A painting of a “merchant ship” at Ajanta Cave No. 17, indicating sea trade during the fifth century, inspired the Indian Navy’s traditionally built stitched vessel INSV Kaundinya, an expert has said.

The Indian Navy on Wednesday inducted INSV Kaundinya, a recreation of a fifth-century vessel, named in honour of legendary Indian mariner Kaundinya, who once sailed across the Indian Ocean to ...

inspired by a painting from the Ajanta Caves," a Navy spokesperson said on Tuesday. Shekhawat, in a post on X, termed the induction of the traditionally-built stitched ship as akin to "rewriting ...

Story continues below this ad The ‘stitched ship’, modelled on a 5th Century ship depicted in a painting in the Ajanta caves, has been recreated using ... But the ships of that period looked like what ...

The Indian Navy will soon induct a unique, traditionally-built ship. This ship is a recreation of a fifth ... inspired by a painting from the Ajanta Caves," Its construction was carried out entirely ...

Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Stories of merchants are notably absent in Brahmin scriptures but are widespread in ...

A man who built a house on his driveway after only being given planning permission for a garage has had to pull it down following a bizarre six year row. Madam Pal Singh was given the go-ahead to ...

If we are chucked out, we will be having to rely on the state. ‘We would not have gone on and built this and put all our money into it unless we thought it was totally legal to do it.’ ...