The Brahmastra is often described as a divine weapon, yet many ancient texts hint at a power comparable to or even greater ...

J K Dadoo writes that ancient India, through trade, religion and knowledge networks, shaped global civilisation as the world’s central intellectual and philosophical power ...

India’s brilliant contributions to science and culture often flew under the radar, thanks to a mix of colonial neglect and ...

Nalanda’s Dharmaganja was a vast ancient library complex housing diverse manuscripts. Its destruction remains one of the ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others. By Carl Zimmer In 1786, a British judge named William ...