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Disha AhluwaliaThePrint |
Indian travellers who visit Sri Lanka and ascend the rock fortress should set aside the version of its history pushed by social media influencers.
What struck me the most at Ibbankatuwa was not the scale of its infrastructure, but the restraint with which the site has been presented.
Rajka Pottery bridges ancient South Indian hand-coiling with global modern design. It proves that craft can be both a living archive and a...
Many on social media may not even know that RGR 6, a mound at Rakhigarhi, has been completely destroyed. Every day, a site is levelled to make way for...
Archaeology offers something increasingly rare in combating global water crisis—a long-term perspective on how human societies learned to live with...
While the Institute of Archaeology established by Mortimer Wheeler in London evolved into one of the world’s leading archaeological research...
When Jaipur continues to draw millions of tourists on the promise of its history, architecture, craft, and traditions, why is its heritage value being...
Recent evidence from Mohenjo Daro does not suggest that urbanisation at the site is dated to 3300 BCE. Rather, it indicates that the site is rooted in...
The interpretation of this bronze statuette was shaped by the colonial officers who viewed the past through the lens of their own assumptions about...
In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted...
The National Policy on Archaeological Excavation and Explorations, which was approved in 2015, mentioned the need for problem-oriented, long-term...
Human civilisation began with wolves by our side. Dogs were never supposed to be stray.
ASI survey led by Amalananda Ghosh proved with facts, evidence and precision that it’s not solely Pakistan or India but both were home to the...
The new requirements fail to account for how gold ownership works in Indian society. It’s often undocumented, inherited, and deeply personal.
The discovery of 5,300-year-old settlement in Gujarat's Lakhapar village indicates cultural interactions, not only with Chalcolithic groups but also...
Identified at 111 sites, many of them in Southeast Rajasthan, the Ahar culture had a sophisticated social structure centred around copper, lead, zinc,...
India pointed out that even if the colonial government of that time gave custodianship to William Peppé, his descendants had no legal grounds to sell...