indian history
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A historian re-examines India’s past through its relationship with the Indian Ocean in this book
Radhika Seshan
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Emperor Ashoka’s edicts prove that he valued secularism and non-violence above all else
Upinder Singh
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Elizabeth Lhost’s ‘Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia’ wins Karwaan Book Award
Scroll Staff
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When Dom Moraes met fellow-writer Sunil Gangopadhyay in Kolkata for a profile
Dom Moraes
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Tracing change and continuity through a dazzling history of Indian jewellery
Aparna Kapadia
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How Jawaharlal Nehru helped build a new crop of leaders in Africa
Ajay Kamalakaran
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From one historian to another: Remembering Ranajit Guha, who redefined Indian historiography
Ramachandra Guha
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What will be the impact of erasing the Mughals from Indian history?
Shoaib Daniyal
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How did kingdoms in Bengal, Deccan break away from the Delhi Sultanate to build their own legacies?
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
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As Kolkata’s Jewish community dwindles, one woman dreams of the legacy they should leave behind
Jael Silliman
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When three Gujarati merchants asked the British for help against the Dutch
Muzaffar Alam Sanjay Subrahmanyam
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Weekend Quiz: Who deciphered the Kharosthi script?
The Heritage Lab
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How the translation of a Bengali play led to a British priest being convicted for libel in 1861
Lesley Shapland
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The Tilak-Jinnah pact embodied communal harmony that is much needed in modern-day India
Sudheendra Kulkarni
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Tilak and Jinnah: A forgotten friendship and symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity in colonial India
Sudheendra Kulkarni
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On Lokmanya Tilak’s death centenary, it’s time to re-examine his legacy
Sudheendra Kulkarni
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Caste, class and aspiration: What old cookbooks reveal about new India
Aparna Kapadia
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Tracing the origins of a manuscript that became the cornerstone of Islamic law in British India
Jonathan Lawrence
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In the lockdown, a reminder of the missing histories of women at work
Aparna Kapadia
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‘The Women Who Ruled India’ offers 20 tales of women once famous, now forgotten
Namrata Madhira