Backed by a strong family dynasty, the Mauryan Empire came to rule most of the Indian subcontinent. Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Mauryan Empire, sits with his mentor Kautilya in this ...

Last week, veteran actor Kamal Haasan courted controversy by declaring that “Kannada was born out of Tamil.” The question of which Indian language is oldest—and, by extension, most native to the ...

The Indus Valley civilization, equal in power to Mesopotamia and Egypt, reigned between about 2500 B.C. and 1700 B.C. in what is now mainly Pakistan on the Indian subcontinent.

CHENNAI: After keeping it pending since January 2023, the Archaeological Survey of India has returned the 982-page Keezhadi Excavation Report (2014-15 and 2015- ...

In an interview with Le Monde, Jean-Luc Racine, an expert on India, analyzes the historical roots of the conflict between the two regional powers, reignited on April 22 by the Pahalgam attack.

The Indus is an antecedent river, which means it has existed for over 50 million years, since the Indian plate first collided with Asia and gave rise to the Himalayas. Geologist Peter Clift, who ...

Situated in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, the region spans 222,200 square kilometres (85,800sq miles) with about four million people living in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and 13 ...

When Pakistan began jihadist insurgency in the Kashmir valley, it sought to use the issue to unify its people around a common, anti-India cause, facilitated by welcoming locals. There was also a ...

The Pahalgam attack has paradoxically united India on Kashmir while isolating Pakistan, highlighting a strategic miscalculation. India's security concerns are evolving amidst great power competition ...

Pakistan has paused trade with India and shut its airspace to Indian airlines. India also announced it had suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).

At least 26 people were killed when gunmen opened fire on tourists in Kashmir on Tuesday. Tensions between India and Pakistan rose in the aftermath.

In August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Indian government revoked Kashmir's semi-autonomous status in a move it said would better integrate the region with the rest of India.