Pre-modern South Asia has a rich history of conquerors defeating weaker kings and annexing their land. This history is especially rich on the Deccan Plateau, where modern day Hyderabad sits. Kings from dynasties that ruled the Deccan constructed monuments to themselves and patronized temples as shows of their power and Conquerors could choose what to do with these structures ...
Harrison Wagener
Mining in Meghalaya
Meghalaya is a state of tremendous natural beauty and abundant natural resources. The small mountainous state in North India protrudes from the flat plains of Bengal and ends in the river valleys of Assam. It has hundreds of rolling green hills, steep cliffs and spectacular waterfalls. Those hilltops and cliffs are made of limestone ready for extraction. Speckled through the ...
A Little about this Blog
For me this blog has two purposes: (1) to keep everybody up to date with my travels through some stories and pictures and (2) to post some more reflective blogs as a part of the classes that I am taking here. Some posts, like this one, will be more geared to travel updates and others like the one before this will be more academic. Now to the post! After ...
Mahabalipuram and Inescapable Ideology
A little over an hour outside of Chennai lays the town of Mahabalipuram, an obvious tourist destination. Signs 36 kilometers away point to the sight of a group of 7th and 8th century temples surrounded a couple resorts and plenty of shops full of memorabilia. Outside the first temple we visited is the largest stone relief carving in India. It stretches 96 feet long ...
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