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BUDDHISM AND MERCHANTS
Forgotten Horses: How two grand histories gallop past power’s real engineTwo major books on world history, 'The Silk Roads' and 'The Golden Road', aim to shift focus away from Europe. However, both texts largely ...- Hindu temple in China reveals trade flourished between the two countriesThe oldest Ramayana manuscripts do not mention China. But the oldest Mahabharata manuscripts do. China became familiar with India first ind...
- The merchants of Bharat: A forgotten legacy of trade and enterpriseThe oldest Tamil epics are based on women from mercantile families. It has nothing to do with warriors or priests. The heroines of Shilapad...
- Buddhism as prosperity gospelMerchants played a significant role in the spread and support of Buddhism, as evidenced by various Buddhist scriptures and historical sites...
- The gratitude trick: Gratitude is a clever trick marketed to avoid taking responsibility & being accountable for one’s actionsRich individuals expressing gratitude on social media often avoid taking accountability for their actions, presenting a facade of humility....
- 'Asia on the Move: Histories of mobility and the making of Asia'On 22–24 February, 18 scholars from Hungary, Russia, the USA, UK and Uzbekistan, presented papers ranging from maritime and overland trade,...
- Singer Tina Turner visited India to explore role of 'The Goddess' in film, wanted to 'reinvent' herselfTurner, who was 64 at that time, had said her belief in "prayer" and the healing power of faith pushed her to say yes to the character.
- Forgotten ballads of Indian merchantsAs per Buddhist lore, soon after he attained Buddhahood, Siddhartha Gautama was fed by two merchants. They said they could not be bhikku (m...
- A money manager like no other, Kubera, the lord of wealthcareIt’s Dhanteras today. It won’t be just Lakshmi who gets special treatment – master epicurean and king of good times Dhanapati shall get our...
- What you need to know about Buddhist capitalismA thousand years before that, the trading routes across the world were controlled by Buddhist merchant kings. This is one aspect of Buddhis...
- How Bindumati, a courtesan, made the Ganga flow in reverse directionThe story of the courtesan mentioned in 2000-year-old Buddhist text Milinda Panha draws attention to the role of integrity as well as equal...
- A Brahmin in Kerala: A tale of politics, spirituality, and human greedThe 20th century saw a reform movement in Kerala that challenged this old hierarchical system that legitimised inequality. New laws demande...
- View: The beginning and end of using religionHistory books encourage us to see Romans as conquerors, as as brute oppressors and hedonists, but not as tolerant rulers, who allowed relig...
- Goddess of Economics: The concept of Lakshmi signifies money has value only when it is circulatedThe whole idea of Lakshmi being whimsical, and continuously moving, is a reminder that money has value only when it is circulated.
- How India lost its rich maritime tradition to EuropeansThere were many reasons attributed to why India’s maritime trade declined. One reason was the tension between the Brahmins and the Buddhist...
- How India favoured the kshatriya feudalism to market-based economies of vaishyasFeudal land-based economies of kshatriyas value Lakshmi as Bhu-devi (tangible land) while market-based economies of vaishyas value Lakshmi ...
- Why entrepreneurs are being viewed as social smugglersWhat led to a land that once celebrated vysyas to look down upon them? The latter’s generosity solely towards monks could have contributed.
- Bollywood music & yoga steal the show at Tashkent summitTo cash in on popularity, the tourism ministry is running an Incredible India campaign at the three-day 2017 Tashkent International Tourism...
- For every successful referral, users can earn Rs 10: PM Modi launches incentive scheme for BHIMUnder the referral bonus scheme, both the existing user who refers BHIM and the new user who adopts BHIM would get a cash bonus credited di...
- Just chill!Among the many delightful tales of desire and delusion from the Sufi tradition, there is one about Mullah Nasruddin encountering a consignm...
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