Ravi S. Iyer: Worldly

Last minor update on 2nd Jan. 2023 Quick info For readers who want to quickly see the conclusion part of this post, I have copy-pasted it below: The list of rulers and associated periods for Kalyan (and Dombivli), Maharashtra from 3rd century BCE to now (2022 CE) may be as follows: 1) 250 BCE to 185 BCE, Mauryan empire 2) 185 BCE to 250 CE, Satavahana dynasty for some time and Western Satraps for some time.  3) 250 CE to 315 or 370?CE, Abhira dynasty 4) 315 or 370 CE? to 5xx CE, Traikutaka dynasty for some time and Vakataka dynasty for some time 5) Mid-6th century (5xx) to 610 CE, Kalachuris (aka Early Kalachuris) with Konkan Mauryas as vassals of Kalachuris? 6) 610 CE to 749 CE, Chalukyas of Badami dynasty 7) 750 CE to 972 CE, Rashtrakuta dynasty with period of 810 CE onwards through vassal Silhara (Shilahara) dynasty 8) 972 CE to 1265 CE Silhara (Shilahara) dynasty as independent rulers with perhaps some periods as feudatories to others 9) 1265 to 1317? Seuna (Yadava) rule OR lik...

Last updated on 13th Feb. 2023 12th & 13th Feb. 2023 Update There is an improvement in search rankings of my correction pics for most related search terms, as compared to end December 2022 search rankings. The current (Feb. 2023) search rankings are given in this section whereas the earlier December 2022 search rankings are provided after this section. Google Image Search results For search term: 5000 years of Indian history chart Erroneous chart is 1st result and my pic is 6th result. [On PC desktop/laptop, to open pic in larger resolution (if available), right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In new tab/window you may have to click on pic to zoom in.] For search term: "5000 years of Indian history" chart Erroneous chart is 1st result (and 2nd result); my pic is 3rd result (another pic of mine is 9th result). For search term: 5000 years of Indian history timeline chart Erroneous chart is 1st result and my pic is 9th result. For search ter...

Last minor update on 10th Jan. 2023 This post is based on two recent Facebook posts of mine: 30th November 2022 post, https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/pfbid0eoM8NMEWMbTwrchc2LpRaqe3QCZdtfZ3F99yi8wuoZtvz77216tyQ4TY4qyqPMNXl 11th Dec. 2022 post,  https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/pfbid0BvoxN5QobRBh6UzWwzwrTccT7uiao3M3XnLgoqjtuG54f7BTL3GPc8bRKiVsQ1LMl . Around two weeks ago, in a limited audience (not public) Facebook post I came across a very flawed image claiming to show "5000 years of Indian History" which does not even mention Vijayanagara empire. Googling for the info. shows that this image seems to be shared publicly by lot of people. E.g. https://aimamedia.org/newsdetails.aspx?nid=80275 . That is quite tragic. I felt I should do my bit by putting up an initial Facebook public post (the 30th Nov. 2022 one). Key additional contents of that post are given below: Perhaps as the image author is said to be from Ahmedabad (Gujarat presumably), the image ...

Last updated on 10th Jan. 2023 This post follows-up on my previous posts: Tamil Nadu Ruler (>≈75% terr.) / Major Power (>≈50% terr.) from 1000 AD to 2000 AD (2nd millennium AD), https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2022/12/tamil-nadu-ruler-75-terr-major-power-50.html  and Delhi city area rulers from 1000 AD to 2000 AD (2nd millennium AD),  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2022/12/delhi-city-area-rulers-from-1000-ad-to.html .  I first shared an interim version of the comparison of history timeline bar charts pic on Facebook here:  https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/pfbid0goYgEkdcJMd6Qrw8QaU5T91Qxw1xmp1774Hxv8Gcw78roB4ah1V8qPY7pb2nUZ7El . The pic below is the release version (no longer interim). [On PC desktop, to open pic in larger resolution (if available), right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In new tab/window you may have to click on pic to zoom in.] Improvements made on chart given in earlier post, are: 1) Commo...

Last updated on 10th Jan. 2023 This follows-up on my previous post: Tamil Nadu Ruler (>≈75% terr.) / Major Power (>≈50% terr.) from 1000 AD to 2000 AD (2nd millennium AD),  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2022/12/tamil-nadu-ruler-75-terr-major-power-50.html . Most of the Preface section of above post applies to this post too, but with context of Delhi city area instead of Tamil Nadu. Some of the maps referenced in this document are from the video: A New History of India: Every Year, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw9psR8MyPI , 9 min. 30 secs., published on 18th March 2018 by Ollie Bye. In this document, the acronym ANHIOB is used to refer to this video. I first shared an interim version of these charts on Facebook here:  https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/pfbid02KFkBxCYcc6w38w63HDBNyndDuWfdEuG2tAvcDjYXfkzrBnGxQGwqvqyUk27XLFw7l  . The charts below are the release version (no longer interim). Data sources for Delhi city area charts are: 1) A New H...

Last updated on 10th Jan. 2023 Preface 1. The objective of this document is to provide a fairly accurate picture of ruler or major power kingdom/dynasty of Tamil Nadu region in the period 1000 AD to 2000 AD (2nd millennium AD), which is easy to read & understand. It is based on Wikipedia and a youtube video having maps of Indian kingdoms over time (including this period) which seems to be fairly accurate for Tamil Nadu area for 2nd millennium AD.  2. This document has used two categories to reflect amount of territory of Tamil Nadu ruled by a kingdom/dynasty in a particular period: Rule over Tamil Nadu: When territory control of a kingdom/dynasty is around or over 75 percent of Tamil Nadu, we can say that they ruled Tamil Nadu in that period. Major power in Tamil Nadu: When territory control of a kingdom/dynasty is around 50 percent territory but less than 75 percent of Tamil Nadu, we can say that they were a ‘Major Power’ in Tamil Nadu in that period. 3. Period calculation is ...