Carved from solid rock with incredible precision, the Barabar Caves challenge what we know about ancient engineering and technology in India. Donald Trump blasts Putin—"What the hell happened to ...

India, like most ancient civilisations, is home to hundreds of geoglyphs (giant shapes cut into rock) and petroglyphs (smaller engravings and carvings). These art works are typically 20,000 to ...

Mount Kailash remains an unconquered Himalayan peak. This is more a product of its religious significance than the mountaineering challenge posed by its atypical pyramid shape. For Hinduism ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road ...

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 ...

after an initial section about India’s mysterious ancient nature spirits. Their appearance, as represented in stone sculptures and commonplace terracotta images, was adopted and adapted by ...