Category Archives: Afghanistan

My piece on Afghanistan is up on Substack (it’s free). Gotten good feedback so far, so check it out!

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Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road has an extensive section on Afghanistan. The Bamiyan Buddhas reminds us what the texts make clear: up until 900 AD the highlands in an around modern Afghanistan were heavily Buddhist. The Turki Shahi kings of Kabul seem to have patronized Buddhism. In contrast, their successors, the Hindu Shahi […]

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I did an interview with Myra MacDonald on my Substack. It’s gated, but I’ll ungate it for nonsubscribers in two weeks.

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On this weblog, there is sometimes a silly debate between Hindu nationalists and anti-Hindu anti-nationalists about the scope and size of Indian and Hindu cultural spheres (the terms “Indian” and “Hindu” being interchangeable for much of history). I stumbled onto this comment from Isidorus of Charax (a Greek subject of the Parthian Empire) in his …

Continue reading “Westernmost India”

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This Land Is a Sanctuary for Aboriginal Women. Bulldozers May Soon Come: Mr. Djab Mara greeted them by burning cherry ballart leaves to cleanse their spirits. Then his partner, Ms. Mahomet, an Arrernte woman, invited the young visitors to view the same tree Ms. Jakobi had unknowingly driven by all her life. The Arrernte are …

Continue reading “Brown down under”

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The USA has been in Afghanistan for over 10 years now. Like many Americans my own personal preference is that we get out as soon as possible. Because of American involvement we see terms like “Pashtun” bandied about in the media, but there…

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