The Sri Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple in Amritsar is the glittering heart of Sikhism but building and protecting it was a centuries-long journey of intrigue, wars and occupation. Catch the story of how the shrine was lost, destroyed and rebuilt
The story of how the ambitious kings of Magadha swept across much of northern and eastern India using force, faith, marriages, cunning and even murders to carve out the subcontinent’s first empire. How did it all end? Find out ...
For a few hundred years around the 6th BCE, it was as though the known world was on a quest - looking for answers and the secrets of creation. Why did this period trigger the rise of so many faiths here, in the Indian subcontinent and how does it shape us, even today?
From ‘low born’ to king of kings, Chandragupta Maurya ruled at a pivotal point in the subcontinent’s history. A contemporary of Alexander, he built one of India’s greatest empires only to give it all up, at the height of his power. Here’s his riveting story pieced together by historians across the ages
Emperor Ashoka was one of India’s most extraordinary rulers and his transformation from a brutal conqueror to a propounder of peace is stuff of legends. Yet his memory was forgotten for centuries. How was the story of Ashoka pieced together and what do we really know of the man?
