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India’s Hidden Baolis Captured in photos

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

A new photobook has been published that unveils the history behind one of India’s best kept architectural secrets – a series of idiosyncratic subterranean stepwells scattered all over the country. Called The Vanishing Stepwells of India, the project was completed by … Continue reading →

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RAWLINSON :Pioneer Reader of Cuneiform and Assyriology

Posted on May 9, 2019 by

Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet GCB was an English soldier, diplomat and orientalist. He is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Assyriology.” Knowledge of cuneiform was lost until 1835 when Henry Rawlinson, a British East India Company army … Continue reading →

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Martin Waldseemüller : A Pioneer Mapmaker Who Named America

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

Martin Waldseemüller was a German cartographer. He and Matthias Ringmann are credited with the first recorded usage of the word America, on the 1507 map Universalis Cosmographia in honour of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. He thought it was Amerigo. Waldseemüller was born in Wolfenweiler near Freiburg … Continue reading →

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Agricultural Revolution : An Overview-A Timeline of Innovations

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

Technological Innovations play a significant role in peopling and demography of a region.Between the eighth century and the eighteenth, the tools of farming basically stayed the same and few advancements in technology were made. This meant that the farmers had … Continue reading →

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