Though the history of India’s national flag and its immediate precursors is relatively recent, the use of flags, pennants, ...

Over time, its distinct colour came to be associated with purity, fertility, and prosperity, making turmeric a part of ...

Nalanda and Vikramshila are well known to the greatest number of people, but there were numerous great centres of learning in ...

From 2.5-million-year-old fossils in Himachal Pradesh to the evolution of toilets in Delhi, these lesser-known museums reveal ...

The discovery of a large 120-hectare ancient city located in the Malguzar mountains of Uzbekistan has shed new light on ...

Dishes such as sushi, injera, and roast meat have survived millennia, illustrating enduring food traditions tied to culture ...

A small fragment of bone, tucked away in a museum drawer for decades, has quietly shifted what is known about the long relationship between humans and.

The Middle Ages were shaped by a series of pivotal events that influenced politics, religion, and society. From conflicts and ...

Dubrovnik is one of those destinations that the photographs do not quite capture, which is saying something given how ...

The Wars of Alexander's successors, were a series of conflicts that erupted among the generals of Alexander the Great.

In the recently published book Speaking of History, a conversation between historian Romila Thapar and Namit Arora, the writer and social critic who also practises public history, the participants ...