A 1000-year-old skeleton discovered in a yoga posture in Vadnagar, Mehsana, has undergone DNA testing. Findings suggested links to an ancient Buddhist center and interactions with Central Asia.

He also had a summer capital in the hills, and made military settlements of troops in the west, such as Daedala in India, an Indo-Cretan city settled by Cretan mercenaries and possibly Lycians (as per ...

SOME time ago, when Dr. Hoernle was preparing an edition of two old Indian medical, tracts, preserved in the Bower manuscript of the fifth century A.D., he was surprised to find how little we knew ...

Deipnosophistae is a work by Athenaeus, written around 200 CE, about well-read people philosophizing at the dinner table and enjoying good food and drink. The title is a combination of two words: ...

Apr. 14, 2025 — Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study ...

The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, which resulted in at least 26 fatalities and numerous injuries. The Council ...

The session explored India’s ancient timekeeping techniques and their continued relevance in contemporary science. The conference aims to provide new direction to scientific research and ...

9. Consider the following statement (s) is/are related to the historical literary sources of Ancient India I. The ‘Puranas’ serves as a source of historical facts of ancient India. There are ...

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An illustration from an Arabic translation of a story in the 'Pañcatantra,' a collection of animal fables. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...