Take a look at the map. Which is the largest country on earth? How did Russia become so vast? How did she capture Siberia? When did this happen? Why did such an important historical event go unnoticed? What conquests and discoveries led to this expansion? This books addresses these questions which rise in the mind on seeing a map of the world. The stages by which Russia shook of the Mongol yoke and proceeded to expand her domains are traced. How in the first stage she unified and then conquered the Muslim khanates of Kazan and Sibir, and then proceeded to expand across Asia are examined. The...
Take a look at the map. Which is the largest country on earth? How did Russia become so vast? How did she capture Siberia? When did this happen? Why d...
"He who owns this diamond will own the world, but will also know all its misfortunes. Only God, or a woman, can wear it with impunity." So goes an old Hindi curse placed on the Kohinoor. The book traces the history of the Kohinoor and the history of all those whose hands it passes through to chronicle the violent fates that befell those who owned it. From its first known possible mention as the Syamantaka of the Krishna story to its passage to the hands of Babur and his family, down to Nadir Shah, Ahmed Shah Abdali, Ranjit Singh and finally the British, the story is elaborated. The book is a...
"He who owns this diamond will own the world, but will also know all its misfortunes. Only God, or a woman, can wear it with impunity." So goes an old...
