Ancient Bharat

Hastinapur, located in present-day Uttar Pradesh, was the capital of Kauravas. It lies on the right bank of an old bed of the Ganga....

Nalanda was the world’s leading education center for decades, long before Cambridge and Oxford were even architectural designs on a map. Providing rich and...

Bharat was known the world over for its cotton, in particular, and textile weaving has been one of the oldest industries. Excavations of the...

Bharat’s epics have been depicted as ‘mythologies’ whereas, in reality, they are part of our history. A story that can be backed by archaeological...

A figurine belonging to the Sindu-Saraswati civilization which is currently in Barakat Gallery appears to be the oldest known depiction of Bhagwan Vishnu....

Here is a fascinating map of all the places of ancient Bharat as mentioned in Mahābhārata. This map is put on display in Purana...

An murti of Bhagwan Vishnu weighing about 12 kg has been recovered from the Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla in Bangladesh. The height of the black...

In an epochal event marking the revelation of the lost traditions of ancient Bharatiya art, the earliest surviving Hindu painting, photographed and digitally restored...

Archaeologists have discovered inscriptions attesting to a fully equipped 15-bed Chola hospital that was constructed more than 1100 years ago under the reign of...

People living during the Harappan civilization around 4,000 years ago, have been found consuming high-protein, multigrain 'laddoos', according to a study. The scientific study of...