In past articles, I’ve discussed the development of agriculture and civilization in South Asia, which originated in the Indus Valley region. However, much of the history of the Indus Valley ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that Vedic culture was isolated to India. Research reveals a musical link between the Rig Veda and a 3,000-year-old hymn from the Mediterranean, ...

The pen might be mightier than a sword but, as Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, one of India’s leading historians of the 20th century, put it in 1970, the spade of the archeologist can be mightier than the ...

Even as 2024 marked 100 years since the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation, debates over its origins continue. Over the decades, there have been multiple claims linking the Harappan ...

We all think we know the story of India’s history, right? The Indus Valley Civilization, the Vedic texts, the Maurya Empire—these are the classic benchmarks. These are the things you learned in school ...

The author is assistant professor (History) at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. Today, the world celebrates the antiquity of the Indian culture and its rich civilization. However, ...

History & Culture' project to publish comprehensive research on Aryans, moving beyond colonial theories for a nuanced understanding.

On September 20, 2024, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin expressed his gratitude to John Marshall, the late British archaeologist who headed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when Daya Ram ...

Roughly 150 km from Delhi, the national capital, down the Delhi-Sirsa highway, a meandering road leads to the twin villages of Rakhi Shahpur and Rakhi Khas in Haryana’s Hissar district. The narrow, ...

For centuries, the Vedic civilization has been regarded as unique to India, based deeply in the subcontinent, which helped to give shape to its spiritual, philosophical, and cultural identity. The Rig ...