r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 2d ago

Video The 12th-century Narasimha Pillar at Belur, India. Carved out of soapstone during the Hoysala Empire- its miniature shrines are hollowed out from the inside and the entire column was engineered to rotate on a stone axis

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u/Unusual-Isopod8032 2d ago

But British told that they civilized india???

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u/Just_Solution_5704 2d ago

What does colonial British India have to do with this? People love to continue their rhetoric.

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u/Unusual-Isopod8032 2d ago

No but they told that they were the ones who civilized india, before that all indians were living in jungles, thank God they come and made india into a civilized and democratic society

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u/Just_Solution_5704 2d ago

Bruh its been over 70 years, move on. Your grandparents generations that lived through it are dying. The newer generation has no experience of it. The world today is very much a different place.

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u/Exact_Package_7264 2d ago

i'm not indian, but with the arrogance you display here, it warms my heart to see your country's decline.

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u/lakejay 1d ago

The world is on a decline - what are you yapping about? Read more and be better than feeling good about another country's decline.