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...
21 Jul, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
G20 Summit: Civilisational heritage meets cutting-edge technology at 'Mother of Democracy' exhibitionDelegates offices have also been set up in the same hall, and many of them got an opportunity to see the tech-driven exhibition on ancient ...
09 Sep, 2023, 07.48 PM IST
Does her hand-on-hip sassiness upset you?When Harappan artefacts were officially divided between India and Pakistan after Independence, the Dancing Girl came to India's share while...
10 Jun, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
India identifies 20 heritage sites for 'national importance' tagIndia has identified two ancient mounds at Haryana's Rakhigarhi, Anangtal in Delhi rock painting at Chintakunta, Andhra Pradesh; rock art s...
02 Aug, 2022, 11.14 AM IST
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 .
28 Jul, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
Harappan-era city Dholavira inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage ListThe ongoing 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of the UNESCO has already given India a new world heritage site in the form of the...
27 Jul, 2021, 03.59 PM IST
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...
25 Nov, 2019, 11.36 AM IST
View: What science tells us about Hindu majoritarianismGenetic evidence now shows that Hindu majoritarianism is as mistaken on scientific as moral grounds.
24 Apr, 2019, 11.54 AM IST
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...
13 Jun, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
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 ...
06 Jun, 2018, 12.16 PM IST
How archaeologists across the country are unearthing the food of ancestors to shed light on the evolution of eatingThe average Indian’s interest in the archaeology of food was nudged out of its stupor in 2010 when archaeologists discovered the world’s ol...
09 Apr, 2017, 12.07 AM IST
Coins collection of Vimanika Comics's Karan Vir Arora consists of 300 coinsAn avid numismatist, Karan Vir Arora's collection already has a few rare coins, but his wish list goes on to include Mauryan and Harappan c...
18 Jun, 2015, 01.44 PM IST
State-of-the-art museum to come up in PanchkulaA state-of-the-art museum will come up at Panchkula in Haryana at a cost of around Rs 30 crore to display significant archeological finding...
13 May, 2015, 10.46 PM IST
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.
12 Jan, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
4,000-year-old house found at Baghpat village offers rare clue to Harappan habitationThe late Harappan phase pertains to the period starting around 1900-1800 BC when the Indus Valley Civilization, popularly known as the Hara...
29 Dec, 2014, 10.35 AM IST
5,000-year Harappan stepwell found in Kutch, bigger than Mohenjodaro'sPrecious stones like carnelian were in great demand during the Harappan era. Gujarat was the hub of bead and craft manufacturing industries.
08 Oct, 2014, 11.37 AM IST
- India was the lynchpin of sea-based trade: Ansari
Vice President M Hamid Ansari today said that India was the lynchpin of sea-based trade and commerce for at least four millennia.
07 Jan, 2012, 10.47 PM IST