The book analyses five key battles (from the Battle of Hydaspes to the Battle of Assaye) to understand why India often ...

A view of a barren landscape of the Langqen-Zangpo (upper Sutlej) river valley near Tsaparang, the capital city of ancient Guge Kingdom in the western Tibet, approximately 150 km from Sahiya Cave, ...

India’s colourful heritage can be witnessed in its full glory at many destinations across the country. As one of the world’s oldest civilizations, India boasts a rich melting pot of religions, ...

Archaeology often unfolds slowly, with discoveries taking years to fully understand. But when Indian oceanographers explored the Gulf of Khambhat in late 2000, they stumbled upon something ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and some interesting parallels relative to today. Ancient civilizations that ...

In the mid-1850s, a few years after the British annexation of the Punjab, some railway builders stumbled upon an ancient mound of terracotta bricks at Harappa in the valley of the Ravi. Despite ...

New lipid residue analyses have revealed a dominance of animal products, such as the meat of animals like pigs, cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat as well as dairy products, used in ancient ceramic ...

Archaeology sometimes raises more questions than it answers. How do you explain a city that bustled with activity one day only to be buried under feet of silt the next? Or walls that collapsed in an ...