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The Mahabharata may not be authentic history, but it exemplifies the ancient tradition of itihasa
Kanad Sinha
· Jan 18, 2022 · 08:30 am
How Bombay deeply moved a Nobel-winning Swedish writer in the 1920s
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Jan 15, 2022 · 11:30 am
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Scroll Staff
· Dec 31, 2021 · 10:25 am
In the 1760s, a sailor from Bengal was sentenced to death after a string of robberies in England
Karen Stapley
· Dec 29, 2021 · 07:30 pm
‘Invisible Empire’: This book maps the kingdom of the world’s most abundant life form, the virus
Pranay Lal
· Dec 29, 2021 · 08:30 am
How a Dawoodi Bohra from British India became a business icon in East Africa in early 20th century
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 22, 2021 · 11:30 am
During WWI, a princess sent 26 lakh Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors (including Indians)
Peter Doyle, The Conversation
· Dec 20, 2021 · 07:30 pm
One of the oldest surviving historical accounts of India was written by this Korean Buddhist monk
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 18, 2021 · 06:30 am
The Grand Anicut shows historical novels need not be slowed down by immaculate research
Veena Narayan
· Dec 12, 2021 · 08:30 am
When a small Sikh community thrived in an Iranian border town
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 11, 2021 · 11:30 am
Emmeline da Cunha: Remembering Goa’s first female doctor who had a brief but intense medical career
Filipa Lowndes Vicente
· Dec 05, 2021 · 11:30 am
How a Hungarian scholar became the founder of modern Tibetology after reaching India
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Dec 04, 2021 · 11:30 am
In searching for my ancestor Miguel of Mazagon, I found his role in a key Anglo-Portuguese deal
Megan deSouza Denis Rodrigues
· Nov 28, 2021 · 01:30 pm
‘Human nature doesn’t change’: Madhulika Liddle on the challenges of writing historical fiction
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· Nov 27, 2021 · 05:30 pm
Watch: 3000-year-old Avenue of Sphinxes unveiled at Karnak Temple in Egypt in a grand ceremony
Scroll Staff
· Nov 27, 2021 · 03:16 pm
Pilgrimages, conflicts and naked women: A Russian merchant’s impressions of 15th-century India
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Nov 27, 2021 · 11:30 am
The legend of the Indian prince who is the forefather of all Cambodians
Ajay Kamalakaran
· Nov 21, 2021 · 11:30 am
The science of resurrecting the ‘dead’ has a creepy history
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· Nov 15, 2021 · 11:30 pm
How Nicoló Manucci, the Venetian who settled in India, saw and reported incidents of ‘Sati’
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· Nov 15, 2021 · 08:30 am
How historian Vikram Sampath uses decolonisation rhetoric to make Hindu domination sound reasonable
Akash Bhattacharya
· Nov 13, 2021 · 09:00 am
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