Ep 244: The Multitudes of Our Maharajahs
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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What Is Kashi?
Poronic tradition is a way of weaving together different things and giving them an overarching umbrella. The british read these poronic texts and they say, there is no consistency, there's no chronology. It's not because it was chaotic or people didn't have structure. At different times, different elements were being woven together into one messy, but one unified narrative,. That fabric still has different threads of different colours, but it is one fabric. To that extent, yes, i think, you know, there was some awareness that there is this this broader thing. And as technology gets teaccess to these places becomes stronger - the marata kings and nobles build gats over there
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