On Shattered Lands, his book about the five partitions of the Indian Empire and the many forgotten stories attached to them ...

For the UPSC Prelims 2025, important history topics include Ancient Indian History (Indus Valley Civilisation, Vedic Age, Buddhism, Mauryan Empire), Mediaeval Indian History (Delhi Sultanate ...

India has demanded the immediate suspension of an auction in Hong Kong featuring a portion of Buddhist relics excavated over a century ago, calling the sale illegal and unethical.. The relics ...

After the end of the Mauryan empire, in the period of turbulence and flux, Shudras were denounced by Manu and writers of other Puranic texts for anti-Brahmanical activities.

Must-visit architectural marvels built under the Mauryan Empire in India! Mauryas is one of the oldest known dynasties in India and in the world. The empire is much older than the Christ Era, and ...

After the fall of the Mauryan Empire, the Sunga Empire was established in 185 BC. Many Sunga terracotta plaques have been found in Mahasthangarh during excavations.

Kumhrar is an area of Patna where remains of the ancient city of Patliputra, the capital of the Mauryan Empire, were excavated. Archaeological remains here, dating back to 600 BCE, reveal the ...

From the expansive Mauryan Empire, which laid the brass tacks for a unified India, to the culturally rich Gupta Empire, maps reveal a vibrant history. ... An exact map of ancient India is hard to ...

The findings are testimony to the crowning success of the close commercial ties that ancient India shared with the Roman Empire (ended 480 AD) of which Egypt once was a part.