“It requires deeper study to fully understand its implications, but it could fundamentally alter our view of the history of metallurgy ... but suggests that India may have developed such ...

In ancient India, banking-like activities never existed. With evolving time, banks started to come into existence in form of barter system. There were zamindars too. Banks in India have a long ...

and tells "a passionate story about the three great religions of ancient India – Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism – and their vitality across time". Featuring around 180 objects (sculptures ...

Also, the Archaeological Survey of India’s K.M. Shrivastava ordered extensive excavations in Piprahwa and uncovered other structures around the stupa. Shrivastava wrote about his finds: “The proximity ...

Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables), a version of this struggle did play out in ancient India with somewhat similar results. Buddhism rose as an alternative to the oppressive practices ...

Ancient India: Living Traditions, which opens at the British Museum this week, traces the evolution of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art. It explores the deepening popular need to see, interact with ...

Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India: Living Traditions is a very respectful and carefully managed show of religious art by the British Museum in which, quite honestly, the stirring ...

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 ...

India didn’t just strike hard. India struck right, and in doing so, invoked the ancient wisdom, alive not in temples, but in strategy rooms, cockpits, and command centres. Operation Sindoor was ...

with many tools and utensils cast from exquisite bronze. Not only using casting techniques to craft tools such as axes, spears, javelins, arrows, rattles, fishing hooks..., but ancient residents also ...

India, with its rich spiritual heritage, is home to some of the world’s most ancient monasteries which are steeped in history. These monasteries are set in remote mountains, desert valleys ...

The Age of Bhaarat has been revealed by Tara Gaming Ltd, an Indian gaming studio that is aiming to bring Indian tales to the AAA gaming space. It is a studio comprised of some heavy hitters ...