Ancient India’s weaponry exists in that space. We call them divine, mythical, symbolic. But are they? Because when you read descriptions of these weapons, you don’t just see magic—you see ...

New Delhi: The Indian Navy on May 21 brought back a vessel to its fleet that once lost to time. The hand-made one-of-a-kind ...

The exhibition traces how religious imagery took hold in South Asia and beyond through serpent spirits and wide-hipped ...

Hyderabad: In an age of high-tech warships and stealth submarines, the Indian Navy has done something truly remarkable. It ...

Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India: Living Traditions is a very ... The yakshis are full-figured warrior women holding children, with weapons in their hair. The spirits then become ...

The novel makes the circular nature of time the book’s primary conceit by making the far future reflect an ancient past.

The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break the mold when it came to battlefield innovation. In some cases, these were perfectly in line with the weapons used by other ...

With that in mind, today, we’re looking at ancient weapons well ahead of the curve. Sieges are a common part of warfare. Eventually, most superior forces will encircle an encampment or ...

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 ...

Ancient India: Living Traditions ... Others devour animals or hold symbolic weapons, like the rock sculpture of Pancika (AD100-300) from Gandhara in what is now northern Pakistan, who appears ...