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Harappan

  • How a ‘Ram Rajya’ Was Established In South

    How a ‘Ram Rajya’ Was Established In South

    Published on 27th August, 2022, in Times of India. About 700 years ago, on the …

  • Can Indians Really Decolonise Their Mindset

    Can Indians Really Decolonise Their Mindset

    Published on 31st July, 2022, in Times of India. Of late, politicians, journalists and actors …

  • History of Bharat in Seven Days

    History of Bharat in Seven Days

    Published on 10th July, 2022, in Mid-day. When you compress India’s history to one week, …

  • Shiva from Tibet?

    Shiva from Tibet?

    Published on 19th June, 2022, in Mid-day. The idea that Tibet was the homeland of …

  • Flying Mountains Do Not Lie

    Flying Mountains Do Not Lie

    Published on 29th May, 2022, in Mid-day. Nationalists want to believe that Hinduism existed homogeneously …

  • Dogs, Rats, Unicorns and Other Animal Guilds

    Dogs, Rats, Unicorns and Other Animal Guilds

    Published on 30th April, 2022, in Economic Times. Animals have a close relationship with human …

  • An Eclipsing of History That Frightens Many Hindus

    An Eclipsing of History That Frightens Many Hindus

    Published on 26th March, 2022, in Times of India. People forget. If you go to …

  • Tigress Goddess of Harappa

    Tigress Goddess of Harappa

    Published on 27th February, 2022, in Mid-day. The first goddess of India is depicted on …

  • How Trade Blossomed an Exchange of Ideas Between India and Arabia.

    How Trade Blossomed an Exchange of Ideas Between India and Arabia.

    Published on 26th February, 2022, in Times of India. Indians had been trading with Arabs …

  • Pashupati and the Harappan Seal.

    Pashupati and the Harappan Seal.

    Published on 25th February, 2022, in The Hindu. We have all heard of the Pashupati …

  • What Lapis Lazuli Tells About the Power Establishment in Ancient India?

    What Lapis Lazuli Tells About the Power Establishment in Ancient India?

    Published on 19th February, 2022, in Economic Times. If one travels to a period nearly …

  • When Horses First Came to India

    When Horses First Came to India

    Published on 19th December, 2021, in Mid-day. The horse is not native to the Indian …

  • Was the Harappan Civilisation Hindu?

    Was the Harappan Civilisation Hindu?

    Published on 28th November, 2021, in Mid-day. We often trace the origin of Hinduism to …

  • How Many Types Of Sanyasis Are There?

    How Many Types Of Sanyasis Are There?

    Published on 6th November, 2021. in Times of India. The idea of hermits, or the …

  • Should a Deity Have Two Arms or More?

    Should a Deity Have Two Arms or More?

    Published on 9th October, 2021, in The Hindu. In Kushan coins, minted over 1,800 years …

  • Were All Hindu Saints Allowed Into Temples?

    Were All Hindu Saints Allowed Into Temples?

    Published on 31st July, 2021, in Times of India. In Maharashtra, at Pandharpur, outside the …

  • What Was Hinduism Like Before Temples?

    What Was Hinduism Like Before Temples?

    Published on 16th July, 2021, in Times of India. Harappan seals indicate that its residents …

  • ‘Thali’, ‘handi’, ‘paniki’

    ‘Thali’, ‘handi’, ‘paniki’

    ‘Thali’, ‘handi’, ‘paniki’: Unique Inventions of the Indian Kitchen by Women Who Remain Nameless Published …