The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed ... along with depictions of mountains, marshlands, and other landmarks.

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia ... boundaries, the map details several notable places, such as Assyria, Urartu, Der, Elam, and other cities and mountains.

“If a country like India – that sees itself as an ancient and strong country, and as a model of democracy – puts Nepali territories in its map and hangs the map in parliament, it cannot be ...

Its eastern border is somewhere in “India” (“many amazing trees” and “swarms of dangerous snakes”), perhaps modern Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, depending on your map. Climate renders human ...

One of the big contentions of popular historian William Dalrymple’s latest book “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World,” which came out in the United States a few weeks ...

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World is, therefore, not just about the wonder that was India but its influence on the rest of the world. William Dalrymple’s latest book ...