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Early Indian Punch-Marked Coin
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Early Indian Punch-Marked Coin

Early Indian coins were made by cutting sheets of silver into pieces and marking each piece with one or more symbols using small punches. As there are no portraits or inscriptions, the coins are now known by numbers. This coin, for example...
Pupils at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania
Image by Unknown Photographer

Pupils at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania

Pupils at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. Students were required to wear uniforms and had to surrender traditional attire upon their arrival.
Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, 1919
Image by Clifton Johnson

Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, 1919

Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, Penobscot County, Maine, USA. Illustration from What to see in America by Clifton Johnson, 1919.
Indian Girl in White Blanket
Image by Robert Henri

Indian Girl in White Blanket

Indian Girl in White Blanket, painting by Robert Henri, 1917. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Photo by Daderot.
Teacher and Young Boys Posed for Photograph at American Indian Boarding School
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Teacher and Young Boys Posed for Photograph at American Indian Boarding School

Teacher and young boys posed for photograph at an unknown American Indian boarding school, c. 1900. Minnesota Historical Society.
Ajatashatru
Definition by Saurav Ranjan Datta

Ajatashatru

Ajatashatru (c. 493/492 BCE - c. 462/460 BCE) was the second important king of the Haryanka Dynasty, who came to the throne of Magadha by deposing and executing his own father Bimbisara. The Haryanka Dynasty (c. 545/544 BCE - c. 413 BCE...
Morning Star (Dull Knife) - Eastman's Biography
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Morning Star (Dull Knife) - Eastman's Biography

Morning Star (Vooheheve, l. c. 1810-1883, better known as Dull Knife) was a Northern Cheyenne chief who led his people in resistance to the US government's policies of genocidal westward expansion. He participated in Red Cloud's War (1866-1868...
Tughlaq Dynasty
Definition by Patit Paban Mishra

Tughlaq Dynasty

The Tughlaq dynasty (also spelt Tughluq), ruled the Delhi sultanate from 1320 to 1413. Followed by the Khalji dynasty and preceded by the Sayyids, the Tughlaq dynasty formed an important period in the history and culture of the Sultanate...
Global Trade in the 13th Century
Article by James Hancock

Global Trade in the 13th Century

In the 13th century, astonishing quantities of spices and silk passed from the Far East to Europe. Exact amounts are not known, but spice popularity in both cuisine and medicine reached its historical peak during the Middle Ages in Europe...
General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian
Image by Benjamin West

General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian

Sir William Johnson saves the life of French General Baron Dieskau after the Battle of Lake George, 1755, oil on canvas painting by Benjamin West, between 1764 and 1768. Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
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