Blog – Page 3 – The Indic Scholar

A History of Secret Codes: From Mesopotamian Tablets to Modern Encryption

6th September 2025

cryptography, Science

ancient-ciphers, code-breaking, cryptography-history, encryption-history, evolution-of-cryptography, quantum-cryptography, secret-codes
Geography’s Hidden Power: 8 Choke Points that Changed the World

4th September 2025

geopolitics, Science

geography-civilization, global-geography, historical-trade-routes, military-strategy, natural-choke-points, strategic-geography
7 Times Humanity Burned Its Knowledge: From Takshashila to Cordoba

1st September 2025

History, intellectual-history

alexandria-library, ancient-libraries, baghdad-house-of-wisdom, civilizations, historical-universities, history-of-education, knowledge-destructions, lost-knowledge, nalanda, takshashila
History’s Deadliest Pandemics: How Germs Destroyed Civilizations

28th August 2025

History, public health history

black-death, cholera, civilizational-collapse, covid-19, epidemics, history-of-diseases, pandemics, plagues, smallpox, spanish-flu
18 Battles That Changed the World: How Technology Shaped History

26th August 2025

History, Military History

ancient-to-modern-wars, battles-that-changed-history, famous-battles-timeline, global-conflicts, historical-tactics, impact-of-technology-on-war, military-technology, warfare-innovations
Armenia and Georgia: Crossroads of Empires and Battlegrounds of History

23rd August 2025

cultural-history, History

armenian-history, byzantine-and-ottoman-influence, caucasus-crossroads, christian-kingdoms, crusades-in-the-caucasus, georgian-history, medieval-empires
Silk and Spices: Global Trade Routes Before Columbus

20th August 2025

History, trade & commerce

Ancient Trade Routes, Cross-Cultural Connections, Cultural Exchange, Early Globalization, Economic History, Global Trade History, Indian Ocean Trade, Mediterranean Trade, silk road, Trans-Saharan Trade
The Incredible Journey of ISRO: How India Became a Space Power

6th August 2025

astronomy, Science

aryabhata-satellite, chandrayaan, history-of-isro, india-in-space, india-in-space, indian-science, indian-space-program, isro, space-exploration, vikram-sarabhai
India and Iran: A 3000 Year History of Culture, Trade and Ideas

4th August 2025

cultural-history, History

ancient-civilizations, comparative-history, cross-cultural-exchange, cultural-diplomacy, global-history, historical-analysis, historical-connections, history-and-culture, india-iran-relations, indian-history, indo-persian-history, iranian-history, longform, shared-heritage, the-indic-scholar
Lilavati and the Legacy of Indian Mathematics: From Zero to Infinity

1st August 2025

Mathematics, Science

ancient-india, archaic-knowledge, astronomer-and-mathematics, classical-indian-science, heritage-of-india, history-of-mathematics, indian-legacy, indian-mathematics, kerala-school-of-mathematics, science-in-india, vedic-mathematics