ashvin waman

CA | Banker | Passionate about Life, Travel, Poetry and History | Creator of @ItihaasaLive, a miniblog

[Prof. Shamika Ravi @ShamikaRavi]

Good language but vague in content - just released note from EU on WTO TRIPS waiver. It appears that the EU is pushing for status quo. Sad.
https://t.co/kjDsvClsWe

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

@adityascripts @AKanisetti Thanks a lot @adityascripts and @AKanisetti , looking forward for Season 2 of Yuddha

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

Hi @AKanisetti in your facinating podcast Yuddha, you mentioned an incident where Cabral's discovery of Brazil also had some hostages from Kerala in his ships, can pls share the source for some further reading?

[ItihaasaLive @ItihaasaLive]

T22- Gautami Balasari

A #mother who immortalized her son

A #Hindu benefactor to a #Buddhist Sangha

#itihasa #Ancient #India #satavahna #deccan #Nashik #motherhood

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

a large sized #catapult used for hurling rocks and rathamusala, a chariot fitted with a mace for driving through enemy ranks. This could be the earliest examples of Indian #SiegeWeapons used - PHEI 2/2

Image - A medieval #European depiction of catapult

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

T21 - #Ajatashtrua, ascended Magadha throne in 493 BC (after killing his father) was an expansionist who waged wars and annexed neighbouring kingdoms into #Magadha. Two weapons described during these wars were mahashilakantaka and (1/2)

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

When Nalasopara and Kalyan traded with the Greeks and Romans, When the land was ruled by Kings who took the name of their Mothers..

#mother #ancientindian #Greek #RomanEmpire #Trade #womanpower

[ItihaasaLive @ItihaasaLive]

They were the first Indian kings to have their faces marked in coins like the Greeks. They also traded actively with the Greeks and Romans from their ports Kalyana and Sopara, near modern Mumbai - AHSI
Image - Coins of V.Pulamavi(Wiki)#womanpower #History #Mumbai #Kalyan (2/2)

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

And it begins with the first tweet
@AKanisetti @LiveHIndia @365Byzantine

[ItihaasaLive @ItihaasaLive]

T1-The earliest dated written reference to Indo-Aryan Gods comes not from India but from Northern Syria. A treaty found in cuniform documents between Hittites and the Mitannis dating to 14th Century BC.. (1/2)

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

@Nil_SRV @SushmaSwaraj Thats how we make #neighbourhoodfirst @MEAIndia

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

@Lenovo_in Hi, I just bought my new P2 but m unable to update, shows the below msg, it's the same with WiFi nd 4g, can u pls help me out

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

@DrSEShinde POWER FAILURE SINCE 5PM, in Sonarpada, Dombivli E, last thing you wanted in this heat #smartcities #regencyestate

[cinestaan @cinestaan]

This is what you realise when you are stuck with a Rs 2000 note! #Dangal

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

#thefight #hitmeharder #mypoem

[Maya Ashvin @shama193]

#ShilpaShettyReviews

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

@terriblytiny Eyes wide open, groping in the dark

He stumbled upon the electric torch

The blind man let it go and continued searching

[The Times Of India @timesofindia]

Just in | Four devotees fear trapped in a Shiv temple in Chhindwara district in MP due to landslide. Rescue operations have started

[ashvin waman @AshvinW]

@Lenovo_in When are you planing to sell Vibe x3 this week? And is it going to be an open sale?

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

My take in @dna on the importance of Parliament's ratification of the Indo-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement: http://t.co/SkvnkbdvhY

[Dan Brown @AuthorDanBrown]

Thrilled to share the news that Ben Foster has joined the cast of INFERNO!

http://t.co/vZpQXcj9DC

[Diksha Basu @dikshabasu]

Chinese restaurant is being pretty clever tonight.