BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 17: Over two thousand villagers who believe they are descendents of Alexander the Great and live in remote villages nestled in the Himalayas at an altitude of around 9,900 feet above the sea level are refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine because it is against their beliefs.
(The five-foot tall king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, who set out to conquer the world after succeeding his assassinated father at the age of 20, had invaded India in 327 BC. In July 326 BC, he fought King Porus of the Paurava kingdom at Bhera on the banks of River Jhelum in present day Pakistan’s Sargodha district. However, he was forced to turn back when his exhausted and homesick soldiers refused to accompany him on his expedition across the River Ganga. He died in Babylon in present Iraq in June 323 BC, and lies buried in Alexandria in Egypt. Several thousand people claiming to be descendents of Alexander’s soldiers live in remot
Greek and Roman Wars and tools of Propaganda
By Agha Iqrar Haroon
“Truth, soon we shall either kill the barbarians or else we are bound to be killed ourselves”.
These are words narrated to King Leonidas when arrived at Thermopylae to his comrades in arms and written by historian
King Leonidas and this is (was) what Herodotus wanted from the listener or the reader.
Troy, Helen of Troy, Trojan, Trojan Horse, 300 Spartans,
Darius the Great, Alexander the Great, and many more words and names look immortal in human history because historians and poets like
Arrian of Nicomedia made them immortal through their literary work.
Elephants were the tanks of the ancient battlefield.
An elephant charging into a group of soldiers or horses could decimate a formation. That’s assuming the sheer psychological impact of watching a giant war beast with pointy tusks charging and shrieking like murder incarnate didn’t first cause the opposing force to flee in terror.
This first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest.
They could smash fortifications, impale people on their tusks, and stomp people to death under their huge feet and enormous weight. They towered over the battlefield.
In addition to their brute strength and the inherent psychological impact on the enemy, elephants were incredibly useful for logistics. They’re also highly intelligent.
Exciting day trip to historical salt range
Islamabad
February 28, 2021
Islamabad: The Asian Study Group has organised an exciting day trip to the Salt Range which comprises of two rows of low lying rugged hills that run east to west between the Soan and Jhelum rivers - from the Grand Trunk Road near Jhelum city to the River Indus near Kalabagh. This area is said to record 600 million years of the earth’s history.
The name comes from the vast deposits of rock salt exposed and mined at Khewra. The salt was left behind when the sea, which extended over the Indus plains and the Potohar plateau, evaporated 600 million years ago. The rocks and fossils found around the salt range provide a complete record of the history of the Earth. The Salt Range Wetlands Complex comprises of a series of adjacent lakes - Kallar Kahar, Khabbeki, Ucchali, Jhalar and Namal. These lakes provide an important wintering ground for migratory birds and are the core habitat for the endemic Punjab Urial.
Indian-Greek ties have exciting prospects, built on the legacy of Alexander the Great and King Porus
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The Greek Foreign Ministry describes the Indian-Greek friendship as “excellent, with relations being multifaceted, harmonious and warm, as the two peoples are linked by close ties of friendship and mutual cooperation, and represent ancient cultures.”
This close relationship was reflected in a busy 2020 that saw relationship building between Athens and New Delhi reach unprecedented heights despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was scheduled to visit Athens in November. The visit was unfortunately delayed due to a second wave of COVID-19 hitting Greece.