The Vedic Period marked a crucial time between the Bronze and Iron Ages in India, following the fall of the Indus Valley Civilisation. In this video, we explore the people, culture, religion, and ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday India is the most ancient living civilisation of the world due to the immortal ideas and philosophies of its saints and seers ...

Modi’s subsurface devotions were part of a decade-long project to portray the Mahabharata as the true history of India — and an attempt, many Indians say, to boost ancient Hindu culture as a ...

There must be a larger debate on intellectual property, cultural credit, and economic justice, especially in the context of ...

Culture & Life; Art; the week recommends Ancient India: living traditions – 'ethereal and sensual' exhibition. Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism are explored in show that remains 'remarkably compact' ...

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 ...

Focus on the history of the ancient ‘Silk Road’ may have overshadowed the powerful influence of India on the many cultures with which it traded.

Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India: Living Traditions is a very respectful and carefully managed show of religious art by the British Museum in which, quite honestly, the stirring ...

Gaja-Lakshmi (the goddess of good fortune), India, about 1780 Credit: Ancient India, British Museum, review Alastair Sooke Chief Art Critic 19 May 2025 12:01am BST ...

In 1898, British landowner William Claxton Peppé excavated an ancient funerary monument on his estate in northern India. The site revealed a trove of 1,800 jewels, as well as ash and bone fragments.

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 ...