# Ancient Dispatch

> Stories from the ancient world, with the truth behind the tale


## Posts

- [Viśvāmitra: The Poet Who Asked the Rivers to Wait](https://ancientdispatch.com/vishvamitra/): Two rivers in flood, a war-band with no bridge, and a poet who asks the water to wait. Viśvāmitra of Ṛgveda Book 3, and the later legends that grew around him.
- [Bimbisāra: The King Who Married His Way Toward Empire](https://ancientdispatch.com/bimbisara/): A golden jar, a bamboo grove and a string of royal marriages: how Bimbisāra of Magadha, the Buddha's royal patron, laid the groundwork for empire, and which parts of his story are tradition's colouring.
- [Gārgī Vācaknavī: The Woman Who Asked What the World Is Woven On](https://ancientdispatch.com/gargi-vachaknavi/): At King Janaka's court in Videha, one challenger takes on the sage Yājñavalkya twice. Gārgī Vācaknavī's question, 'woven on what?', drives the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad towards the Imperishable.

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