Indian history

The tomb of the 17th-century Mughal Emperor is in the crosshairs of India’s Hindu nationalists.

Harappa has proved to be a hurdle before Hindu nationalists’ Vedic Aryan superiority theory.

Kings, irrespective of their religious faith, adopted “the highly selective method” of isolating "for desecration only those temples that were identified with enemy kings.”

The deletions from history and political science textbooks seem aimed at rewriting history.

Tarzi’s “The Break of Dawn” is a yet another instance of a building modern Indian patriotism on the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny.

A new book by a former Indian spy chief raises questions about how the world should see India – and how India should see itself.

There are enough free online books about India to keep you busy until the end of the pandemic.

What the nation meant for Tagore, Gandhi, and Nehru differs from what it means for the BJP and RSS.

Here are some suggestions on which Indian museums you can explore from the safety of home.

The same ideology that assassinated Gandhi is defaming his legacy en route to reshaping India’s socio-political past, present, and future.

Some of India’s historical sources are in dire need of preservation.

India contains multitudes.