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Do any castles remaining in the 21st century still have moats?

Why do archer soldiers in the Medieval period shoot arrows into the air to eliminate enemies during a battle?

As a Hindu, do you feel ashamed when you receive fake news and hate propaganda against India’s minorities in your WhatsApp and other social media?

What has been the relationship between ancient India and ancient Japan? Have these two come in contact in ancient times?

Back in our early civilizations, how did people from different empire/country interact with each other without knowing a common languages before hand?

Why did Gajapati Prataparudra Deva lose possession of so many forts to Krishna Deva Raya?

In the list of the top 5 kings of Odisha, whom would you include?

Who is best warrior from Hindu mythology?

What is the least known about war in history and who were the participants?

What is the value of Indian 1/12 1886 Anna (old Indian coin)?

If you could list 5 must read books according to you, what would be they?

Who was the greatest viking?

Is Jaichand Rathod wrongly framed by historians as he helped Prithviraj in the Second Battle of Tarain?

At the end of World War II, Japan was defeated, its market was fragmented and the Japanese had experienced unthinkable destruction. How in the world did Japan manage to become one of the greatest economic powers on the planet in such a short time?

How was ancient sleeping medication made, what ingredients were used, and could any of them actually knock someone out cold?

Some paintings which look like random strokes by a little kid are auctioned off at huge prices. Can someone clarify what is special about these paintings that makes them so great?

According to the 10% law of the food chain, top carnivores receive the least amount of energy compared to all other trophic levels, then how are these organisms the strongest among all?

What proof do we have that Australia exists outside of paid government shills on the Internet?

How and why did the Algerians lose the Franco - Algerian wars from 1681 to 1688 to the French and lose tens of thousands of their soldiers and civilians to the French while the French suffered no fatalities and no casualties to the Algerians?

Are there any writings about the people who live in the southern Dark Lands of the LOTR universe?

What was considered a large army in Ancient/Medieval times?

Is Mughal history a dominant part of our syllabus only because not much is known about the empires before that, or is it because of the political and cultural ideology of our first leaders?

What was the reason for the defeat of the Marathas by the British?

If Tolkein wrote his books today would they be as popular?