HIstory
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The diary of a Dutch East India Company soldier who was marooned on a desert island
Maddy Smith
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Reading ‘The Dawn of Everything’ from India: What if the past was a more enlightened place?
Durba Chattaraj
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Gunavarman: The Kashmiri monk who helped spread Buddhism across Asia
Ajay Kamalakaran
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‘A king could have commanded the worst atrocities on enemies and yet built awe-inspiring temples’
Vikram Chandra
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A brief history of how Parsis flourished in Zanzibar (with a cameo from Freddie Mercury)
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Revisiting Rana Safvi’s Delhi trilogy shows how her books capture long-term history, not moments
Avik Chanda
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How a pioneering Greek scholar was robbed of the credit for translating Chanakya’s words in Sanskrit
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Shruti Kapila’s new book frames India’s political history in violence to explain the current reality
Narayani Basu
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Humayun’s tomb: What are the architectural principles and influences on the famous Delhi monument?
Shashank Shekhar Sinha
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This novel is based on the life of Sultan Razziat, the only woman emperor to have ruled from Delhi
Meena Arora Nayak
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When a Belgian baron built a ‘Hindu palace’ near Cairo
Ajay Kamalakaran
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The Mahabharata may not be authentic history, but it exemplifies the ancient tradition of itihasa
Kanad Sinha
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How Bombay deeply moved a Nobel-winning Swedish writer in the 1920s
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Watch: 130-year-old time capsule containing coins, the Bible, bullets discovered in the US
Scroll Staff
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In the 1760s, a sailor from Bengal was sentenced to death after a string of robberies in England
Karen Stapley
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‘Invisible Empire’: This book maps the kingdom of the world’s most abundant life form, the virus
Pranay Lal
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How a Dawoodi Bohra from British India became a business icon in East Africa in early 20th century
Ajay Kamalakaran
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During WWI, a princess sent 26 lakh Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors (including Indians)
Peter Doyle, The Conversation
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One of the oldest surviving historical accounts of India was written by this Korean Buddhist monk
Ajay Kamalakaran
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The Grand Anicut shows historical novels need not be slowed down by immaculate research
Veena Narayan