history
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‘Delhi in Historical Perspectives’: Three different pasts of the city in all its multicultural glory
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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What the stories of the people who live at India’s borders tell us about the country’s history
Suchitra Vijayan
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This study of archaeologist MN Deshpande’s work highlights the integrity and zeal of a true scholar
Trisha Gupta
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In her new book, Audrey Truschke examines Sanskrit works on India’s Muslim history
Audrey Truschke
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Watch: Was this how the Kailashanath temple at Ellora was carved out of the rock face?
Scroll Staff
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What the ruins of the original Nalanda university tell us about an old civilisation of India
Namit Arora
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If a pope’s corpse can be put on trial in 9th century, why can’t an ex-president be impeached today?
Frederik Pedersen, The Conversation
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Watch: Archaeologists are unearthing the lost world of the Mayan civilisation with lasers in the sky
Scroll Staff
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‘India’s best ambassador’: When an actress forsook Indian films for an uncertain life in the West
Anu Kumar
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Three recollections of Sunil Kumar, the historian who stood tall against majoritarian politics
Rukun Advani Muzaffar Alam Nayanjot Lahiri
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Interview: Yashaswini Chandra on what the horse tells us about India's past
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Makhan Singh: The Punjabi radical who fought for freedom in not one but two countries
Arko Dasgupta
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‘Murder at the Mushaira’: A poet is murdered, and the detective chasing the killer is Mirza Ghalib
Raza Mir
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How we discovered world’s oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley
Adam Brumm, The Conversation Adhi Oktaviana, The Conversation Basran Burhan, The Conversation Maxime Aubert, The Conversation
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A hundred years ago, a fiery speech in Uttarakhand escalated the protests against forced labour
Shekhar Pathak
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Three times when the Mughal military juggernaut ran up against the immutable force of nature
Pratyay Nath
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When an Indian writer’s visit caused a stir in the US
Anu Kumar
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When the East India Company sent a ship called New Year’s Gift to India
Margaret Makepeace
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My search for Jeanne Barret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe
Danielle Clode, The Conversation
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Watch: Archaeologists unearth Roman-era fast food stall in Pompeii, Italy
Scroll Staff