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I would include the Chola dynasty rule which is one of the longest ruling dynasty inhistory (300BC - 13th century) They ruled over major parts of South India, East India, presentday BD, Indonesia, Myanmar and Malaysia. Chola dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Congrats to Pakistan for the win and congrats to BD for putting up an excellent performance.

Just to clarify, there is no restriction on Azans, reading Qurans or attending mosques in Kashmir or India for that matter today. IF this story is true, it was definitely wrong on the part of the then King to do so. But linking the acts of the then King with Indians or GoI today is as utterly...

The official name is King Saud International Seaport. It is also known as Jeddah Islamic port because it serves as the main terminus for the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Before the air travel became the major form of passenger transport, Jeddah Islamic port used to be the first point of...

Three Indian Navy ships on goodwill visit to Jeddah - Arab News Three Indian Navy ships will be visiting the Jeddah Islamic Port on a goodwill visit from March 26-29. INS Tir, INS Shardul and ICGS Veera of the Southern Naval Command will be arriving in Jeddah. Capt. Ajay Sirohi, Capt...

One of the mos respected newspapers in India, Indian Express editorializes how the Rushdie event was not one of his best.

Isn't boycotting an event part of free speech as well? Rushdie should accept Imran Khan's free speech just as others tolerate his personal attacks. He did the same with Chetan Bhagat who made some scholarly criticism of his work and other policians who couldn't or wouldn't want to come. I mean...

India's debt -to - GDP ratio has been declining in the past 10 years. It was around 85% in 2004 and is down to 64% in 2011. Keep in mind that GoI does not provide govt. guarantee to banks unless they are owned by GoI explicitly. On the other hand, GoC provides monetary backing to every company...

Shankar Sharma & Devina Mehra: China's $22 trillion time-bomb For years, a wispy, gossamer dream has been spun by economists working for Wall Street investment banks about how China has managed the impossible: high growth with a very low debt-to-GDP ratio. The dream has been so aggressively...

I would have thought India should have been on top of the list. You solve more than half your problems if you have good ties with India.

Well you do know that the majority of the Timurid invasion was focussed on present day Pakistan right? Anyways, when I said it is natural for India and Turkey to improve their relations, I was saying this in the back drop of the end of the cold war. During the cold war, India and Turkey were...

I know they were not in the first conference and you don't have to be so defensive about your ties with India. India has 180 million Muslims as well as long history of Muslim civilisation. You don't have to believe in a false reading of history and make belief. And its a fact that Turkey...

Well in the 1990s, India, Iran, Turkey and CARs worked quite closely in supporting the Northern Alliance. So all these countries have co-operated before. Infact, Turkey even hosted Abdul Rashid Dostum who was a commander in the Northern Alliance. This was one of the reasons why Turkish-Pakistani...

Did you know that Turkey apologised for the foolish misstep and then invited India for the next conference? It is only natural for Turkey to improve ties with India given the ground realities After an absence, India back at Turkey meet on Afghan - India - DNA Actually Turkey official...

SANA is a Pakistani news service btw. Also BD exports to China was just $400 million. The biggest export to India has been in ready made garments that provides employment to millions in BD

Arab Gulf Union Council – What’s in a Name? | SUSRIS Blog The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), an association of six Gulf Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and established in 1981, introduced the idea of bringing Jordan and Morocco into the organization last May. In December at...

BD exports to India to cross $1.0b | South Asia | South Asian News Agency Dhaka(SANA)For the first time in history, Bangladesh’s exports to India will cross the $1 billion mark in a 12-month period next July, a top Indian official has said at a conference jointly held by Indian Council of...

People who have followed my post know that I have always objected blind Israel bashing and supported the two state solution. But when you have people claiming anti-zionism is anti-semitism, then we have a problem here. That is like claming being anti-Islamists is anti-muslim or anti-hindutva...

Zero-duty budget gift to neighbours New Delhi, March 11: The budget will formally lift the duties on all goods exported by Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives to the $1.7-trillion Indian market. Liquor, wine and tobacco products, however, will not get this benefit. Without...

Its not just an Israeli company, six companies have been blacklisted for corruption that include two local and 4 foreign including a Russian and Singapore based company. The inference for defence companies is simple, don't follow corrupt practices in India.