THE principal difficulty in the study of Indian antiquities has always been the absence of a chronological framework. The Indians themselves had no idea of what we mean by history. They possessed a ...

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The paths on Google Maps would have looked significantly different a thousand years ago. India was a country with a network of dusty trails, twisting hill routes, and seaside lanes that transported ...

In the third century BCE, Ashoka ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. During his reign, Buddhism proliferated across the South Asian ...

India's ancient Shiva temples, from Kedarnath to Rameshwaram, align in a nearly perfect straight line on the 79-degree longitudinal mark. This alignment suggests advanced knowledge of geography and ...

Throughout the history of maritime trade, Indian herbs, spices and medicines have been a great pull for international traders. So much so that around the 15 th Century, lured by the richess of these ...

A new mural on display in India’s new $110 million Parliament has become an unlikely target of ire among its South Asian neighbors, with Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh seeking an explanation from New ...