Sunday, November 20, 2011

Pepper and Peacock

Indian History can be put into many kinds of interesting paintings like Tempera, Pastel, Gouache work, but history can be made once.. I watched a documentary about story of India in BBC by M Wood. There he starts the describing about the Indian culture from south and later he goes to the north for having a sacred drink which has poppy, cannabis and ephedia as its ingredients. Later he speaks about Hindu belief like dharma, artha, karma and mokhsa.. Interesting is that they all should follow fire, water, air, earth and ether (sky). Interestingly he tells more about Buddha story and Sikhism who believed there is no Hindu and Muslim. The fact is that Sikhs are not allowed to cut or comb their hair and they needed the hear from the king and understand their deeds and work upon it. The history started when west started invading India in olden centuries. The kings like Alexander has made a history in the Asian sub continent. Chandra Gupta Maurya, Asoka  and khalinga are some of the names which are still talked down in the history. Tamil being the first classical language has also a part in Indian history. The attack of Augustus from Rome and kanishka from kushans has been a great tale in the history. Gupta's who ruled the north of India had Chandra Gupta maurya 2 has their head, while cholas who ruled down the south has been a keynote. Barber, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and jayan has also made the 300 years of mughal empire alive in India. It's darah vs Aurangzeb who payed way for the British to enter India. Meanwhile shahjahans tajmahal has created a new love story around the world.

Movies which are related to this article:

Mangal pandey - amir khans movie
The tiger and the flame (1952)
Raja Raja cholan (1973)
Mughul - e - Azam (1960)
Ramayan - (1932)
Gandhi - (1985)
Ashoka - (2001)
Alexander - (2004)
and
BBC - STORY OF INDIA, 6 DVD'S

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