The Britishers took away the control of India from the Marathas and not from the Mughals

The Britishers took away the control of India from the Marathas and not from the Mughals

 Courtsy :Pulkit Mishra-  @pulkitmishra007 

Can you name the war that the Mughals fought against the British? You cannot because there was none.

When Robert Clive defeated the Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey to put the foundation stone of the British Empire,

the Mughal Emperor Alamgir II, was a 58 year old puppet, put to the throne by the Mighty Marathas and kingmaker Imad-ul-Mulk.

Yes, Marathas and not Mughals were the dominant power, when the British entered India.

In fact, Marathas ruled over an Empire larger than that of Akbar, dominating India for over 75 years.

There was a famous saying (Kahawat) for the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II who reigned soon after Alamgir II 

"Sultanat-e-Shah Alam, Az Dilli ta Palam", meaning, 'The kingdom of Shah Alam is from Delhi to Palam', Palam being a suburb of Delhi. 

The Mughal kings that came after Shah Alam were mere pensioners under the British rule and weren’t the dominating force they are pictured to be

The British had to face the Mighty Marathas and not the Mughals in the first major war for the control of the Indian Sub-continent 

The Anglo Maratha War in 1775–82, which ended up in the Surrender of the British Troops.

It took conceit, treachery, manipulation & 44 long years of war against the Marathas for Brits to finally consolidate the British Empire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratha_Empire

 

 

 

 

Martial Arts and Zen buddhism were founded in China by an Indian

Martial Arts and Zen buddhism were founded in China by an Indian

 Courtsy :Pulkit Mishra-  @pulkitmishra007 

Bodhidharma, a Pallava prince from Kanchipuram in Southern India went on to become the first patriarch of the Chan Buddhism in China.

He established what we now know as the Shaolin temple and Kung-Fu.

He arrived in China after 382 AD and is identified as the 28th Patriarch of Buddhism

 

Today, there are major temples and sites dedicated to Bodhidharma all over China, Tibet, Malaysia and Japan.

 

Many movies and documentaries have been made in China and Japan on his life and times.

The only people perhaps who have forgotten him are we, Indians.

 We have bad slavery blood, hence tend to believe more in non-Indians. Here is the proof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQiK8m_Z8fo

 

Best Devanagari Typefaces

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Apr 20

Best Devanagari Typefaces

Find few beautiful fonts among the slim pickings of this Brahmi based gorgeous script

Anatomy of the Devanagari Font

If one script were to represent the great Indian intellectual tradition, it would without doubt be the Devanagari Script (Devanāgarī or देवनागरी). Used for over 120 languages including the major ones such as Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali among others this is a very beautiful script. Even though it’s the native script for more than 500 million people, selection for typefaces are pretty bad. However, recent explosion of mobile usage across the globe might help curb these issues.

Here, I present to you a list of high quality Devanagari typefaces which I think are worth of use and praise. Hopefully, this encourages people to make many more.

Test text: अतिरोषणश्चक्षुष्मानप्यन्ध एव (The angry person, though possessing eyes, is blind.)

Sanskrit 2003

Sanskrit 2003 Typeface

Sanskrit 2003 from Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas is one of the classic Devanagari font. It one of the widely used typeface for Devanagari.

Chandas and Uttara

Chandas with its Northern style Devanagari

Uttara with its Southern Bombay style Devanagri

These fonts are very comprehensive with tons of complex conjuncts. In Uttara I’ve seen the best implementation of Southern Bombay style Devanagari.

Devanagari MT

Devanagari MT Regular

Default font for Mac OS X until recently. This is the Times New Roman of Devanagari. Best for printed text and long reading. Really well designed without sacrificing the beauty for functionality.

Lohit Devanagari

Lohit Devanagari Regular

Default font for Linux commissioned by RedHat, Lohit Devanagari is a standard fare. It was one of few early OpenType fonts and I’ll always be thankful for that.

Kohinoor Devanagari

Kohinoor Devanagari Light

Default for Mac OS and iOS, this font from Indian Type Foundry (IFT) is a well designed modern font. Very legible on smartphones and simple for beginners. This takes the place of Helvetica for Devanagari.

Noto Sans/Serif Devanagari

Noto Sans Devanagari

Noto Serif Devanagari

These open source fonts from Google are modern and really well-designed. I find myself going back and forth between this and Kohinoor Devanagari for any web projects.

ITF Devanagari

IFT Devanagari Light

This is a pretty well made font best for print and long form texts. I like the minimal look of this typeface.

Brahmos Devanagari

Brahmos Devanagri Bold

This iconic typeface from IFT captures the essence old movies titles and wall posters throughout the alleys of South Asia.

CV Ganesh

Ganesh

Though a non-Unicode font, this is a very popular typeface used in large print and we can see why. Really love the grounded feeling it evokes. It’s very aptly named too. Hopefully, this will be available as an Unicode OpenType font soon.

Aananda Akchyar

Akchyar Unicode Regular

This is one of the few handwriting style Devanagari fonts. Really readable and stylish at the same time.

Kruti Dev 500

Kruti Dev 500 Regular

Not an Unicode font but this is one most used Devanagari font through the Indian subcontinent and very iconic too.

Kruti Dev 690

Kruti Dev 690 Normal

From the same famous Kruti family, this is another iconic font too. Used for titles and large printing, this is a gorgeous typeface