Medieval History

[Hauma Hamiddha]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I recently came across two different terracota images of kumAra dating back to kumAragupta and his sons time, from mathurA.  Both show kumAra in fierse posture, as if leading mahAdeva's senA.  In one he is ShaNmukha riding on a flying mayUra.  In the other he is ekamukha sitting on a static mayUra and looks like a brAhmaNa senApati.
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Interesting- I have never seen those in life or pictures. My only trip to mathurA was when I was quite young and it was a brief one enroute to dilli. I was however given an early memorable introduction to the effects of the shashidhvaja-s in the form of the masjid squatting on the old keshavAlaya. By the time we reached the ASI museum we were out of time and saw very little. Of course mathurA was the center of a great kumAra-gR^iha that apparently came up at least as early as the shu~Nga times and continued through harSha's times. It probably vanished during ghaznavi's attack on the city.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Thank you. Please consider writing a novel.  rAhula, bound in his mental prison, stands nowhere close to your narration abilities.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Thanks, but I fear there is still a long way to go to make it real reading.

BTW- I agree that Akbar indeed does appear dyslexic rather than dumb. He certainly was no idiot and had all the access to education. However, I am unaware of any other mogol who suffered from this condition - especially given its genetic nature. What is your take on the allA upaniShat -- it almost seems to be one of those bIrbal jokes played on the padishaw. The jagat-guru said: aham akabarho.asmi <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->