Centuries-old Marathi stories reveal that India’s savannas have existed much longer than commonly believed, challenging assumptions that they are degraded former forests.

In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure ...

India has not one but two places nicknamed the “Norway of India”. Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh is compared to Norway for its deep, fjord-like gorges and untouched Himalayan wilderness. Narkanda ...

Chandni Chowk was once the kind of neighborhood that people spoke about with awe. Built in the 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan, it reflected the wealth of the once mighty Mughal empire, quickly ...

An upstart museum in India has launched an open-source digital encyclopedia of information related to the subcontinent’s rich artistic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. Included on ...

At the start of the academic year this month, 12th-year students of history and politics at tens of thousands of schools across India returned to a syllabus and textbooks that had been significantly ...