The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang. By Alexander Cunningham., Major-General, R.E.

I played an hour of “Raji: An Ancient Epic” before I stopped and restarted. While it’s not uncommon for players to reboot a game after learning its basic controls, that wasn’t what made me ...

The book’s reconstruction of the Buddhist world as temporal power, spiritual persuasion and system of knowledge is a standout contribution. Eschewing narratives about the rise and fall of dynasties ...

India’s history is a vast tapestry woven with diverse cultures, civilizations, and peoples, many of whom predate what we now ...

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple Bloomsbury £30, 496 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café and subscribe to our podcast Life ...

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.