Sumeet Agarwal
@lawraga.bsky.social
Living a human life: stumbling, making mistakes, yearning for happiness and human connection...
https://web.iitd.ac.in/~sumeet/
https://web.iitd.ac.in/~sumeet/
Soon to be one of Delhi's hottest cultural attractions. The replica of the gateway (torana) from Sanchi indicates that this building is about to take on the role of a stupa -- i.e., a burial mound and shrine to venerate the mortal remains of a saintly person. Here, that will be the Buddha himself.
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Soon to be one of Delhi's hottest cultural attractions. The replica of the gateway (torana) from Sanchi indicates that this building is about to take on the role of a stupa -- i.e., a burial mound and shrine to venerate the mortal remains of a saintly person. Here, that will be the Buddha himself.
Very interesting analogy about the nature of mathematical ideas and cognition. From @davidbessis.bsky.social's recent book, 'Mathematica'.
March 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very interesting analogy about the nature of mathematical ideas and cognition. From @davidbessis.bsky.social's recent book, 'Mathematica'.
This must have been a remarkably prosperous and well-flourishing centre of Buddhism, comparable to the more famous ones in the region at Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati.
December 28, 2024 at 3:26 PM
This must have been a remarkably prosperous and well-flourishing centre of Buddhism, comparable to the more famous ones in the region at Nagarjunakonda and Amaravati.
The Site Museum at Phanigiri (Suryapet distt., Telangana) opened earlier this year. Its collection of limestone sculpture and inscriptions from the 2nd—4th century hilltop Buddhist stupa/monastery at this site is just mind blowing, both in its quality and its state of preservation.
December 28, 2024 at 3:24 PM
The Site Museum at Phanigiri (Suryapet distt., Telangana) opened earlier this year. Its collection of limestone sculpture and inscriptions from the 2nd—4th century hilltop Buddhist stupa/monastery at this site is just mind blowing, both in its quality and its state of preservation.
A striking instance of the utter neglect of Buddhist history and archaeology in India: artifacts from one of the most important recent finds of a major Buddhist monastery, at Phanigiri in Telangana, are tucked away in an obscure case in the Telangana State Museum which almost no one visits.
December 24, 2024 at 4:21 PM
A striking instance of the utter neglect of Buddhist history and archaeology in India: artifacts from one of the most important recent finds of a major Buddhist monastery, at Phanigiri in Telangana, are tucked away in an obscure case in the Telangana State Museum which almost no one visits.
Sunset over the Vasai Creek, crossing from the island to the mainland. Highlight of an evening train out of Mumbai…
December 16, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Sunset over the Vasai Creek, crossing from the island to the mainland. Highlight of an evening train out of Mumbai…
Steel girders at Bombay Central built by Dorman Long & Co. of Middlesbrough, England – the same steelmaker which built the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge!
December 16, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Steel girders at Bombay Central built by Dorman Long & Co. of Middlesbrough, England – the same steelmaker which built the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge!
I expected the Mathura Museum to be good; but it hugely exceeded my expectations. Just a spectacular collection of ancient (especially Buddhist) sculpture. What an incredible hub of Buddhism Mathura must have been in the Kushan era…
November 30, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I expected the Mathura Museum to be good; but it hugely exceeded my expectations. Just a spectacular collection of ancient (especially Buddhist) sculpture. What an incredible hub of Buddhism Mathura must have been in the Kushan era…