she was shocked that we took these readings in history … Continue reading
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Tagged Batu, Central Asia, Chinggis Khan, Khan, Mongol, Qaidu, Qutulun Aiyaruk
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Some further notes on the Mongol religion
The young Mongol scholar Dorje Banzar, published a book in 1846 in Russian at the university of Kazan that brought to light for the first time the old religion of the Mongols to the scholarly world. In the 1960s, M. … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, Chinggis Khan, Indo-Iranian, Mongol religion, Mongolia, Tengri
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