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ಆವರ್ತ

by Asha Raghu

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-list, kannada, kadambari

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— Aug 26, 2026 03:24AM

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Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History

by Vikram Sampath

bookshelves: 2024-reading-list, history, indian-author, non-fictioon, currently-reading

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— Sep 17, 2024 03:14AM

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Varahas Vengeance (The Battle of Vathapi #2)

by Arun Krishnan (Goodreads Author)

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“As you light up the Heavens and the Earth, O Radiant Sun, So light up my Mind’.”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, Land of seven rivers: History of India's Geography

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“It is this Bharata, an ancestor of the Pandavas and Kauravas, after who our country is named - Bharat. Our land is also known as Bharatvarsha, or the kingdom of Bharata.”
― Sudha Murty, The Serpent's Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata

tags: indian-culture, indian-lore, indian-mythology, mahabharata, pandava

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“Geography is not just about the physical terrain, but also about the meaning that we attribute to it. Thus, the Saraswati flows, invisibly, at Allahabad.”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, Land of seven rivers: History of India's Geography

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“Roman writer Pliny (23–79 AD) wrote: ‘Not a year passed in which India did not take fifty million sesterces away from Rome.”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, Land of seven rivers: History of India's Geography

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“Thus, an Indian father’s determination to protect his beloved daughter led to the demise of the Portuguese in Oman. In”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History

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