A Sanskrit–Greek stele and Buddha statue found in ancient Berenike, Egypt, reveal deep cultural links between Indian traders ...

Plant species mentioned in texts from the past 800 years hint the wooded grasslands of western India have been there since ...

New research into centuries-old Marathi poetry is overturning a powerful myth about India’s landscapes, revealing that the ...

Sindh is derived from the word Sindhu, strictly a word for river in Sanskrit but also used interchangeably for the Indus ...

Every year, during Navaratri the story of Mahishasura is rendered in households, reminding us of the Devi’s power and her ...

The origins of shami kebab are uncertain: it appears in ancient Indian texts, yet many link it to Middle Eastern traditions, ...

Karnataka's Mattur earned the moniker of the first Sanskrit village in India in 1983. Here's how to plan a trip to Mattur the right way.

Evidence drawn from centuries of Marathi and Sanskrit literature suggests savannas are ancient, stable and culturally ...

Today, during debates on the Kama Sutra in Goa, scholars widely acknowledge Vatsyayana as a philosopher and sociologist who ...

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

Poet-turned-historian Abhay K speaks of Nalanda’s role in shaping today’s education, architecture, and even artificial ...