Key point: These great kingdoms show what ancient and mighty civilizations could accomplish. It is a shame they are not better known around the world. South Asia is like a world unto itself. Also ...

These were the 12 biggest empires (by area) ever put together, ranging from vast confederations on the Asian steppes to ...

Around this time of the year, 450 years ago, the destruction of the medieval city of Vijayanagara, in today’s Hampi, Karnataka, India, would have ended. According to records, the city of Vijayanagara ...

South Asia is like a world unto itself. Also known as the Indian subcontinent, its particular geography and climate have always led to it having distinct sets of histories and cultures. Currently, ...

Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor exposes the economic and political exploitation of India under British rule. The book ...

To determine the longest-lived empires in history, 24/7 Tempo reviewed numerous articles, encyclopedia entries, and historical and archeological websites, among the Britannica, World History, ...

The second episode of Michael Wood's journey through Indian history covers the last centuries BCE—the age of the Buddha, the coming of the Greeks and the rule of the emperor Ashoka, one of the ...

Democracy and individual nation states is but a recent phenomenon as most of the world's recorded history has been dominated ...

One of India’s favorite pastimes is having acrimonious debates about its history. These debates are often reductionist, failing to appreciate the complexity and nuance of past events and the different ...