Many thanks for improving the encyclopedia's coverage of art-related topics with your expansion of Central Asian artJohnbod (talk) 15:39, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
The Afghanistan Star
Dear पाटलिपुत्र, thank you for your contributions to Hadda, Afghanistan. Keep up the amazing work! You are making a huge contribution to our shared history! Blessings and regards PashtoPromoter (talk) 18:17, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for Hepthalite related contributions. Beshogur (talk) 15:28, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
A special thank you for your major contribution towards articles related to pre-Islamic Afghanistan, especially the Turko-Hephtalite era. Keep on doing what you are doing, we need more people like you! Xerxes931 (talk) 15:35, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
Sage of Bactria
Thank you for creating and expanding a significant number of pages on the rulers of Bactria and Gandhara. You're input, including your excellent coin-derived reliefs, has covered a big knowledge gap in wikipedia for a fascinating time in history, from the Hellenistic states, to the Kushanshahs, to the last of the Hunic emperors! Alx_bio 16:41, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for being kind. I really appreciate it. Look forward in reading your awesome content creation. Zakaria1978 ښه راغلاست (talk) 17:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
Thanks for adding a number of images from CNG coins to Commons. Post-Mauryan coinage of Gandhara looks interesting as well. Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 13:40, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
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Pleasure without conscience
Science without humanity
Knowledge without character
Politics without principle
Commerce without morality
Worship without sacrifice."
1 Source: {{cite journal |last1=Rawson |first1=Jessica |title=Chariotry and Prone Burials: Reassessing Late Shang China’s Relationship with Its Northern Neighbours |journal=Journal of World Prehistory |date=June 2020 |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=135–168 |doi=10.1007/s10963-020-09142-4}} ▶ ==Sources==
2 Raw ref: {{sfn|Rawson|2020|p=137|loc=Figure 2}} ▶ ==References=={{reflist}}
3 Quotes: {{efn|{{harvnb|Rawson|2020|p=137}}: "Alas, all these were either late or Punic, and came from Cyprus, from the ruins of Kition, from Malta, Sardinia, Athens, and Carthage, but not yet from the Phoenician homeland."}} ▶ ==Notes=={{notelist}}
4 Same quote several times: {{efn|name=R1|{{harvnb|Rawson|2020|p=137}}: "Alas, all these were either late or Punic, and came from Cyprus, from the ruins of Kition, from Malta, Sardinia, Athens, and Carthage, but not yet from the Phoenician homeland."}} and then {{efn|name=name=R1}}.... {{efn|name=R1}}.... {{efn|name=R1}}
5 Comments: {{efn|Clarification of interesting fact.{{sfn|Rawson|2020|p=137}}}} ▶ ==Notes=={{notelist}}
{{Sfn|Van Dyck|1864|p=67}}{{NoteTag| Lehmann wrote in 2013: "Alas, all these were either late or Punic, and came from Cyprus, from the ruins of Kition, from Malta, Sardinia, Athens, and Carthage, but not yet from the Phoenician homeland. The first Phoenician text as such was found as late as 1855, the Eshmunazor sarcophagus inscription from Sidon;"{{sfn|Lehmann|2013|p=213}}}}
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An example of a map of continental Asia from a reliable source, combining genetic groups (WHG, EHG, CHG etc...) and ancient cultures (Afasievo, Botai etc...), within a large time period (5000 BCE-1000 CE), collating non-strictly contemporary cultures. Jeong, Choongwon; Wang, Ke; Wilkin, Shevan (12 November 2020). "A Dynamic 6,000-Year Genetic History of Eurasia's Eastern Steppe". Cell. 183 (4): 890–904.e29. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.015. ISSN0092-8674.
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Find spots of inscriptions related to local control by the Alchon Huns (map of India)[4]
Foxboro Stadium, host venue of MLS Cup 1999
MLS Cup 1999 was the fourth edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level soccer league of the United States. It took place on November 21, 1999, at Foxboro Stadium(pictured) in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and was contested by D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy in a rematch of the inaugural 1996 final played at the same venue. Both teams finished atop their respective conferences during the regular season under new head coaches and advanced through the first two rounds of the playoffs. D.C. United won 2–0 with first-half goals from Jaime Moreno and Ben Olsen for their third MLS Cup victory in four years; Olsen was named the most valuable player of the match for his winning goal. The final was played in front of 44,910 spectators – a record for the MLS Cup – and drew 1.16 million viewers on its ABC television broadcast. It was also the first MLS match to be played with a standard game clock and without a tiebreaker shootout. (Full article...)
The Gandharvas [or Gandharas], the Sindhus, and the Sauviras fight best with their nails and lances. They are brave and endowed with great strength. Their armies are capable of vanquishing all forces. The Usinaras possess great strength and are skilled in all kinds of weapons. The Easterners are skilled in fighting from the backs of war elephants and are proficient with alternate fighting methods. The Yavanas, the Kamvojas, and those that dwell around Mathura are well skilled in fighting with bare arms. The Southerners are skilled in fighting sword in hand. (12:101)[5]
Territorial evolution of the Mauryan Empire
The approximate extent of the Magadha state in the 5th century BCE.
The Maurya Empire when it was first founded by Chandragupta Maurya c. 320 BCE, after conquering the Nanda Empire when he was only about 20 years old.
Chandragupta extended the borders of the Maurya Empire towards SeleucidPersia after defeating Seleucus c. 305 BCE.[6]
Bindusara extended the borders of the empire southward into the Deccan Plateau c. 300 BCE.[7]
Ashoka extended into Kalinga during the Kalinga War c. 265 BCE, and established superiority over the southern kingdoms.
Maurya structures and decorations (3rd century BCE)
Approximate reconstitution of the Great Stupa under the Mauryas.
Remains of the Ashokan Pillar in polished stone, to the right of the Southern Gateway.
Remains of the shaft of the pillar of Ashoka, under a shed near the Southern Gateway.
Part of an Edict of Ashoka (partly burried),[8] and later Gupta inscription (top), on a portion of the pillar.
Another Mauryan pillar capital fragment, Stupa 1.[9]
The capital with its Dharmachakra wheel (reconstitution).
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