5.12 Back by the withering sand

The History of India Podcast by Kit Patrick

May 30, 201941:59Education

( We join the great Pratihara king Vatsaraja, at his lowest moment. With the whole of North India in his power, he is defeated and flees across the mountains into the great desert. We uncover the stories of the people an...

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