It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.

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

The Mauryan Empire boosted economic activity across the subcontinent, but even 24 centuries ago it was clear that a unified idea of India could not be imposed on such a diverse population.

The map he made in 1786 with a cartouche showing a native man bowing before the crown of the British empire would hugely benefit the East India Company’s trade through the newly discovered route ...

Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

However, for further clarification, we have asked the mission in Delhi to speak to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to find out what their official explanation is.” “What we learned is that ...