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- Two simple stotra-s, sectarian competition, and the Varāha episode from the archaic Skandapurāṇa
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- RV 10.78
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- A sampler of Ramanujan’s elementary results and their manifold ramifications
- A catalog of attractors, repellors, cycles, and other oscillations of some common functional iterates
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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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The Plague: historical, biographical and current: a brief roundup
Globalization is not a new thing. The Indo-European empire of the steppes was perhaps the first one. In addition to having a serious component of our genetic ancestry and most of our memetic inheritance in it, we can still see … Continue reading
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: 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
Posted in History
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
Posted in History, Politics
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
Posted in Heathen thought, History
Tagged Army of Islam, China, Chinggis Khan, history, Mohammedanism, Mongol, Oirat, Uighur
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Notices of Hūṇa-s in kāvya and an excursus on their origins and ethnicity
This article was originally published in a slightly modified form at IndiaFacts. Starting sometime shortly before 200BCE all the way down to the 7th century of the common era, there occurred a series of irruptions of Inner Asiatic peoples, who … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Hindu thought, Hepthalite, Hindu, Hindu knowledge, Hun, Indo-Iranian, Iran, kAlidAsa, kAvya, medieval Hindu literature, Mongol
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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
Posted in History
Tagged Chinggis Khan, history, Jebe, Khwarizm Shah, Mohammedanism, Mongol, Qazvin, Sübütäi, world history
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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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