Hindostan was a prosperous part of Indiana in the 19th century. So why did it die suddenly?

Blake Smith

· Jul 29, 2018 · 11:30 am

Can there be a definitive history of magic in India? This book tells the mesmerising story

Vipin Krishna

· Jul 29, 2018 · 08:30 am

Chinlone, polo and more: Paintings from Burmese manuscripts show how traditional games were played

San San May

· Jul 26, 2018 · 09:30 pm

‘Jio Institute of Historical Accuracy’: Twitter chortles at BJP leader over Babur-Humayun gaffe

Scroll Staff

· Jul 26, 2018 · 02:01 pm

Forgotten history: How the last Nawab of Oudh built a mini Lucknow in Calcutta

Deepanjan Ghosh

· Jul 26, 2018 · 11:30 am

The Indian Muslim who greatly influenced Queen Victoria and her India policies

Miles Taylor

· Jul 19, 2018 · 11:30 am

Modern view of Crusades as a clash between Islam and Christianity ignores stories of co-existence

Suleiman Mourad, The Conversation

· Jul 17, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Calcutta’s dark past: The city was a thriving market for slaves in mid-18th century

Tathagata Neogi

· Jul 16, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s legacy was never fully recognised. That is changing now

Aditya Iyer

· Jul 16, 2018 · 11:30 am

Tasty tale: How domesticated banana spread across the world 6,000 years ago

Rathnasiri Premathilake, The Conversation

· Jul 15, 2018 · 09:30 pm

How racism scarred the legacy of the British-Asian physician who changed modern medicine

Arup K Chatterjee

· Jul 11, 2018 · 11:30 am

How on Earth did a glitzy part of Singapore get the name Dhoby Ghaut?

Garima Garg

· Jul 09, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Walking around with a sword in the stomach: Just another magic act in 1930s’ India

John Zubrzycki

· Jul 05, 2018 · 08:30 am

How an Indian man and his English wife introduced George Harrison to Ravi Shankar to create history

Anu Kumar

· Jul 04, 2018 · 11:30 am

Hindus versus Muslims: Deccan history has been inaccurately reduced to a battle of religions

Manu S Pillai

· Jun 28, 2018 · 08:30 am

Patel wanted Hyderabad for India, not Kashmir – but Junagadh was the wild card that changed the game

Rajmohan Gandhi

· Jun 27, 2018 · 08:30 am

The Inkas’ knotted ‘khipu’ code is proof of a civilisation far more advanced then we realise

Manuel Medrano, Aeon Gary Urton, Aeon

· Jun 25, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Six decades ago, a workers’ uprising changed Darjeeling’s tea gardens. It’s time for change again

Anuradha Sharma

· Jun 25, 2018 · 11:30 am

A mighty kingdom wages war on nomadic forest dwellers in this novel set in 120 CE

Usha Alexander

· Jun 20, 2018 · 05:30 pm

The forgotten history of the African slaves who were brought to the Deccan and rose to great power

Manu S Pillai

· Jun 19, 2018 · 05:30 pm