The etymology of "India" is complicated and developed over thousands of years. Ancient Greeks called the region "Indos" — thought to be transliterated from the term "Hindi" — and other ...

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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 ...

Ayurveda originated in India more than 3,000 years ago, and the southern state of Kerala is at the heart of this ancient medicine system's renaissance. On a holiday to Kerala on India's south ...

India is home to some of the most jaw-dropping temples in the world — some carved out of a single rock, others standing tall for over a thousand years. These ancient temples are not mere places ...

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(Xi Jinping’s reaction was not recorded.) William Dalrymple does not deploy that Sanskrit phrase in “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.” But his audacious book’s aim ...

GUJARAT, India (RNS) — Every morning at the Momai Mata temple, near the southern tip of the Gujarat peninsula, a Hindu priest offers prayers. The temple, carved out of rock in an ancient cave by ...

Everyone takes part. The ancient Hindu festival eschews the religious, societal, caste and political divisions that underpin India’s often sectarian society. Hindu or not, anybody can be ...