History
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Weekend Quiz: Who composed the Sufi romantic story ‘Chandayana’?
The Heritage Lab
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Weekend Quiz: By which treaty did Gulab Singh became the first Dogra King of Jammu and Kashmir?
The Heritage Lab
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South Asian history is hidden around Berkeley. Two Indian Americans are bringing it into the light
Vandana Menon
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Gyan Chaupar to Snakes and Ladders: How a game about a karmic journey became a plaything for kids
Souvik Mukherjee
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Discovery of 200,000-year-old beds throws light on the complex behaviour of ancient humans
Irene Esteban, The Conversation Paloma de la Peña Alonso, The Conversation
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Weekend Quiz: Who deciphered the Kharosthi script?
The Heritage Lab
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With face to face interviews ruled out during the pandemic, how are oral historians coping?
Aanchal Malhotra
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Who was Anthony Firinghee? Remembering the Portuguese-origin singer who is part of Bengali folklore
Arup K Chatterjee
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Weekend Quiz: In which king’s court was 12th-century poet Jayadeva counted among the five gems?
The Heritage Lab
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For those delegitimising Tippoo Saëb, an important lesson from his emissaries’ trip to 1788 France
Arghya Bose
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Between strife and the pandemic: How has Kashmir been writing and publishing books?
Shivangi Mariam Raj Majid Maqbool
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Weekend Quiz: Which king commissioned this stupa in Punjab?
The Heritage Lab
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How the East India Company made a celebrity out of a shipwreck survivor in 1738
Jennifer Howes
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How Tipu Sultan and Haidar Ali inspired America’s founding fathers in their quest for freedom
Ameen Ahmed
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My search for ‘Black Peggy’, a Bengal native who was seduced with a false promise of marriage
Margaret Makepeace
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‘How to remember Indian history’: Watch Devdutt Pattanaik’s one-minute crash course
Scroll Staff
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In a 19th-century Burmese album, a story of revenge, a failed coup and a long-forgotten prince
Craig Campbell
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In 18th century, the British let a Persian prince get away with murder
Curstaidh Reid
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The story of one man’s efforts to bring Indian-American dreams and hopes to life
Anu Kumar
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The Hagia Sophia’s identity has shifted with every regime change in Istanbul
Anna Bigelow, The Conversation