Dogs are our best friends goes the old saying, but how old is this relationship? We bark up the relationship tree and dig into the history of our furry four-legged friends.
India is part of a great mix of cultures bound together by a busy maritime highway – the Indian Ocean. Through the lives of five foreign travellers, we look at this dynamic world and how India has long embraced new cultures.
For over 700 years, students flocked to one of the world’s first attempts at organised learning. Then Nalanda was attacked, razed, and largely forgotten. Nearly a millennium later, it’s back, not far from the ruins of a truly exceptional past
There is nothing like a good filter coffee to give you a start in the morning, but you’d be amazed that the South Indian coffee that so many of us relish, has such a great story behind it!
The modern city of Guwahati was once a small river port that was transformed into the administrative center of Assam Province. And driving this change were two men – one Indian, the other British – whose legacy has become a part of local lore. And what more could you ask for than a love story thrown in too?
For decades, conflict has eclipsed all else in Kashmir but archaeologists, historians and heritage experts might just have a balm for these troubled times. Our weekly online talk show, Heritage Matters, focused on how we can revive interest in a region that was once a confluence of cultures
Did you know that It took a deserter from the East India Company army to find the first traces of the Harappans? Or that it took another 100 yrs to understand the actual size and spread of the Civilization? Catch the riveting story of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century
Buried in Jwalapuram, Kurnool, are the clues to the subcontinent’s earliest inhabitants
Visiting Shravasti is like walking on hallowed ground, for the Buddha performed his most dramatic miracles here. Discover the many sacred sites in this town and the story of a disciple’s touching devotion to his Lord