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r/IndianHistory is a subreddit with 332k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.
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Popular Themes in r/IndianHistory
#1
Advice Requests
: "What could have been the alternate history of India if not for European colonial forces?"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Why can't Indian film makers not make a half historically accurate period movie? A rant."
1 post
#3
Opportunities
: "If Pandyans, Cholas, Cheras and Sinhalese had stopped constantly quarrelling with each other & worked together around the 10th century AD time could South India and Sri Lanka have ever been colonised by 16th-18th?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/IndianHistory
#1
History
: "Fact check: I saw these posts mentioning Indian tribes from Andhra Pradesh and Indian dogs settling in Australia and a Sanskrit like language being spoken by certain Australian tribes. Does these claims have any authentic backings and Is this accepted in the History community ? Thanks."
107 posts
#2
India
: "What could have been the alternate history of India if not for European colonial forces?"
66 posts
#3
Ancient
: "Niraj Rai claims to have discovered another “war chariot” in Ancient India from 4000 years ago. No official publishing though just another tweet…"
24 posts
#4
Indian History
: "Extremely surprised that so many people don't know about the kushanas or that it is even a part of Indian History"
15 posts
#5
Religion
: "Intaglio seal of an Ancient Indian man named dharmaśreṣṭha (lit. excellent in the dharma) from late-Gupta era Gandhara. Inscription is in the Brahmi script"
9 posts
#6
Temple
: "Many South Indian Temples don't allow non-Hindus to enter. Such a rule is hardly found in North India. What do you think are the historical reasons for this?"
8 posts
#7
Mughals
: "Menal mahadev Temple"
6 posts
#8
Art
: "Sundari paintings are a type of pin-up erotic Art that were popular in 19th-century Bengal. The images depict women, pArticularly the new class of widows who took up sex work to survive post the abolition of sati. In most of these paintings, the Sundaris were depicted draped in the white saree"
6 posts
#9
Empire
: "Why is Mauryan Empire and Gupta Empire not famous?"
5 posts
#10
Archaeology
: "Excavated sites at Purana Qila, dating back 2,500 years, dissolved into oblivion after rainfall"
5 posts
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