Banerjee, an intrepid explorer and talented epigraphist, worked for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when the country ...

Many heroic Hindu rulers have had a rebirth of sorts. Folk tales are being dusted off and they’re now celebrated as cultural ...

In her book, Finding Forgotten Cities ... Once, when he was tasked with writing an essay about the Scythian period of Indian history, he travelled to a museum in a neighbouring state to study ...

And its details point to many interesting aspects of Indian history. The form and clothing ... Gem-encrusted jewels were introduced to India by Scythians and Parthians, who engaged with the ...

Before his revolutionary book ... Scythians, delighted, shout for joy in their intoxication. This serves them instead of bathing, for they never wash their bodies with water.” And just as soon as he ...