Since Durga could no longer be the premier royal war-goddess in a Sultanate-dominated world, Sanskrit texts from the 15th ...

unlike my (non-Indian) friend, didn’t see this as something particularly offensive. After all, in late-19th and early-20-century Bengal, neighbouring zamindars with too much money and too little ...

The Mughal Empire ruled over most of modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in ... He also introduced Zamindars, these were local tax collectors who worked for the emperor. The Zamindars would ...

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"We conclusively demonstrated that same-sex love and romantic friendship flourished in ancient and medieval India in various forms, without any extended history of persecution," writes Prof Vanita.

During the period between 5000 and 2000 B.C.E., highly organized urban settlements spread throughout northern regions (present-day Pakistan and north India). Trade and communication networks linked ...

Kolkata, India (CNN) — Not far from the place I once called home stands one of India's glitziest shopping malls. By day, the massive building dwarfs every structure around it. At night ...

Delhi HC closed contempt proceedings against Wikipedia after the platform globally removed a defamatory page. The court criticized Wikipedia for refusing to disclose user identities responsible ...

Habib’s book The Agrarian System of Mughal India, first published in 1963, has become essential reading for students of ...

Does the Indian president serve a purely ceremonial role? Is this a mere figurehead who, in the words of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, is a "head that neither reigns nor governs", and ...

Narendra Modi vowed to continue as India’s prime minister even after his party lost its outright majority in parliament. The Bharatiya Janata Party fell short of the 272 seats needed for control ...