history
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Even dentures made of hippo ivory and human teeth couldn’t solve George Washington’s dental problems
William Maloney, The Conversation
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Christian Europe once celebrated the story of Buddha without even knowing it
Jana Igunma
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This book calls out India’s political betrayals sharply, but does not shake the edifice hard enough
Supriya Nair
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Did England’s King Alfred the Great send two envoys to Christian shrines in India in 9th century?
Caitlin R Green
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Why it may not be possible to write a third draft of India’s history that is universally accepted
Sanjoy Chakravorty
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Catch me if you can: The American smuggler who left Indian police red-faced twice in the 1960s
Abeer Kapoor
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Did the secular sanitisation of pre-colonial Indian history allow Hindu nationalism to weaponise it?
Kapil Komireddi
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Part history, part detective story, a book traces the mystery of a missing East India Company clerk
Soni Wadhwa
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The Indian woman who braved World War II bombing to chart an unconventional life for herself
Anu Kumar
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Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s story cannot be told in an unconvincing, furious account of a violent life
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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The remarkable Begums who defied patriarchal norms to rule Bhopal for more than a century
Priya Naik
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British universities are looking into past ties with slavery and colonialism – but to what end?
Steven Greer, The Conversation
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Did kangaroos ever live in India? A new discovery has some archaeologists hopping with excitement
Anupama Chandrasekaran
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This mosque in Delhi’s Qutub complex set the template for India’s distinctive Islamic architecture
Giles Tillotson
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An engineer in Canada is urging South Asians to post their family photos and memories on Instagram
Damini Kulkarni
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The story of textiles in independent India is closely linked to the life of one Hyderabadi woman
Mallik Thatipalli
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Mumbai has forgotten the ‘leading historian’ who once highlighted its forgotten past
Murali Ranganathan
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Historical fiction has more readers than ever but for its authors, the genre can be a minefield
Anuja Chandramouli
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How Sri Lanka’s first woman architect built a lasting legacy in a man’s world
Rashida Badani Tajbhoy
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Begum Samru: The 18th century dancer who grew to rule a principality and rescue the Mughal emperor
Archana Garodia Gupta