By Alexis Schaitkin Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures.

He said that Maharshi Bhardwaj wrote a book mentioning airplanes, and that 50 years ago ... There used to be Sanskrit then and no other language,” Bagde said, adding that Nalanda was destroyed by ...

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The Vice President said that the ancient Nalanda University housed 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers but was destroyed by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193. “(In) 1193 Bakhtiyar Khilji ...

The Vice President said that the ancient Nalanda University housed 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers but was destroyed by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193. “(In) 1193 Bakhtiyar Khilji, a reckless ...

This university flourished for 800 years before it was destroyed by invader Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji in the 12th century. This university was a site of great learning, for both Buddhism and subjects ...

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March 19, 2025 • Russell has published excellent short story collections since her 2011 debut novel Swamplandia!, but this is her first novel in nearly 15 years. It follows a "Prairie Witch" in ...

Built by Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, the temple faced destruction following the 12th-century invasions led by Bakhtiyar Khilji of the Ghurid dynasty. In 1891, Anagarika Dharmapala embarked ...