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?