Wednesday, 12 November 2025

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Here are five notable quotes from Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars by Vikram Sampath:

  1. “The state was ruled for over 600 years by the Yadava dynasty who called themselves the Wodeyars of Mysore.” Goodreads+1

  2. “It is this social ethos that Mysore has been able to maintain, even as the rat-race rushes on unabated elsewhere… The kingdom may be long gone, but it still lives among the people, their attitudes, their daily discussions, musings and reminiscences.” Goodreads

  3. “The sad truth of our glorious land is that our countrymen do not lack in wisdom, courage and intellect; but they do not lack in treachery, cunningness and avarice either. … The misfortune, however, remains that we have not learnt any lessons from history…” Goodreads

  4. “It would be no exaggeration to say that had Madhava Rao lived on, India’s history would have unfolded differently, and the East India Company would have had a tougher time subjugating the country.” Goodreads

  5. “The people of the Deccan never reconciled to the fact of being governed by invaders who had occupied the throne of power at Delhi.”

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