In the mid-1850s, a few years after the British annexation of the Punjab, some railway builders stumbled upon an ancient mound of terracotta bricks at Harappa in the valley of the Ravi. Despite ...

When people think of ancient civilizations in South Asia, the Harappans often come to mind. But what if signs of human life ...

J K Dadoo writes that ancient India, through trade, religion and knowledge networks, shaped global civilisation as the world’s central intellectual and philosophical power William Dalrymple, a great ...

A recent archaeological discovery in the Konkan region of western India has unearthed thousands of ancient petroglyphs that could point to the existence of a long-lost civilization dating back over 12 ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment ...

Buddhism has produced a cultural legacy more glorious than most great faiths. Initially spreading throughout Asia, over the centuries it triumphed not by the might of military conquest but by virtue ...

MUMBAI: In an ambitious exercise that was four years in the making, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya (CSMVS), formerly the Prince of Wales Museum, will house historical objects that ...

India is a country with ancient wisdom, diverse cultures, and outstanding performances that have influenced human civilisation over millennia. The motherland of the world's religions, India, had a ...