TIL about Indian ruler of Hyderabad who appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1937, branded as the ‘Richest Man On Earth’. He also used the Jacob Diamond, the fifth largest in the world, worth 100 million pounds as his paperweight. His net worth was 2 per cent of the US economy in 1940s.
TIL about history of curry in Indus Valley Civilization. WSU researchers used starch grain analysis on artifacts from Haryan & Harappa. The Proto-Curry Recipe: They identified three key ingredients turmeric, ginger, garlic(still used in Indian subcontinent) with mango and egg plant.
TIL about artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism, which had mainly evolved in the ancient region of Gandhara(today's afganistan) of Indian subcontinent.