Akshikent: The view Babur grew up with: huge mud brick walls, pink in the evening light, rear up over an oasis. Snowpeaks rise in the near distance; irrigated farm land stretches away from the Syr Darya as far as the eye can see. @DalrympleWill
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The Sirdarya or Jaxartes running just below Babur's home fortress of Akshikent near Namangan in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan @DalrympleWill
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#Shalbhanjika - a beautiful woman holding a branch of a tree, Ist c CE, Found at Sonkh Tila, Govardhan, Mathura. Now at #Mathura Museum. (Click on 16-08-22)
Oh, I'm (still) scared & why not, of Monsters under my Bed, though I'm yet to see one! Do they look like this?
They look ferocious!
c1800 AD North #Indian painting sold by @bonhams1793 of 'A Mythical Beast or Demon Cavorting in a Landscape'.
@ranjona@DalrympleWill@RaiSwatiRai
How can I pray for you?
I found this is often an invitation to disclose something personal about yourself.
And the spiritual pressure is on to divulge.
Is it a concern or are they just curious? 🧐