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In the winter of 1302–1303, Alauddin dispatched an army to ransack the Kakatiya (a Telugu dynasty) capital Warangal, and himself marched to Chittor. Finding Delhi unprotected, the Mongols launched another invasion around August 1303. [26] Alauddin managed to reach Delhi before the invaders, but did not have enough time to prepare for a strong ...
South Asians are stereotyped around the world in ways that are dehumanizing, and in some cases it can lead to depression and mental health issues. [2] [7]According to a study by Burr et al. (2002), cultural stereotypes among women from South Asian communities have been linked to patterns of suicide and depression.
According to Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, 90 captured elephants were employed merely to carry precious stones looted from his conquest, which was used to erect a mosque at Samarkand – what historians today believe is the enormous Bibi-Khanym Mosque. Ironically, the mosque was constructed too quickly and suffered from disrepair within a few ...
The Madurai Nayaks were a Telugu dynasty [1] who ruled most of modern-day Tamil Nadu, India, with Madurai as their capital and the Kingdom of Kandy, in Modern day Sri Lanka. The Madurai Nayaks had their origins in the Kambalattu Nayakkar [ 2 ] or Balija warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh . [ 3 ]
The term "Nayak" is derived from the Sanskrit word Nāyaka, meaning "leader" or "governor." The rise of the Nayak family to power occurred after the death of King Vira Narendrasinha, who left no legitimate heir. As a result, the throne passed to his brother-in-law, Sri Vijaya Rajasinha, who was crowned in 1739. [1]
Nizam, a shortened version of Nizam-ul-Mulk, meaning Administrator of the Realm, was the title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad state, India, since 1719, belonging to the Asaf Jahi dynasty. The dynasty was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi , a viceroy of the Deccan under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to 1721 who intermittently ruled ...
Muhammad Iqbal, poet and philosopher, was a strong proponent of Hindu–Muslim unity and an undivided India, perhaps until 1930. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was also active in the Indian National Congress in Bengal, during his early political career.
Kadamba script developed by the Kadamba dynasty was derived from the Brahmi script and later evolved into the Telugu-Kannada script after the 7th century. [1] [8] [9] The Telugu and Kannada scripts then separated by around 1300 CE. [1] [10] [11] The Muslim historian and scholar Al-Biruni referred to both the Telugu language as well as its ...