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

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

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 ...

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio described as “part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory” was added Tuesday to the ...

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