Tag: Indian History

• Ancient Wonders: The Mahabodhi Temple

  

  Today we return to our Ancient Wonders series where we look to Bihar state in India and the Mahabodhi Temple. The temple is around 2,200 years old, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major site of Buddhist pilgrimage – so let’s explore Mahabodhi Temple’s fascinating history! The origins of the Mahabodhi Temple lie with…

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  April 25, 2022

  Ancient Wonders

  Ancient History, Ancient India, Ancient Wonders, Asian History, Buddhism, Hinduism, history, India, Indian History, Mahabodhi Temple, Temples, UNESCO

• A Brief History of Chess

  

  Being a year into the Coronavirus pandemic, I started thinking about how for many of us who have spent most of the time in a form of lockdown, different Netflix series have categorised different parts of lockdown. First Tiger King was all the rage, then we had various crime documentaries, Bridgerton, and The Queen’s Gambit.…

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  February 27, 2021

  A Brief Moment of History, Miscellaneous

  Chess, Games, history, India, Indian History, Islamic History, Medieval Europe, Medieval History, Persia, Queen's Gambit