The discovery of 5,300-year-old settlement in Gujarat's Lakhapar village indicates cultural interactions, not only with Chalcolithic groups but also with Early Harappan cultures of Sindh.
The ASI claims Theh Polar village could be the site of a settlement destroyed in the battle between Pandavas and Kauravas. Villagers fled Pakistan during Partition and settled here.
In 2023, then Manoharlal Khattar-led state government announced the development of Agroha on the lines of Rakhigarhi. Haryana government and ASI are both investing in the project.
‘There is a common perception that everything started with Ashoka at Sarnath, but I knew that couldn’t be true,’ said archaeologist BR Mani, speaking about his 2013–14 excavation.
MK Stalin is making archaeology a pillar of Tamil pride. Sivagalai’s findings suggest Tamil Nadu entered the Iron Age while North India was still in the Copper Era.
Without formal training or funding, they have braved rugged terrain, deciphered ancient scripts and uncovered hidden treasures — from the Sundarban to the Aravallis.
A circa 1000 BCE burial in Thailand featuring shell and marble bangles recently gained attention on social media. The tradition of wearing shell bangles is as ancient as the first urbanisation in the Indian subcontinent.
After Ramayana, the new historiography has shifted its focus on dating Mahabharata, deepening Hindu civilisational history, and finding physical sites.
The science used in manufacturing during ancient times have put not just the Harappans but also present-day India on the map as a leading producer of cotton, beads, and copper objects.
Whether due to hypocrisy or sheer ignorance, the archaeological heritage of the Saraswati River system is rapidly vanishing. The glorious past we keep referring to will be lost forever.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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