In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure ...

Ancient Indian texts include long lists of kings—some reigning for hundreds or even thousands of years. But how accurate are ...

Artisans, craftsmen were valued for their skills and were paid handsomely compared to slaves, forced labourers who came from Shudra castes ...

There’s something electric about walking down a street where every stone beneath your feet has witnessed empires rise and fall. In a handful of places around the globe, the ancient past doesn’t hide ...

THE principal difficulty in the study of Indian antiquities has always been the absence of a chronological framework. The Indians themselves had no idea of what we mean by history. They possessed a ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

India: A new article published in Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) highlights the remarkable ...

Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...