Take a captivating journey through time as we uncover the mysteries of lost cities and vanished civilizations that once shaped human history. From the silent ruins of Mesopotamia to the hidden depths ...

ASI to host international conference on deciphering Indus Valley script, with focus on research and potential future studies.

The plight of the Dalit people is the focus of the third edition of V.T. Rajshekar’s 1997 book “Dalit: The Black Untouchables of India.” Traditionally known as the “Untouchables,” Dalits are a ...

Years of History on the Subcontinent, historian Audrey Truschke underlines why it is important to understand the subcontinent ...

The Indus Valley people benefited from the highly fertile lands of the Indus River floodplain and trade from nearby Mesopotamia. Two cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, once home to 40,000 to 50,000 ...

Although often associated with Southern India, the Dravidian language family includes 27 languages, spoken by 220 million ...

Covering a period of 5,000 years -- from the Indus Valley Civilization to the present day -- renowned historian Audrey Truschke's new book, "India", provides readers with a comprehensive narrative of ...

The findings, based on 'recent radio-metric dates', suggest that the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu was contemporaneous with the Copper/Bronze Age of the Indus Valley Civilisation, about '5,300 years ago'.

A “melting pot” implies that heritage blends harmoniously into one smooth stew. But in South Africa - and especially in Cape Town - many of us carry cultures that were never allowed to flourish freely ...

Fazalullah Qureshi, a former senior Pakistani official, linked this data gap to Pakistan’s inability to anticipate devastating floods in 2022, which killed over 1,700 people and affected 33 ...