New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...

Rightwing political parties and politicians in India have repeatedly demanded, unsuccessfully, to remove the words “secular” ...

This social upheaval abated to some extent during the over three century-rule of the Gupta dynasty, Shudras were allowed marginal rights such as that while they should never study the Puranas ...

The book might be considered a riposte to both right-wing and left-wing historiography in India; right-wing historians make fantastic claims that cloak India’s real and substantial achievements, while ...

Ancient India’s greatest engineering achievement wasn’t a monument but a metamorphosis. When Emperor Ashoka, who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the third century BCE, saw the carnage ...

Home 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' ...

A breakthrough fossil discovery in northern India is changing what we know about some of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth. As well as filling in gaps in the evolution of the straight-tusked ...

Tara Gaming has unveiled plans for 'Bharatvarsha / The Age of Bharat,' an ambitious entertainment franchise set in ancient India.

The steps of time : How ancient stepwells are inspiring modern structures and design From educational institutions and resorts to rugs and art, baoris are having a moment of revival ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family, now spoken ...