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<div class="ind-card"><div class="ind-card-h">Battle database</div>
<div class="ind-card"><div class="ind-card-h">Battle database</div>
<div class="ind-chips"><span>Hydaspes 326 BCE</span><span>Kalinga 261 BCE</span><span>Tarain 1191–92</span><span>Talikota 1565</span><span>Saraighat 1671</span><span>Plassey 1757</span><span>Panipat III 1761</span><span>Kargil 1999</span></div>
<div class="ind-chips"><span>Hydaspes 326 BCE</span><span>Kalinga 261 BCE</span><span>Lohkot 1015 & 1021</span><span>Tarain 1191–92</span><span>Talikota 1565</span><span>Saraighat 1671</span><span>Plassey 1757</span><span>Panipat III 1761</span><span>Kargil 1999</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. [[:Category:Military History|Browse →]]</p></div>



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TEMPLES & ARCHITECTURE · WEST INDIA

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 →)

On this day

11 June

1897 — Birth of Ram Prasad Bismil, revolutionary of the Hindustan Republican Association, in Shahjahanpur.

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Picture of the day

The Somanatha Temple from the west — D. H. Sykes for the ASI, c. 1869. British Library OIOC. Public domain.

Quote of the day

"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom."

— Jawaharlal Nehru, Tryst with Destiny, 14–15 August 1947

Indian history in the news
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Discovery — voyages & places
Hampi — capital of Vijayanagara

Walk the boulders of the Tungabhadra to the ruins of one of the great cities of its age: the Virupaksha temple, the Vitthala complex and its stone chariot, royal enclosures and bazaars. Each Discovery entry pairs travel-style storytelling with the site's history and sources.

Epoch: Vijayanagara Era

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Battle database
Hydaspes 326 BCEKalinga 261 BCELohkot 1015 & 1021Tarain 1191–92Talikota 1565Saraighat 1671Plassey 1757Panipat III 1761Kargil 1999

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