10 Solar eclipse facts that you probably didn't know about.

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Our front page tomorrow The Independent

‘The moment has come to do whatever it takes to force Israel to end its war. It has to stop.’

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The current state of affairs at a 14th century royal Hamam or a bathhouse in #Pandua - the capital of the #Bengal #Sultanate at the time. If you look closely, you can trace the underground channels that circulated hot and cold water throughout the Hamam. The structure is currently…

Fascinating Michael Collins took this picture of the lunar lander which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin where inside. Behind is Earth.

The photo has become known as “Everyone in the world except Michael Collins.”

Some blame the Manusmriti for caste, some blame the British. But the primary sources tell a weirder story: of traders, artisans and mercenaries wielding it as a political tool during the fall of the Chola Empire.

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When I studied genocide in context of the 1971 War, I wanted to know how the state produced narratives that enabled genocidal violence with such impunity while creating a culture of silencing that remains difficult to penetrate 50 years on. Many of those techniques at play now:

This is horrific—a year and 40% of their reserves before we can use British Library collections again, and the cyber attack has received zero coverage??!!

I wouldn’t have a research career at all without BL Asian and African — all my work relies on their manuscript and art collection.

Reporting vandalism at Zafar Mahal in Delhi's Mehrauli village. The guard informed me that 8 days ago, vandals destroyed part of the jaali (circled area in older pic) in front of the tombs of three Mughal emperors and Bahadur Shah II's empty tomb.
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A friend told me that this beautiful wooden shrine of Baba Latif-ud Din at Poshkar is being demolished to construct a new building. If, only someone could intervene- we have already lost significant part of our Built Heritage.

My favourite capital: from an old mansion in Kucha Pati Ram, Delhi, India

I am thrilled to announce the start of a project to digitise a collection of rare photographs of terracotta monuments in Bengal. The photographs were taken by Dr George Michell in the 1980s for his seminal book 'The Brick Temples of Bengal: From the Archives of David McCutchion'.

This is the Queen's Stepwell in Gujarat, India, built nearly 1,000 years ago.

It is beautiful, but it isn't unique — India is filled with hundreds of stepwells just like it.

Here is the story of the world's most extraordinary underground architecture...

Sam Dalrymple on Gilgit-baltistan

Navigating Gilgit-Baltistan: an intriguing adventure through one of Pakistan's most historically tumultuous regions

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Lovely review of Sam Dalrymple's Project Dastaan

The Poetics of Partition
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Went to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery today to catch the #childofempire immersive VR experience as part of the #SouthAsianHeritageMonth Project Dastaan tour.

OMG, it was emotional 😭

Brilliant to catch up with Sparsh Ahuja and Sam Dalrymple the incredible minds behind the project. Amazing guys 👏🏽

The Mughal Era Mandir project: A social media initiative by Rana Safvi رعنا राना & Sam Dalrymple that hopes to conserve Delhi’s heritage and cosmopolitanism - my first contribution to IndiaToday Leisure indiatoday.in/magazine/leisu…

#DidYouKnow that in Old #Delhi , there are #temples topped by ‘Mughal style’ domes and a #Mughal samadhi built for a #Hindu saint? Writers Rana Safvi رعنا राना and Sam Dalrymple name their top 10 temples in #Shahjahanabad . Read and be wowed!
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From yesterday's explorations of temples built in Shahjahanabad from 1648 to 1857 under the Mughal rule.
They are all mentioned in my book Shahjahanabad The Living City of Old Delhi.
For rest check Sam Dalrymple's Instagram feed
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I've read The Hindu ever since I was a kid, and to see a cover story and full page article AND extract about Lords of the Deccan in today's Sunday Magazine is... something else. 🤯