Retracing Buchanan’s Journey from Sira to Srirangapatna
In 1801, the Scottish physician and botanist Francis Buchanan undertook a remarkable journey through the Mysore region, documenting the agricultural, rich natural, and cultural landscapes he encountered. Retracing his route from Sira to Srirangapatna provides a fascinating glimpse into the historical, agricultural, ecological, and social mosaic of the region over two centuries ago. This article […]
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Retracing Buchanan’s Journey from Doddaballapura to Sira
In 1801, the Scottish physician and botanist Francis Buchanan undertook a remarkablejourney through the Mysore region, documenting the agricultural, rich natural, andcultural landscapes he encountered. Retracing his route from Doddaballapura to Siraprovides a fascinating glimpse into the historical, agricultural, ecological, and socialmosaic of the region over two centuries ago. This article explores Buchanan’sobservations, the historical […]
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Random Observations on Bengaluru, 890 CE to 1854
Beginning with early inscriptions, this short piece looks at some interesting facets ofBengaluru’s history and geography. Read here
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Retracing Buchanan’s Journey from Mangalore to Baindur
In 1801, the Scottish physician and botanist Francis Buchanan undertook a remarkable journey through the Canara region, documenting the agricultural, rich natural, and cultural landscapes he encountered. Retracing his route from Mangalore to Byndoor provides a fascinating glimpse into the historical, agricultural, ecological, and social mosaic of the region over two centuries ago. This article […]
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Buchanan, George Gunton and a Divergent View of the Great Divergence
George Gunton proposed a demand-centric theory to explain the root cause for the divergence between countries. Effectual demand that arises from social wants becomes the precondition for capital investment and growth in real wages. While social wants in the West and East were almost on par until the thirteenth century, the advent of free towns […]
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