Peshawar : originally it was part of Gāndhāra & known as Puruṣapura. Zend Avesta knew it then as Vaēkərəta, the 7th most beautiful place on earth created by Ahura Mazda. Puruṣapura, which held sway over Takshashilā, & was for centuries the junction for trade between Bactria, South Asia, & Central Asia, was renamed Peshawar by Akbar who conquered it in 1595.
... Kandahār bazaar does not necessarily imply the old city as its source. Curios and antiques are breught wherever they would most draw attention, e.g. , the coins of Sophytes which were collected in the Peshawar market but which were ultimately shown to have had their origin in Irān. For convenience's sake, however, we may continue to speak of Kandahār II. The Most Important Issue ... learn Buddhism, and the queen, too, became one of his disciples. When he came to the throne king Bālāditya in conjunction with his queen-mother invited Vasubandhu (who had gone to his native place, Peshawar) to Ayodhya and favoured him with special patronage (JRAS, 1905, pp. 33 ff.). "It is generally accepted that Vikramāditya and Bālāditya refer to two Gupta emperors, but it is not possible... and the Shiladas came to an end in c. 340 A.D. with the rise of a tribe, which is sometimes described as the Little Kushāna and sometimes as Kidāra Kushāna. Its chief Kidāra, whose capital was at Peshawar, was originally a feudatory of the Sassanians.... In course of time, however, Kidāra conquered Kashmir and the Central Punjāb. He now felt himself strong enough to assume independence.... This step ...
... to Peshawar and the banks of River Indus, leading to the creation of a 'Greater Pashtunistan'. Sending these troublesome tribesmen to Srinagar (J&K) had considerable appeal; it would force the swift fall of the Maharaja and the annexation of the State to Pakistan. In addition, offering tribesmen an opportunity to loot bazaars in Kashmir would keep their covetous eyes off the bazaars of Peshawar. ... According to Operation Gulmarg, as described by Major Kalkat, every Pathan tribe was required to enlist at least one Lashkar of 1,000 tribesmen. These Lashkars were to be concentrated at Baftnu, Wana, Peshawar, Kohat, Thal and Nowshera by the first week of September 1947. The Brigade Commanders at these places were to issue them arms, ammunition and some essential clothing items. Each Lashkar was also to ...
... SRI AUROBINDO: Yes, Hitler's dates regarding France and other countries proved to be true. PURANI: That shows they were all planned in cooperation with the people inside. SATYENDRA: There is a Peshawar prophecy that Hitler's decline will begin from 27th July and that he will try to commit suicide on the 9th of August. SRI AUROBINDO: For failing to enter into England in triumphal march? SATYENDRA:... is not for him; he won't die like that. SRI AUROBINDO: Oh! NIRODBARAN: We will be quite satisfied with that. SRI AUROBINDO: Yes, we are not vindictive. Is that the war contribution from Peshawar? SATYENDRA: Yes. NIRODBARAN: Franco has declared his rights over Gibraltar. SRI AUROBINDO: Yes, this is the first time he has spoken about it publicly. (Then addressing Purani) You have ...
... moderate views: one, let us say, who dare not look Truth in the face and speak out boldly what he thinks. It is not the one man whom the whole Hindu community in Western India delights to honour, from Peshawar to Kolhapur and from Bombay to our own borders; it is one who will not talk about Shivaji and Bhavani—only about Mahatmas. It is not the man who has suffered and denied Page 116 himself ...
... to the Doab. It is more likely that Indo-European-speaking pastoral tribes of a variety of traditions and probably of a diversity of ethnic background gradually infiltrated the fertile plain from Peshawar to the Punjab. This pattern of movement is more characteristic of pastoral peoples than the great migration historians are prone to dramatize. As pastoralists they may have established traditional ...
... authoritarian man, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Bose founded, within the Congress, his Forward Block. In 1941 he escaped the watchful eye of the British. He reached Germany after an adventurous journey via Peshawar, Kabul, Bokhara and Moscow. In Germany he founded the Indian Legion, mainly with Indian prisoners of war who had fought in the British ranks. He chose as their flag the Indian tricolour — horizontal ...
... found destroyed is at Gumla in the Gomal Valley which lies immediately east of South Afghānistān's historic site, Mun-digak. Sankalia, reviewing the work of Ahmad Hassan Dani of the University of Peshawar, reports: "Excavations at Gumla have yielded a long cultural sequence in which the Harappān culture comes fourth from the bottom... And... there is positive evidence... that this Harappān culture ...
... suffering to come to him, he tries to seek it out. A number of Hindus formed the Dev Samaj Association in order to do good works. In their monthly journal, things like these were reported: From Peshawar : Two ladies taught Hindi to women and children two hours a day. Some men looked after sick people at home or in hospital, took care of cows and picked up pieces of broken glass from the road. ...
... Pakistani currency will go to hyper inflation like Russia and Indonesia and the dollar will trade at Rs 100 /dollar. The prices of commodities will jump through the roof. And rampages (like the one in Peshawar) will follow in all parts and organizations in Pakistan. Pakistan's armed forces always deliberately created a false security threat for Pakistani politicians. They emphasized a bigger defense ...
... he means a calm passionless face. 1 He turns for comfort to the Hellenic nobility of expression of the Gandharan Buddha, or to the living Rabindranath Tagore more spiritual than any Buddha from Peshawar to Kamakura, an inept misuse of comparison against which I imagine the great poet himself would be the first to protest. There we have the total incomprehension, the blind window, the blocked door ...
... Kanik-chaitya.' There is little doubt that Kanik of Albērūnī is the same as the Kushāna king Kanishka who, according to another tradition recorded by the Chinese pilgrims, erected at Purushapura (Peshawar) a great stūpa more than six hundred feet in height.'" 1 A little later Sircar 7 remarks: "In Indian literature the Kushānas are prcjbably referred to as Tukhara, apparently because they had ...
... unease, tales of old prophecies began to circulate. There was talk of chappattis being secretly passed from regiment to regiment on the stations of the Grand Trunk Road, which led from Calcutta to Peshawar. People whispered of the old prophecy which stated that 100 years after the battle of Plassey, the rule of John Company would end. The battle of Plassey had been fought in 1757 and in the hundredth ...
... what fruits to be ordered — all came under her direct supervision. To serve and please him was her sole concern, for he was her Lord. That was how she addressed him. Dry fruits were ordered from Peshawar, and special ripe seasonal fruits from different places. When, owing to the war emergency, good vegetables were not available in the local market, the Mother had them brought from Bangalore and had ...
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