'The Heritage Post'

  Introduction: - Sati, the inhumane practice of widow immolation, which was as a parameter for a devoted and virtuous wife was prohibited by the British in 1829, however it didn't vanish completely and debates supporting and opposing it emerged and most initiated by men. Women, under whose context all these arguments were made was silent. This patriarchal society was arguing around, in the name of women and for the sake of woman but for their own purposes and woman was not voicing her own issues. For example- the evangelicals used to write and spoke about woman for raising funds for their missions and societies. So, here in the essay, I will discuss about some of the debates related to sati during colonial era, situated in and around the region of Bengal. Debates around Sati: - The practice of Sati fell under the colonial criminal law and varied government bodies had right to frame policies and laws regarding this. The governor-general and his council, officials of criminal ju...

With the opening up of the borders of China, Japan and Korea for trade, for foreign countries, their ideas, religion, culture, political structure and ideologies started coming in which gave rise to reform movements and rebellions in these countries from common people which led these countries to think about changing their political and social systems. Uprisings in these countries were related to issues of laymen and also led by them. They protested against high taxes, raised by local authorities arbitrarily, corruption, economic instability which further gave rise to inflation and social issues like caste and class differentiations. Generally, these uprisings had a structure for their conduction, for example, in Korea and Japan leaders used to organize assemblies where people came up with their grievances and draft petitions which were then taken to authorities and if refused people started a protest against authorities, which later in turned to bloody rebellions. Unlike in Korea and ...

  Introduction: - The 18th century India has been looked by many scholars as a period of Mughal decline and political transition, fragmentation of power and rise of regional states etc. highlighting their characteristics but earlier it was limited only to decline. This period marked the rise of regional powers which were characterized by political and economic growth, re-distribution of power and increasing role of foreign powers like British and French in Indian Polity. Many historians argues that decline of Mughals started in the late years of Aurangzeb’s reign; due to his policy measures as J.F. Richards mentions economic crisis caused due to Aurangzeb’s wars in the Deccan regions which obstructed the collection of revenue and also led to diversion of resources to fund the wars. The internal strife in the Imperial court leading to political crisis caused due to wars of succession. So, here in the essay we will look towards some of the theories related to Mughal decline and also ...

  In    Introduction: - Medieval India is a period which witnessed many political, cultural and economic currents and shifts resulting in collaboration of two cultures, which were not completely alien to each other. One impact that this collaboration left can be seen on in the form of Indian architecture. Here in the essay, we will look at Indo-Islamic architecture in the context of Delhi Sultanate and Vijayanagar Empire which were contemporary to each other but situated at different locations geographically, Delhi sultunate in Northern India and Vijaynagar empire in Southern India. There are some architectural influences of Hindu or Indic characteristics on the Sultanate architecture in the form of motifs and architectural features like use of lintel and beam etc. where as we can observe Islamic influences on Vijayanagar’s architecture as well.                    Background: - The Sultanate of Delhi was established by Qut...

  Introduction: - As we all know that history is about interpretation of events, texts, dynasty and empires in context of their rulers, policies, and cultures etc. thus, the division and categories under which history is kept is also contentious where historians have conceptualized this category i.e., of ‘ancient, medieval and modern’ in their ways through varied perspectives. When it comes to South Asian history and Indian history in particular the division of Indian history was first done by British colonizers on sectorial basis relating Ancient to Hinduism, Medieval to Islamic rule and Modern to British Era. Although this division has its own flaws but it impacted Indian history for a long time and even today. However, many contrary conceptualizations also developed with time like socio-economic, political perspectives and so on. Here in this essay, we will look at some of these interpretations done by historians for the medieval history. Definition and re-definitions of the ‘m...