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Darbar Sahib’s Historic Sundial: What It Reveals About Sikh Science and India’s Astronomical Legacy
The historic sundial at the Darbar Sahib (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar embodies Sikh scientific heritage and India’s long tradition of astronomy. As a precise instrument of time reckoning, it unites devotion with disciplined observation, demonstrating how faith communities historically organized daily life through empirical knowledge. Visitors experience it as both an open-air classroom and a…
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When a Turkish Muslim Treasure-Hunter Sold an Ancient Sanskrit Manuscript to a Colonial British Colonel in China
At Kucha, now in Xinjiang, Colonel Hamilton Bower buys an ancient Sanskrit Manuscript from a Turkic Muslim treasure-hunter for a paltry sum and then brings it back to India. The British Government had chosen Hamilton Bower for a forthright reason. When we read between the lines, we can’t help but marvel at the intricacy and…