Its eastern border is somewhere in “India” (“many amazing trees” and “swarms of dangerous snakes”), perhaps modern Bangladesh or Sri Lanka, depending on your map. Climate renders human ...

“If a country like India – that sees itself as an ancient and strong country, and as a model of democracy – puts Nepali territories in its map and hangs the map in parliament, it cannot be ...

A 23-million-year-old fossilized leaf found in coalfields in Assam is reshaping scientists’ understanding of how India’s biodiversity ... of the region’s ancient climate, based on fossil ...

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 ...