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Every forgotten historical text waits for one reader who rediscover it but We have over 1,000 now.
Thank you to everyone who has read, shared, and argued with The Long Memory. However, The archive runs deep, and we have only turned its first few pages.
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The largest hoard of Gupta gold coins ever found. A fort of victory. A city that inspired Mughal architecture.
From the Gupta Empire to the earthquake that reshaped Bayana’s fortunes, its history spans sixteen centuries of kings, kingdoms, and shifting power. Yet a city once coveted by empires has faded into obscurity.
Read Sunny Pandey's Tale as he travels through seventeen centuries of ruins, legends and inscriptions to ask how a city so important came to be forgotten.
We're hiring illustrators and graphic designers at The Long Memory!
You'll design visual content for our articles and social media, help shape the project's visual identity and aesthetics, and work with our editorial team to bring stories of Indian history to life.
To apply, send your CV, a link to your design portfolio, and a short note about yourself to [email protected] by 10 October.
Namaste!
The cult of Ghazi Salar Masud, Mahmud's alleged nephew, grew in Bahraich for centuries through cultural assimilation, backed by political hegemony.
With the crumbling of that political structure and the ascent of Hindu political assertion, North India's historical memory is undergoing a massive transformation.
Read this piece to understand how the hegemony that once turned conquest into devotion is now working to erode it.
The Long Memory is now inviting submissions for its first print issue from students and scholars of history.
Been gatekeeping an interesting historical tale? Take it out of academic jargon and share it with a wider audience.
Pitch it to us at [email protected]
For more details: thelongmemory.in
What happens when a naked mystic confronts an empire?
Discover Sarmad Kashani, his bond with Dara Shukoh and a struggle over faith, freedom and power in Mughal India.
Read our latest piece by @Indic_drishti to know his story.
In 1722, a temple dancer became the most powerful woman in Assam. Phuleswari styled herself as "Bar Raja" (Great King) - reshaping Ahom politics and faith.
Two more queens would follow in her footsteps, leaving behind temples, coins, and a rift that erupted a generation later.
Read the full essay on our substack to know her story.
“Let no man’s caste or creed be asked; whoever adores Hari is His own.”
A conch sounds over Kashi. A “second sun” rises. Kings, artisans, ascetics and the marginalised enter the same devotional fold.
Nitin Maan’s essay follows Swami Rāmānanda from hagiography into history—and from history into living memory.
A little-known Sanskrit drama from the 13th century remembers the screams of ordinary people as Sultan Iltutmish's armies burned their way through Mewar.
Read this essay by Alok Kumar on the Hammiramadamardana, the forgotten Sanskrit play that preserves the memory of the invasion and its consequences.
How East India company relied on ancient networks of wandering monks and spiritual regents to influence trade, culture and diplomacy in the 18th-century Eastern Himalayas?
Read The Long Memory's latest by Sukrit Banerjee, Phd Scholar at JNU:
The same dynasty that built the architectural wonders of Belur and Halebidu couldn't save its last king from a tragic fate.
Read this essay by our chief Editor, Pushkar Chaudhary on the fall of Hoysalas and how they stilll survives in our long memory.
The Long Memory is now open for submissions.
If you have an original idea related to an understudied chapter of Indian history which deserves a wider audience, pitch it to us at:
📩[email protected]
