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Lord Shiva's ‘oldest prayer’ uncovered: Shiv Trilogy author Amish Tripathi shares how a techie decoded a 4,500-year-old Pashupati sealA computer scientist's cryptographic analysis of the Pashupati Seal suggests its inscription is an ancient invocation to Lord Shiva, aligni...
No fridge needed. 3,000-year-old Indian technique of storing water can keep it cool for longer and also improve digestionDrinking water from earthen pots, known as matkas, provides natural cooling and health benefits. This traditional Indian practice cools wat...
Sindoor Goddesses of India: From Harappa to Hinglaj and Charani womenSindoor, a symbol of auspiciousness for married Indian women, traces its origins back to the Harappan civilization and ancient trade routes...
PM Modi to review the progress of the National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal on SaturdayNarendra Modi will visit Gujarat on September 20. He will review the National Maritime Heritage Complex progress at Lothal. The complex sho...
India had its own prime meridian passing through Ujjain: New NCERT textbookIn the new textbook, the river finds a prominent place in a chapter on the "Beginnings of Indian Civilisation", where the Harappan civilisa...
The Ahimsa seal of the IndusLong before horses existed in the world of commerce, at the time pyramids were being built in Egypt, and ziggurats in Mesopotamia, there ex...
Dholavira, Harappan-era city in Gujarat, recognised as UNESCO World Heritage SiteThis is the second site to be included in the world heritage list this month after the Ramappa Temple .
Scientists find evidence of Saraswati’s existenceA new research led by the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with IIT-Bombay, has reported “unequivocal evidence” th...
Gujarat Harappans were first ‘climate refugees’, finds studyA team of scientists from premier institutes of India said the sites may help narrate the story of one of the first climate refugees follow...
View: What science tells us about Hindu majoritarianismGenetic evidence now shows that Hindu majoritarianism is as mistaken on scientific as moral grounds.
4 prehistoric migrations shaped India's population: BookIndia's current population mix also includes many minor migrations that happened during the historical period, says the book.
Harappan site of Rakhigarhi: DNA study finds no Central Asian trace, junks Aryan invasion theoryResearchers Vasant Shinde and Neeraj Rai said this establishes the fact that knowledge ecosystem in the Vedic era was guided by “fully indi...
ASI unearths ‘first-ever’ evidence of chariots in Copper-Bronze ageThe excavation, which began in March, has also unearthed eight burial sites and several artefacts. The three chariots found in burial pits ...
Indus civilisation did not develop around flowing river: ScientistsThe Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed from 5,300 to 3,300 years ago, at about the same time as urban c...
Renaming Indus Valley Civilisation will be correcting history: Haryana MinisterDiscarding suggestions that renaming the Indus valley civilisation reeked of "saffronisation", Vij said "We are not rewriting history but c...
Dying Professions: Silk dyeing fading fast in cityPhotographer Clare Arni has chronicled the changing city through her images
Chandayan village in Uttar Pradesh could have possible Harappan link"This is for the first time that a habitation of late Harappan era has been found in UP," said the Superintending Archaeologist of ASI.
Our global gene pool: When geography becomes historyIndia is a glorious pot-pourri of races today, so intermingled over several millennia that it is often difficult to separate them geographi...
Mother cityThe Harappan city of Dholavira seems more mysterious than ever in full moonlight.
- Gujarat built world's first naval dockyard
About 75 km from here lies a landmark of Indian maritime history. Archaeologists believe the first tidal dockyard in the world was built in...