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▲ 13 r/IndianHistory

What are the chances that the Ashokan Stupa at Kanchipuram is still buried somewhere in Kanchipuram ?

The 7th-century Chinese traveler Xuanzang noted a 100-foot-tall stupa built by Emperor Ashoka in Kanchi, but modern experts and archaeologists have not yet found the physical site.

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u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 7 days ago
▲ 12 r/NepalSocial

Naya Muluk- When the British gifted Nepal land for helping the British in defeating the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Kingdom of Nepal helped the East India company by supplying 9000 Gurkha troops which become instrumental in recapturing Lucknow .

The areas given to Nepal were the districts of Bardiya , Banke , Kailali and Kanchanpur

u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 8 days ago
▲ 12 r/myanmar

Burmese Pagoda , Kolkata , India

Governor General Lord Dalhousie brought this Pagoda from Prome (Pyay) in 1854 after winning the second Anglo-Burmese War as a "tribute" .

It still stands today at the Eden Garden Complex in Kolkata .

u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 14 days ago
▲ 20 r/myanmar

Many Historians see several of Myanmar's modern problems a direct result of the 1937 Establishment of Burma Crown Colony (Partition of Burma from British India) . How do you see that ?

Several Historians(Like Sam Dalrymple ) link Myanmar's modern ethnic conflicts to 1937's partition and establishment of Burma Crown Colony. They say that before 1937 , much of Burmese Society (Yangon in particular ) was a plural society and was tolerant of "outsiders" like Indians , Chinese , British etc . The partition gave fuel to Burmese nationalism which later transformed into "Bamar nationalism " and gave way to the multiple ethnic insurgencies

I personally disagree with this as it seems very Indo-Centric and simplistic .As much as I know , the 1937 Partition has been wiped out from the minds of the people of Myanmar( I might be wrong ).

u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 15 days ago
▲ 179 r/ArchitecturalRevival

Cuffe Parade , Bombay , India

Built in the early 20th century as Bombay's South Kensington , Cuffe Parade consisted of several indo-saracenic buildings facing the Back Bay .

Sadly the whole neighbourhood was demolished in the 1970s. Now several "modern" apartments and Mumbai World Trade Centre are located at its place

u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 15 days ago
▲ 392 r/Lost_Architecture

Cuffe Parade , Bombay , India

Built in the early 20th century as Bombay's South Kensington , Cuffe Parade consisted of several indo-saracenic buildings facing the Back Bay .

Sadly the whole neighbourhood was demolished in the 1970s. Now several "modern" apartments and Mumbai World Trade Centre are located at its place

u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 15 days ago
▲ 90 r/Lost_Architecture+1 crossposts

Chotulal's Ghat , Calcutta , India

Built in the 1870s on the eastern bank of Hooghly River . The European structure was demolished after the independence while the staircases of the ghats survive in "not so good" condition

The view and the photograph was taken from the Iconic Howrah Bridge of Calcutta (Kolkata)

u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 17 days ago
▲ 104 r/myanmar+1 crossposts

Thibaw Palace , Ratnagiri , India where the last king of Konbaung Dynasty lived his last days

Thibaw Min was exiled to here in 1885

u/Dismal_Lifeguard6472 — 7 days ago