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Ancient India

  • For children: When the Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, and Kushanas made a pitstop in ancient India

    For children: When the Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, and Kushanas made a pitstop in ancient India

    Saisudha Acharya
    · Feb 12, 2025 · 01:30 pm
  • In an ancient Indian legend, robots guarded Buddha’s relics

    In an ancient Indian legend, robots guarded Buddha’s relics

    Adrienne Mayor, The Conversation
    · Mar 16, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • Washers, not wipers: What ancient India’s ideas about hygiene tell us

    Washers, not wipers: What ancient India’s ideas about hygiene tell us

    Nayanjot Lahiri
    · Dec 19, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • If Pakistan shuns the term ‘Ancient India’ in its history books, is it entirely to blame?

    If Pakistan shuns the term ‘Ancient India’ in its history books, is it entirely to blame?

    Haroon Khalid
    · Aug 31, 2018 · 06:30 pm
  • Passport officers and spies: How travel was regulated in Chandragupta Maurya’s India

    Passport officers and spies: How travel was regulated in Chandragupta Maurya’s India

    Chinmay Tumbe
    · Jul 16, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Opinion: Why it’s essential for school students to learn about religious violence in ancient India

    Opinion: Why it’s essential for school students to learn about religious violence in ancient India

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · May 01, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • ‘They fought over WiFi’: Twitter laughs about Tripura CM’s claims about internet in Mahabharata era

    ‘They fought over WiFi’: Twitter laughs about Tripura CM’s claims about internet in Mahabharata era

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 18, 2018 · 02:51 pm
  • Ancient Indian text shows the zero is 500 years older than previously thought, says study

    Ancient Indian text shows the zero is 500 years older than previously thought, says study

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 15, 2017 · 02:58 pm
  • Lesson from Perumal Murugan verdict: Modi could learn much from Savarkar on sex in ancient India

    Lesson from Perumal Murugan verdict: Modi could learn much from Savarkar on sex in ancient India

    Manoj Mitta
    · Jul 10, 2016 · 09:15 am