Portal:Asia/Did you know/2


 * ...that one of the first specimens of homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, was found in a cave system called Zhoukoudian near Beijing in China?
 * ...that the Shivneri Fort near Pune, a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, was the birthplace of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire?
 * ...that the Israeli agora was first used in 1960 and has recently been a significant subject of controversy in the Middle East?
 * ...that Kuchum was the last khan of the Siberian Khanate, one of the four separate Khanates after the Golden Horde broke up?
 * ...that Alam Ara (The Light of the World), a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani, was the first Indian film with sound?