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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...
'I can feel the silence': This ‘road to heaven’ has left Anand Mahindra reflecting on life’s important journeys. Where is it located and how to reach the place?Anand Mahindra shared his profound reflection on the 'Road Through Heaven' in Kutch, Gujarat, a route leading to Dholavira. This 30-kilomet...
'Pakistan is a toxic jelly state': Former MoS for MEA MJ AkbarFormer Minister MJ Akbar described Pakistan as a "jelly state," attributing its instability to abandoning its Indus Valley and Ganga Jamuna...
Tamil Nadu CM Stalin announces USD 1 million prize for decoding Indus valley scriptTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin offers a $1 million prize for deciphering the Indus valley script, emphasizing its Dravidian roots and...
Monsoon shift, like today's erratic weather, wiped out Indus civilization 4,000 years ago, finds a study by top Indian instituteResearchers at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have discovered that climate factors similar to those affecting today's monsoon...
Archaeologists discover 3 occupational phases of Saraswati-Indus civilisation in HaryanaThe findings of the excavation include pit dwelling, square and rectangular mud brick houses.
Anand Mahindra requests SS Rajamouli to make a film on Indus Valley Civilisation, ‘RRR’ director reveals he was denied entry at Mohenjo-daroRajamouli was elated by the gesture and revealed that he had wanted to do a film on Indus Valley Civilisation since 2009.
Important to ensure world understands India correctly: ICCR president Vinay SahasrabuddheTo know how the world understands India and what exactly is taught abroad about our country in the schools of different countries, the Indi...
Steppe migration to India was between 3500-4000 years ago: David ReichHarvard geneticist David Reich breaks down the findings of two recent papers on the genetics of ancient Indians.
Scientists reconstruct faces of Indus Valley peopleA team of 15 scientists and academics applied craniofacial reconstruction (CFR) technique using computed tomography (CT) data of two of the...
Indus Valley Civilisation is largest source of ancestry for South Asians: David ReichFor the first time, we have a genetic model that fits statistically for most present-day South Asians: mixture of IVC-like people, and othe...
Rakhigarhi DNA study questions Aryan invasion theory, claims authorThe findings are based on the study of the ancient genome in the skeletons excavated from Rakhigarhi.
In a first, ancient couple found in Harappan graveExperts infer from the way the two were buried that the Harappan people believed in life after death.
A 900-year drought ended Indus civilisation, says IIT-Kharagpur studyIt is accepted by archaeologists and historians that the Indus Valley civilisation was not only limited to the banks of the Indus but had f...
Navigation began in India: Indus Valley Indians used monsoon winds for sailingBengaluru, Dec 4 (IANS) Indians had knowledge of harnessing monsoon winds for navigation long before Hippalus, the Greek mariner and acclai...
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...
Rice farming in India much older than thought: StudyThe location of the Indus in a part of the world that received both summer and winter rains may have encouraged the development of seasonal...
Historians to debate chronology of Vedic literature at DU meet, to correct historical anomaliesVarious right-wing organisations have been pressing for incorporating Vedic literature and Vedic maths in school curriculum.
Excavation in Oman finds link to Indus Valley civilisationThis finding may prove the influence of the Indian civilisation on Oman during that period, Sultan Bensaif Al Bakri was quoted as saying.