How a Bombay merchant’s letter set off the British military campaign to dominate the Persian Gulf

Sultan Muhammad al-Qasimi David Woodbridge

· Dec 26, 2020 · 01:30 pm

A look back at banned Indian political pamphlets – and why Orwell may not have approved of them

Pragya Dhital

· Dec 20, 2020 · 07:30 pm

A spiritual guru’s curious journey to becoming the first Indian filmmaker in the US

Anu Kumar

· Dec 14, 2020 · 11:30 am

A street name change in London’s Little India forces Britain to confront its colonial legacy

Edward Anderson, The Conversation Priya Atwal, The Conversation

· Dec 09, 2020 · 07:49 pm

Weekend Quiz: Which two states did Vasco da Gama play off against each other after coming to India?

The Heritage Lab

· Dec 05, 2020 · 11:30 am

The Burmese harp and the tales of the Buddha’s previous lives

Maria Kekki

· Nov 29, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Muhammad Najib Khan, a Sufi soldier and manuscript collector in 18th-century southern India

Ursula Sims-Williams

· Nov 28, 2020 · 01:30 pm

This book revisits the history of India through the eyes of imagined animals who played a part

Nandini Sengupta

· Nov 25, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Stone Age human ‘campsite’ containing 7,000-year-old hazelnut shell discovered in the UK

Scroll Staff

· Nov 22, 2020 · 10:39 am

Weekend Quiz: What form of military combat was used to settle disputes in medieval Kerala?

The Heritage Lab

· Nov 21, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Weekend Quiz: What was Chera ruler Kadal Pirakottiya Vel Kelu Kuttuvan also known as?

The Heritage Lab

· Nov 14, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Fossils in a Tibetan cave reveal how early humans adapted to live in one of world’s remotest places

Bo Li, The Conversation Dongju Zhang, The Conversation Qiaomei Fu, The Conversation Zenobia Jacobs, The Conversation

· Nov 13, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Was the first ever war between humans and Neanderthals?

Martin Smith, The Conversation John Stewart, The Conversation

· Nov 11, 2020 · 11:30 pm

From the archives: Titanic purser recalls how he survived the sinking of the ship

Scroll Staff

· Oct 31, 2020 · 11:42 am

The paradox of the pandemic: A historian contemplates the consolations of forgetting

Nayanjot Lahiri

· Oct 25, 2020 · 07:30 am

Weekend Quiz: Which Mughal emperor commissioned the Iyar-e-Danish manuscript?

The Heritage Lab

· Oct 24, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Data analytics and targeted political messages began over 40 years before Facebook, shows this book

Nair DA

· Oct 18, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Fossil footprints of a mother, child reveal the story behind the longest known prehistoric journey

Matthew Robert Bennett, The Conversation Sally Christine Reynolds, The Conversation

· Oct 17, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Weekend Quiz: Which of the five Mahakavyas tells the story of the birth of Shiva’s son Kartikeya?

The Heritage Lab

· Oct 17, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Watch: Emperor Ashoka’s edicts in music? That’s what singer TM Krishna’s new project is all about

Scroll Staff

· Oct 15, 2020 · 10:27 am