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Polygyny is a form of polygamy entailing the marriage of a man to several women.The Hindu scriptures acknowledge polygyny. It was the norm among kings, the nobility and the extremely wealthy. Polygyny remained customary and widely acceptable among Hindus until it was legally abolished for Hindus...

The Naxalites are a Maoist Indian insurgency. While they technically started in the 70s they reached their height in the 2000s. After decades of decline the various Naxalite groups united and started an offensive. While it has declined since it's still a major threat. What if during their peak...

The 18th Century was not a good time for the Mughal Empire. Previously before in the mid to late 17th Century, under Emperor Aurangzeb, the Mughal Empire expanded to its greatest height, spanning almost the entirety of the Indian Subcontinent and made the Mughal Empire economically surpassed...

So this is an idea that has been with me for an undetermined period of time. Since Chinese traders were responsible for creating large Chinese creole communities all over South East Asia, Japan had a period where Japanese traders flourish all over South East Asia and East Asia, and Korea once...

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/politics/taste-test Suppose Ahmad had strewn the poison on the fritters or into the pot, instead of wasting most of it by throwing it into the fireplace - Babur would have died or been incapacitated instead of vomitting up the poison. What would his troops and...

For those unaware, Goa refers to a Portuguese possession on the coast of India from 1505 onwards. Its population converted to Christianity as a result of Portuguese colonialism. After India became independent in 1947, they demanded that Portugal turn over Goa to them, but Portugal (then under a...

I was reading a few months ago about the reasons why the Romans created the empire that united the Mediterranean, and I was struck by a few of them: 1. The location of the Apennine Peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean. 2. The considerable human resources of the peninsula. 3. The...

Swarajya : Maratha hegemony in the Indian subcontinent 1707 - 1828 Sangam Palace, Pune, as seen from the southern bank of the Mutha river. The Indian subcontinent during the 18th century was a wild and chaotic place. The slow collapse of the mighty Mughals saw a number of major...

A reserve currency is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign exchange reserves. The reserve currency can be used in international transactions, international investments and all aspects of the global...

This is the first part of an alternate history story that I initially wrote for a British magazine, but never got around to sending. It is set in a world where the Industrial Revolution happened in the Maratha Empire, leading to an increased emphasis on science rather than religion and...

Your challenge is to have rupee replace the dollar as reserve currency

[ This story is set in the same universe as my Maratha Empire timeline, which can be viewed here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bharari-the-whirlwind-a-maratha-timeline.548513/ It is presented as an in-universe history textbook chapter written in the 20th century. N.B. The...

In the 1991 Indian economic crisis caused by the fall of the Eastern Bloc, which had trade relations with India and allowed for rupee exchange, posed significant issues. India's economic problems started worsening in 1985 as imports swelled, leaving the country in a twin deficit: the Indian...

Sindh and Bengali Muslims are the most enthusiastic about the Pakistan Movement, while Punjab, Balochistan & Khyber-Pashtun are not as supportive. Had Britain favored the Indians and the Congress party more and allocated the whole of Kashmir and Punjab to India, the new Pakistani state would...

Convention time, 1944 Despite the DNC's best efforts and slander, FDR insisted. Wallace was not only a trusted politician, but a personal friend of Roosevelt and his family, and he would not fire a friend of his from the ticket. As FDR's health waned Wallace would stay by his side. The...

Christianity arrived in southern India during the first century CE but the number of converts were low and geographically restricted to a small part of the Malabar coast. What would it take for the religion to grow massively popular in the following millennium?

This is a Maratha Empire timeline featuring a longer-lived, ruthless and efficient Peshwa Baji Rao I and his allies and heirs. March 9th, 1751 "Saheb, the governor of Orissa has received confirmatory reports from all of the magistrates under him. The new revenue administration appears to be...

In the midst of January 14, 1761, an air of tension and desperation grips the Marathas as they muster their forces to break the siege at Panipat. They understand the immense stakes at play, realizing that victory is their only path to survival. The battle commences with a fierce clash between...

"...It had been a while since the Flying Club had brought a new plane and the Pitts was an instant hit. Remind me to thank Rajiv today, the plane stalled mid-air while I was doing a Half Cuban Eight over the office - my life flashed before me before I managed to pull the plane to the proper...

I am planning on uploading a story that continues after the end of the SS-GB show. It would focus on Archer’s efforts to further undermine German occupation of Britain as well as international developments. Will explain more soon, but I have ideas regarding the situation of British Jews, the...