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Amazing India
Finding the Indus Valley Civilization
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
Living History
Emperor Jahangir: The Naturalist
Jahangir zealously studied animal behaviour, and his observations and ‘experiments’ were amusing, shocking and sometimes even scientific. Read all about the wild obsession of a quirky Emperor, with his pets and other animals
Amazing India
Shravanabelagola and its Mauryan Connection
It is said that India’s first empire builder Chandragupta Maurya became an ascetic and spent his last years here. But why did the Mauryan Emperor land up in Shravanabelagola in Karnataka, more than 2,200 years ago? Catch the story of this village and how it became a Jain centre
History Daily
Garcia da Orta: Mumbai’s First European Resident
More than a century before the islands of Bombay were gifted to the English, a Portuguese physician built a house with a garden here to study local flora. Catch the story of Bombay’s ‘first tenant’ and his role in the city’s history.