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Sher Shah Sur: The Outlaw Who Would Be Emperor

Yuddha - The Indian Military History Podcast

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The Babur Nama

In 1528 or so, I think Baba happened to be in Bollywood and he woke up one fine morning with a massive opium hangover. He was absolutely sick because of all the opium that he had taken. The next day he found himself in this beautiful little village called Urwahi,. which had a number of large reservoirs, which he quite enjoyed. But while he was at Urwahi, Babur also saw some things that rather disagreed with his aesthetic sensibilities. And these were Jain statues. A lot of Jain statues tend to be naked because of the depiction of the Thankaras. As having overcome their senses and the discomfort that the body imposes upon them. So

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