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The Lament for Ur, written after the mesopotamian city-state was destroyed in 2000 BCE by the invading kingdom of elam.
one of the most poignant and somber literary works of the ancient world.
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Second innings ☕️. my opinions can and do change.
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Sanskrit manuscript written in the Brahmi script, discovered in East Turkistan
It contains references to deities like Viṣṇu, Nandi, Sūrya, and Kumāra
Maharshi Vyās, devr̥shi Nārad, Kṛttikas,hiraṇyākṣa,
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the europeans like all good vassals with probably agree. but there is no way to “secure” the strait of hormuz.
a $35k shahed drone can take out an oil tanker with or without us+nato presence in the strait.
it’s not the europeans trump needs to convince. it’s iran.
Al Jazeera Breaking News@AJENews
BREAKING: US President Donald Trump threatens to halt weapons supplies to Ukraine unless European countries agreed to join a coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reported.
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This exquisite stone carving adorns the ceiling of the Lakshmi Devi Temple, Doddagaddavalli, Karnataka.
Lord Indra, the king of heaven, is beautifully portrayed here seated upon his divine mount Airavata, the majestic four-tusked white elephant, accompanied by his graceful consort Sachi Devi.
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i sort of agree with this model, but there is a dravidian substrate in all prakrits, including those spoken in the gangetic plain.
peggy mohan writes about it in her book.
bb lal’s excavations in the plains reveals painted grey ware cohabitation with late harappan artifacts.
Razib Khan 🧬 ✍️@razibkhan
a map of what i'm imagining (there is dravidian substrate in sindh, guj, maharashtra; and brahui exists in balochistan). no dravidian substrate in gangetic plain tho...different languages that went extinct
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umm…who is this directed at? the “initiative” doesn’t even mention the u.s. israel, iran or the gcc countries. how do china & pakistan get belligerents to play ball?
iran has already said they are not involved in pakistan’s initiative. both sides are talking escalation.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Pakistan@ForeignOfficePk
PR No.85/2026 Five-Point Initiative of China and Pakistan for Restoring Peace and Stability in the Gulf and Middle East Region (Beijing, March 31,2026)
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so, are there 15 demands? 5? 7? how many? everyone is making their own demands. tells you how this war is going.
Department of State@StateDept
SECRETARY RUBIO: Here are the clear objectives of the operation. You should write them down: 1. The destruction of Iran’s air force 2. The destruction of their navy 3. The severe diminishing of their missile launching capability 4. The destruction of their factories 🎯
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The earliest inscriptional reference to Pune appears in the Talegaon Copper Plate Grant of Rāṣṭrakūṭa ruler Kṛṣṇarāja I (Śaka 690 / 768 AD). It mentions Puṇaka viṣaya.
बाजीराव बल्लाळ (reverse body recomp arc)@Bajirao_Bhatt
Hit me with the craziest historical fact you know about Pune
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@Jayvtweets lovely. the same krishna who contributed greatly to the ellora caves (though it was commissioned by his father).
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Trump is starting to resemble Yeltsin, but without the ability to blame the vodka
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xuanzang (cir. 6th cent CE) on pataliputra’s architectural marvels. this theme of the mauryan imperial palace having apparently been built by genies resurfaces.
the rock chamber referenced by xuanzang might be the barabar caves.
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the remains of chandragupta maurya’s suganga palace.
ashoka’s palace as described by chinese pilgim fa-hien who visited pataliputra a thousand years later in the 4th century CE.
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they called it kusumadhwaja (कुसुमध्वज) - city of the blossoming flower banner - the indian subcontinent’s imperial capital for over a millennium.
what imperious rulers held court here: from its founder ajatashatru to chandragupta maurya, ashoka, vikramaditya & samudragupta.
Anuj Dhar@anujdhar
Several meters beneath the ground in Patna city lie such ruins of India's greatest city. This was the part exposed in Bulandi Bagh area in 1895 by L.A. Waddell. It shows remains of the wooden palisade which formed the protective wall of ancient Pataliputra. Very old picture enhanced and colourised, thanks to @grok.
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lol it looks like the pakistanis are operating in a different world. talking about ending the war, while israel and the u.s. are hitting iranian nuclear facilities in bushehr.
First Squawk@FirstSquawk
Pakistan's Foreign Minister: We discussed the possible ways to end the war in the region soon and in a sustainable manner.
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this is an escalation and if the iranians respond in kind, taking out desalination plants in the gcc, it is game over for many countries in the region.
total stupidity.
Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish
BREAKING: An attack by the US and Israel has targeted a major water source in the city of Haftgel, located in Iran’s western Khuzestan province, reports Iran’s Fars news agency, citing a local security official. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/hjr7b4
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mind truly blown today that the words namaste (नमस्ते) and namaz (نماز) are related.
Syed@Gypsy_heart8
Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh) for prayer is cognate with Syriac (Aramaic) word for prayer ܨܠܘܬܐ (ṣlūṯā). Persian word for prayer namaz is cognate with Hindi word namaste, derived from Sanskrit namaha (bowing down). Languages connect us all.
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absolute thrashing of hyderabad delivered by rcb. title defense underway.
the bowling is terrible, but the depth in batting is very formidable.
ESPNcricinfo@ESPNcricinfo
The defending champions begin with a commanding W ✅ #RCBvSRH scorecard: bit.ly/IPL26-M1
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