Kunala of Beautiful Eyes

Kunala means eagle, the bird with the most beautiful eyes. Kunala was the Crown Prince of Ashoka Maurya and also the designated heir to the great Mauryan Empire. Around 238 BCE, the Maurya Empire stretched from the mountains of Afganistan to the Sea of Bengal, from Kashmir in north to Mysore and Kanchipuram in south.Continue reading “Kunala of Beautiful Eyes”

Jagat Seth: the Bankers of the World

Murshidabad Surya Mishra becomes Murshid Quli Khan I don’t know when Surya Narayan Mishra, a Brahmin boy from Deccan and Manik Chand, a Jain Marwari boy from Nagaur, Rajasthan met at the Bengal city of Dacca (Dhaka). It was sometime at the turn of the 17th century. No calendar date had been assigned to theirContinue reading “Jagat Seth: the Bankers of the World”

The Market Drayton Effect

Charles was a worried man as he alighted at the Market Drayton. Market Drayton was a small market town in the north Shropshire, England, close to Cheshire. In 1245, King Henry III granted a charter for a weekly Wednesday market. This gave the town its current name. A visibly worried Charles had no reason toContinue reading “The Market Drayton Effect”