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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...- 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 progress of National Maritime Heritage Complex at LothalNarendra Modi will visit Gujarat to assess the National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal. The project costs Rs 4,500 crore. It will show...
- Navy inducts traditionally-built stitched ship as INSV Kaundinya, names it after legendary marinerThe Indian Navy inducted INSV Kaundinya, a traditionally-built stitched ship, at Karwar naval base, symbolizing India's maritime heritage. ...
- The merchants of Bharat: A forgotten legacy of trade and enterpriseThe oldest Tamil epics are based on women from mercantile families. It has nothing to do with warriors or priests. The heroines of Shilapad...
- A starry network of Arabian tradeThis connection between Arabia and the Indian subcontinent is often overlooked. The central civilisational role of these desert and sea peo...
- 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...
- Dogs, rats, unicorns and other animal guildsPerhaps these stories remind us also of the animal instincts of human beings. Animals have territories, and establish pecking orders, to en...
- What lapis lazuli tells about the power establishment in ancient India?Power in ancient India was established not by the accumulation of material wealth, but by the aesthetic denial of material development.
- View: The Harappan metropolis of Dholavira is a precious piece of heritage now recognised by UNESCOThese pillar members were also exported to distant Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, probably through a navigable Rann and upstream the Indus River...
- Sea of Spices: How trade gets intertwined with mythsIndia’s coastal regions were associated with sea trade, as per a 2000-year-old Greek text, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. It mentions trad...
- Indus Valley Civilization 8,000 years old, not 5,500; ended because of weaker monsoonThe discovery, published in the prestigious 'Nature' journal on May 25, may force a global rethink on the timelines of the so-called 'cradl...
- India's sole Customs & excise museum offers glimpse into battle of wits between smugglers & Customs sleuthsThe country’s sole Customs and excise museum in Goa offers a glimpse into the battle of wits between smugglers and Customs sleuths.
- Early Harappan, Chalcolithic, Buddhist and Gupta remains found in counrty-wide excavation worksIn Rukministhan of Nalanda at Bihar, the mound revealed several structures like votive stupas, brick walls, a colossal image of Buddha and ...
- Sushma Swaraj invokes Egyptian poet Ahmed Shawki to describe India-Arab tiesSwaraj today quoted these lines to emphasise that India and Arab world are not "new friends" and partners, but their relationship that date...
- Mother cityThe Harappan city of Dholavira seems more mysterious than ever in full moonlight.
- India was the lynchpin of sea-based trade: AnsariVice President M Hamid Ansari today said that India was the lynchpin of sea-based trade and commerce for at least four millennia.
- Gujarat built world's first naval dockyardAbout 75 km from here lies a landmark of Indian maritime history. Archaeologists believe the first tidal dockyard in the world was built in...
- Bringing religion of love300th anniversary of Guru Granth Sahib.
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