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Modern History
The two powers that almost stopped the British: Mysore's rockets and the Maratha confederacy
Mysore had war rockets and French-trained infantry; the Marathas had the subcontinent's last indigenous empire. Seven wars later, both were gone, and the Subsidiary Alliance did the rest quietly.
27 September 2026 · 39 min read
Medieval History
Love as Rebellion: How the Bhakti Saints Rewrote Indian Religion
From Tamil poet-saints singing to Shiva in the 7th century to Kabir mocking both priest and mullah, Mirabai defying a kingdom for Krishna, and Chaitanya dancing through Bengal, the Bhakti movement was India's longest spiritual revolution, and UPSC never stops asking about it.
27 September 2026 · 48 min read
Medieval History
How the Sultanate Ran, and Built: Iqta, Bureaucracy, Arches and Domes
The Delhi Sultanate's real revolution wasn't on the battlefield, it was in the tax register and the mason's yard. The iqta system funded a professional state, and the true arch, the dome and lime mortar gave India a new architectural language. Here's how both worked.
27 September 2026 · 38 min read