Another day in science, another massive, ancient snake discovery. Paleontologists in India have unearthed fossilized vertebrae from a snake that slithered around the sub-continent about 47 million ...

The green anaconda, seen above, can grow up to about 30 feet long. A snake that lived in ancient India, however, may have been up to 20 feet longer, said researchers.

Many of India’s ideas were buried in ancient texts or passed on orally, making them hard to recognize or credit. So, while the world was busy catching up, India had already been there, done that ...

In India, believers of Sarna Dharma, an ancient Indigenous faith system centered on reverence for nature, are seeking formal government recognition.

Today's WorldView How ancient India changed the world. The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

THE GOLDEN ROAD: How Ancient India Transformed the World. By William Dalrymple (Bloomsbury/April 29, 2025). Hardcover: 9781639734146 . eBook: 9781639734153.

Ancient India certainly had democratic and republican states, but so did ancient Greece, Rome, and a host of other places. David Stasavage, dean for the social sciences at New York University ...

BULLETIN No. 12 of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science contains an interesting article on iron in ancient India, by Mr. Panchanan Neogi, professor of chemistry in the Rajshahi ...

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road, says historian William Dalrymple. It was a route that ran from the Roman Empire in the West, to Korea and Japan in the Far ...

Ancient India: Living Traditions, which opens at the British Museum this week, traces the evolution of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art. It explores the deepening popular need to see, ...