Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have ...

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who advised the emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his son, Bindusara around 300BC. As a tribe, they speak directly to the modern need to make sense of things. Ancient or modern, they don’t often ...

According to them, Chanakya’s influential role as advisor and guru to emperors Chandragupta Maurya and Bindusara has its parallel in Vijnaneshwara’s counsel to emperors Someshvara I and his ...

The Yuezhi tribes of Central Asia, who had pushed the Shakas into the Indian subcontinent, were the last to make their way ...

"Sindhu mere mann ki baat samajhti hai. Is paani mein humara itihas basta hai." These words capture a deep truth about the Sindhu River, known today as the Indus. More than just a body of water, the ...

It is said, Megasthenes, a Greek ambassador to the court of King Chandragupta Maurya of Patliputra, visited the Kumbh Mela in the fourth century BC. Today, Patliputra is known as Patna ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Key point: These are South Asia’s five greatest empires. South Asia is like a world unto itself. Also known as the Indian subcontinent, its particular geography and climate have always led to ...

National Customs Day: Housed in a 400-year old building, Goa’s Customs & GST Museum is the only one of its kind in India. Here’s a quick peek into this museum. Amidst the deafening clamour of ...

CBSE Class 12 History Pre-Board Sample Paper: Schools conduct pre-board examinations for students to check their level of preparedness for the final exam. Pre-board exams are a great way to check ...