The ancient Indian text the Manusmriti ... Much of the Deccan is arid and hilly, a triangular plateau that rises from central India toward its southern tip, flanked by two mountain ranges, the ...

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. With thirteen maps.

The story of these early peoples, whose societies, cultures, and beliefs laid the foundation for India's development, offers ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road ...

One of the big contentions of popular historian William Dalrymple’s latest book “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World,” which came out in the United States a few weeks ...

The primary focus of Sheth’s research is not active volcanoes, but ancient volcanoes in India — ones that ... time of the formation of the Deccan volcanic plateau,” Sheth says.

Mount Kailash remains an unconquered Himalayan peak. This is more a product of its religious significance than the mountaineering challenge posed by its atypical pyramid shape. For Hinduism ...

The Deccan Plateau extending from Western to Southern India, whose kingdoms stretched as far north as the Vindhyas, was once a cultural and economic melting pot of the world. A cosmopolitan, ...

Everyone takes part. The ancient Hindu festival eschews the religious, societal, caste and political divisions that underpin India’s often sectarian society. Hindu or not, anybody can be ...