A
Number of
Recent
findings in archaeology, genetics, cultural
continuity and other sciences are rewriting
history.
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  Let Not The 19th Century Paradigms Continue to Haunt us
By
Professor B.B Lal
An Inaugural Address delivered at the 19th International Conference on South Asian Archaeology, held at University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy on July 2-6, 2007... 19th century paradigms
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History of Mathematics in India
This essay looks at the progress of Indian mathematics from the Harappan period to the 17th century. While tracing the development of the Indian numeral system... Mathematics |
India's Self Denial
Why is it that Indians, particularly its elite - hold an image of themselves which is often negative, and have a tendency to run down their own country?... India's Self Denial |
Aryan Invasion Theories
Ever since the theory of the Aryan invasion of India was first propounded, the theory has remained a subject of intense debate and controversy. This essay examines some of the arguments both for and against the theory... Aryan Invasion Theories
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The Colonial Legacy In India
Literacy in British India in 1911 was only 6%, in 1931 it was 8%, and by 1947 it had crawled to 11%. The 1931 census revealed 74 per cent of Bombay's population lived in one-room tenements... Colonial Legacy
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Sphinx of India (external link)
 The Indian sphinx plays a role in many ancient storiesand in the mythology of several temples. Most frequently the purushamriga is found in one version of the great Indian epic the Mahabharata... Full Story |
Ayodhya Dispute (external link)
 The Ayodhya dispute is over four hundred and fifty years old. It came to head on December 6, 1992 with the demolition of the structure known as the Babri Majid (Babar's Mosque) by Hindu activists...Full Story
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Genetics And The Aryan Debate
Along with the birth of anthropology, the nineteenth century saw the development of semi-scientific to wholly unscientific disciplines, such as anthropometry, craniometry or phrenology... Genetics And The Aryan Debate |
THE HORSE AND THE ARYAN DEBATE
The presence or absence of the horse in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization has been a bone of contention for decades, especially in the context of the Aryan invasion theory... The Horse and the Aryan Debate
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Vastu
Shastra- Sacred Vedic Architecture
By
Muktirajsinhji Chauhan
 Adherence
to Vastu Shastra, the ancient and medieval
canons on city planning and architecture,
has suddenly assumed tremendous significance,
particularly among the well-educated and affluent
in urban India. It may be difficult to predict
if this is just a fad ...
Vastu
Shastra Article
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Sculptures of the Indus Valley
The story of Indian art and sculpture dates
back to the Indus valley civilization of the
2nd and 3rd millennium B.C.E. Tiny terra-cotta
seals discovered from the valley reveal carvings
of peepal leaves, deities and animals. A golden
chapter of Indian sculpture opens in the 3rd
century B.C.E., when the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka
adopted Buddhism and set out to spread it's
teachings far and wide... Indus
Sculptures |
Origins
of Iron Ore Working in India
 Recent
excavations in Uttar Pradesh have turned
up iron artifacts, furnaces and
slag in layers radiocarbon dated between
c. B.C.E. 1,800 and 1,000. This raises again
the question of whether iron working was
brought in to India during supposed immigrations
of the second millennium B.C.E., or developed
independently...
Iron
Ore |
 The
Heliodorus Column
An archaeological
discovery shows that there were western followers
of Vedic principles twenty-two centuries ago.
The column erected by Heliodorus, a
Greek ambassador to India in the second century
B.C.E., first came to notice in 1877, during
an archaeological survey by General Cunningham.
To our knowledge, Heliodorus is the earliest
Westerner on record to adopt Vedic principles...
Heliodorus
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A British View of India
During the last three centuries attempts of
most Westerners to penetrate the deeper dimensions
of Indian culture has at best been doomed
to superficiality... British
View of India
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South India Tour 
Join Tarini Carr and her visiting friend Ashley on their adventurous tour through south India... Travel Diary
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