Projects
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Mahabalipuram
Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) was already a working seaport before it rose to fame, with excavated coins pointing to trade contact with Rome. Under the Pallava dynasty, from the 3rd to 9th centuries CE, the region flourished, reaching its architectural peak under… Continue reading →
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Sunset at Sanchi
Sanchi’s origins trace back to Emperor Ashoka’s grief in the 3rd century BCE, leading him to construct a modest brick stupa on a hilltop above Vidisha. This site, significant due to Ashoka’s devotion rather than an actual relic of the… Continue reading →
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Mughal Architecture, ft. Agra Fort
Built under Akbar as the fort’s southern bastion gate, originally known as Akbari or Lahore Gate for the direction it faced. It was later renamed for Amar Singh Rathore, a Rajput noble said to have leapt the fort wall on… Continue reading →
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Seasons of Manali
Everyone came for the same silence and brought their whole noisy lives up the mountain with them.The peaks don’t mind. They’ve watched centuries of people arrive certain, and leave a little smaller. Continue reading →
