Lapis lazuli, valued like gold, has a rich 6,000-year history. Its primary source is Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, where ...

Bodh Gaya (or Buddha Gaya as it is called in Sri Lanka), is the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment. It was a major ...

For centuries, the Vatican Library has been a vault of historical records, housing some of the world's most treasured texts, ...

The capital of India, Delhi is a modern and historic blend of India from ancient times rooted in history folklore. This ...

Guwahati: ‘Bharat Bodh' — a three day conclave aimed at exploring and celebrating India's rich cultural and historical and ...

S. Krishnaswamy's book explores ancient India's influence in Southeast Asia, launched by The Hindu Group of Publications.

Author Nirmala Lakshman explores Sangam poetry and Tamil history in a conversation at The Purple Turtles on February 11.

G.N. Devy’s latest work is a fascinating exploration of India’s linguistic histories and their intricate interplay with culture, memory, and identit ...

A century after its discovery, the Indus Valley Civilisation remains at the centre of debates over its origins, increasingly ...

Long before Rome, before China’s Iron Age, Tamil Nadu was already forging some of the world’s finest swords. New ...

Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga ...

Indian culinary science is rich and needs to be studied and catalogued. This is exactly what Dr Konganda Thammu Achaya did.