ancient india

From harvesting its own electricity and rainwater to building with earth-friendly bricks, Nalanda University’s stunning new 446-acre campus in Bihar is a living lesson in sustainability.

Here’s a look at the untold stories of Odisha’s sea traders and brave sailors, and how the region became a maritime superpower to influence empires and trade across the globe.

The world’s first republic, Vaishali, is in Bihar, India. Here’s the story of its rise and fall, and why it was an integral city in ancient India.

First discovered in 1907, Chandraketugarh is a 2,500-year-old site in West Bengal. We unearth the many links it provides to international trade in the mysterious Indus Valley Civilisation.

In the recent times, so many Indian staples have become global health fads, prompting exasperated Indians to remind everyone where the “trend” originated from.

Here’s a brief peek into history and what our ancestors, who lived during the Indus Valley Civilisation in the North and the Sangam period in the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, wore.

In this article, we shall see old inventions that we use to this date and newer ones that have just come about. Nevertheless, these are inventions from India that changed the world!

While the structure is a sight to behold and has mesmerised millions of visitors, the researchers at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nadu, were more intrigued by the construction of the monument.

A new course has been introduced in IIT Kharagpur that will go into the depths of ancient Indian knowledge in science and technology.

If you are a die-hard fan of dal, take things up a notch and tease your taste buds a little more with these interesting stories about this simple yet undeniable delicious dish.