Actor R Madhavan has criticised the historical content in Indian school textbooks, highlighting a disproportionate focus on Mughal and Brit...

The oldest Tamil epics are based on women from mercantile families. It has nothing to do with warriors or priests. The heroines of Shilapad...

Merchants played a significant role in the spread and support of Buddhism, as evidenced by various Buddhist scriptures and historical sites...

President Prabowo Subianto's presence as the chief guest at India's Republic Day celebrations, alongside a major Indonesian military contin...

Few people know about the Dungi caves of Mumbai that have now made way for the New Navi Mumbai Airport coming up at Panvel. In fact, most M...

It all began in the 19th century when Europeans rediscovered Buddhism. They were able to translate the various Pali texts from Sri Lanka. T...

The frequency of flights between Chennai and Sri Lanka's Jaffna will be increased from four times a week to daily services from July 16, a ...

As per Buddhist lore, soon after he attained Buddhahood, Siddhartha Gautama was fed by two merchants. They said they could not be bhikku (m...

Indirect contact between India and China is over 5000 years old indicated by the presence of silk threads in Harappan cities, and unique pe...

A thousand years before that, the trading routes across the world were controlled by Buddhist merchant kings. This is one aspect of Buddhis...

In Buddhism and Jainism, you could accrue good luck by feeding and taking care of monks. Monks refused to take any loans, and so strived to...

India’s coastal regions were associated with sea trade, as per a 2000-year-old Greek text, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. It mentions trad...

Tibetans feel that the massive investment in infrastructure across their country is geared towards tightening Beijing’s stranglehold on Tib...

Talking about the recent devaluation of Indian currency, Zhanwu said "rupee must have depreciated in the past few days, but the rise of Ind...

The BJP leader said "as a tactical move it would (be) prudent (to) resubmit the complaint in UN which was blocked after China put a technic...

To cash in on popularity, the tourism ministry is running an Incredible India campaign at the three-day 2017 Tashkent International Tourism...

Sikkim promises all kinds of tourism from 'eco' to adventure to spiritual, but what can be a bigger draw than the chance to relax in the la...