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TEMPLES & ARCHITECTURE · WEST INDIA

Somnath Temple — The Shrine Eternal

First of the twelve Jyotirlingas, on the Saurashtra shore. Founded in stone by the 10th century, celebrated by Al-Biruni as the harbour-temple of the Indian Ocean trade, razed by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1026, rebuilt by Kumarapala — and raised again by the new Republic in 1951. The shrine eternal of Indian memory, told through period photographs and the raider's own chroniclers.

Epoch: Age of Regional Empires · Theme: Jyotirlingas · (Read the full article →)

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12 June

1665 — The Treaty of Purandar concluded (signed 11–12 June): Shivaji cedes twenty-three forts to Mirza Raja Jai Singh — and lives to take every one of them back.

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Battle database — a separate wing, battle by battle

Hydaspes 326 BCEKalinga 261 BCEAror 712Rajasthan 738Waihind 1008Lohkot 1015 & 1021Tarain 1191–92Khanwa 1527Talikota 1565Haldighati 1576Saraighat 1671Plassey 1757Panipat III 1761

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The Resistance Chronicle

A NEW WING · HISTORY BY THE DEFENDER’S CLOCK

The Four Ages of Resistance

Not "the Sultanate period" and "the Mughal period" — the same centuries arranged by the answer India gave. Four ages, one unbroken thread from the first Arab sail off Thana (636) to Panipat (1761): every ledger complete, every battle marked victory or defeat with what it meant for the India of that time, every source labelled — stone, chronicle, or tradition.

I · The Frontier Age 636–1030II · The Watershed 1175–1206III · The Long Contest 1206–1526IV · The Reversal 1526–1761

About the four ages → · Enter the wing → · The Ghazni ledger → · Mewar →

Quote of the day

"In all their grandeur, they never slackened in the ardent desire of doing that which is good and right… men of noble sentiment and noble bearing."

— Al-Biruni on the Hindu Shahis, Kitab al-Hind, c. 1030 — the enemy’s own tribute

Picture of the day

The two worlds of 970 — the religious map of the Afghan lands at Mahmud’s birth. An original Indopedia map, from the new ledger article.

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New excavation season announced at Rakhigarhi (sample item)
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Hampi — capital of Vijayanagara

Walk the boulders of the Tungabhadra through the Virupaksha temple, the Vitthala stone chariot and the royal enclosures. Travel-style storytelling, with the history and the sources.

Epoch: Vijayanagara Era

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 <div class="ind-card ind-span3"><div class="ind-card-h">Battle database — a separate wing, battle by battle</div>
 <div class="ind-chips"><span>Hydaspes 326 BCE</span><span>Kalinga 261 BCE</span><span>Aror 712</span><span>Rajasthan 738</span><span>Waihind 1008</span><span>Lohkot 1015 & 1021</span><span>Tarain 1191–92</span><span>Khanwa 1527</span><span>Talikota 1565</span><span>Haldighati 1576</span><span>Saraighat 1671</span><span>Plassey 1757</span><span>Panipat III 1761</span></div>
-<p class="ind-meta">Every battle: forces, maps, outcome, aftermath, full bibliography — victories and defeats alike. [[:Category:Military History|Browse →]]</p></div>
+<p class="ind-meta">Every battle: forces, maps, outcome, aftermath, full bibliography — victories and defeats alike. The invasions, age by age: [[The Resistance Chronicle]] · [[:Category:Military History|Browse →]]</p></div>
-<div class="ind-card ind-span2"><div class="ind-card-h">New wing — the resistance chronicle</div><span class="ind-badge">MILITARY HISTORY · DYNASTIES OF INDIA</span>
+<div class="ind-card ind-span2"><div class="ind-card-h">The Resistance Chronicle</div><span class="ind-badge">A NEW WING · HISTORY BY THE DEFENDER’S CLOCK</span>
-<div class="ind-t">[[The Resistance Chronicle]]</div>
+<div class="ind-t">[[The Resistance Chronicle|The Four Ages of Resistance]]</div>
-<p>The full campaign ledger of the most famous invader — including what the textbooks skip: '''Lohkot''', the Kashmir fortress that beat him twice; Kalinjar untaken; the confederacy of 1008, funded by the ornaments of Indian women; and the kings who answered, from Jayapala’s pyre to the Jats of the desert. With the two-worlds map of 970 and the four-century chain from the first Arab raid of 636.</p>
+<p>Not "the Sultanate period" and "the Mughal period" — the same centuries arranged by '''the answer India gave'''. Four ages, one unbroken thread from the first Arab sail off Thana (636) to Panipat (1761): every ledger complete, every battle marked victory ''or'' defeat with what it meant for the India of that time, every source labelled — stone, chronicle, or tradition.</p>
-<p class="ind-meta">[[Mahmud of Ghazni — The Raider and the Resistance|The ledger →]] · [[The Caliphate and India — A Timeline (636–1030)|The timeline →]] · [[Mewar — The House of Eklingji|Mewar →]] · [[Dynasties of India|The dynasties →]]</p></div>
+<div class="ind-chips"><span>I · The Frontier Age 636–1030</span><span>II · The Watershed 1175–1206</span><span>III · The Long Contest 1206–1526</span><span>IV · The Reversal 1526–1761</span></div>
+<p class="ind-meta">[[About the Resistance Chronicle|About the four ages →]] · [[The Resistance Chronicle|Enter the wing →]] · [[Mahmud of Ghazni — The Raider and the Resistance|The Ghazni ledger →]] · [[Mewar — The House of Eklingji|Mewar →]]</p></div>
 <div class="ind-card"><div class="ind-card-h">Quote of the day</div>