In an ancient Indian legend, robots guarded Buddha’s relics

Adrienne Mayor, The Conversation

· Mar 16, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The All India Radio broadcaster from Burma who watched history unfold in front of her

Anu Kumar

· Mar 13, 2019 · 11:30 am

What a newly-found fragment of an ancient Babylonian poem tells us about being human

Sophus Helle, Aeon

· Mar 13, 2019 · 08:30 am

This book is a fast but fulfilling – and utterly unique – journey through ancient India

Madhulika Liddle

· Mar 09, 2019 · 08:30 am

The Constitution of India was not just a founding document. It had a radically transformative vision

Gautam Bhatia

· Mar 04, 2019 · 08:30 am

This essential book on the prehistory of North East India helps reject facile generalisations

Dhrijyoti Kalita

· Mar 03, 2019 · 05:30 pm

When Karachi and Allahabad proved to be the undoing of pioneering aviators in a global air race

Anu Kumar

· Feb 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

Meet the geneticist and author who is using ancient DNA to upend how we approach human history

Harsimran Gill

· Feb 24, 2019 · 08:30 am

The exoticised images of India by Western photographers have left a dark legacy

Mahima Jain

· Feb 20, 2019 · 03:30 pm

Enheduanna: The world’s first known author was a priestess in ancient Mesopotamia

Louise Pryke, The Conversation

· Feb 19, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Mary Beard interview: ‘Being a popular writer helps you say the unpopular’

Harsimran Gill

· Feb 17, 2019 · 07:00 am

Romila Thapar: ‘Who were the Aryans?’ is a less important question than what it meant to be ‘Aryan’

Romila Thapar

· Feb 14, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Why mimicry artists are bigger (and better) in Kerala than anywhere else in India

Anubha George

· Feb 12, 2019 · 11:30 am

‘Accuracy is everything’: Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore on how to write about the past

Chandrima Pal

· Feb 09, 2019 · 05:30 pm

The prime minister who hated garlands: A veteran journalist’s recollection of Rajiv Gandhi

Kumkum Chadha

· Feb 07, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Three men vandalise a pillar in Hampi, a world heritage site, and post a video to prove it

Scroll Staff

· Feb 03, 2019 · 08:00 pm

Indians spend a lot on ‘tamashas’: A British female traveller offers a glimpse into colonial life

Anu Kumar

· Jan 31, 2019 · 11:30 am

Photos: London has been memorialising the homes of Indian reformers and freedom fighters for years

Alexander Williams

· Jan 24, 2019 · 11:30 am

Why Kolkata is lamenting the end of a meat shop started by a Hungarian trapeze artist in the 1940s

Priyadarshini Chatterjee

· Jan 21, 2019 · 11:30 am

The eternal story of the Rani of Jhansi gets a new treatment in this novel

Moupia Basu

· Jan 21, 2019 · 08:30 am