Ancient India was home to one of the world’s earliest and most influential civilizations. Its people developed systems of thought, culture, and knowledge that would spread far beyond its borders. From ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable testament to ancient global connections in Egypt's famed Valley of the Kings. Around 30 inscriptions written in ancient Indian languages have been identified ...

Long before the word “India” existed, this land was known as Bharatvarsha. But this name was not just a label for geography. It carried meaning, identity, and a deeper understanding of the land and ...

Know the weightage of Ancient vs Modern History based on previous year questions and topics aspirants should prioritise.

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 ...

Today, India, despite global scrutiny, has maintained a principled partnership with Iran, balancing its energy and strategic ...

The Indus River, whose ancient name is "Sindhu," has always played an important role, and it contributed to the progress of one of the earliest urban civilisations in the world, known as the Indus ...

Hindu nationalists are in undisputed control of political power in India for the first time since the 12th century, and they’re making the most of this opportunity for triumphalist messaging. A common ...

Historian William Dalrymple has been awarded the 2026 Mark Lynton History Prize for his book "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" for combining "literary grace, commitment to ...

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 ...

Only a few years ago, things did not seem to be going well for India’s various alphabets, often known as the Indic or Brahmic scripts after the historical Iron Age script that is the ancestor of ...