While Varma’s subject matter of female musicians was not new, his choice of materials and style of...
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An interview with Professor Jon Keune about his new book, Shared Devotion, Shared Food: Equality and the...
Millets can be the wonder crop providing food, nutrition and livelihood security. Introduction “There is a marked...
Traditional wisdom about processing and preserving food has been handed down for many generations in India. Abstract...
The cuisine of India has been considered one of the world’s most diverse cuisines. Introduction The cuisine of...
Kashmir has been in conflict since 1947, despite repeated UN and U.S. interventions. Introduction An armed conflict...
Artists did not work on caves according to their own personal religious affiliation nor did they work...
In fact, you can’t really understand Mumbai without understanding the bubonic plague. Introduction On a leafy uphill...
This wool cloth is now sometimes known as “cashmere” after the old English spelling of “Kashmir”. Introduction...
The Mỹ Sơn sanctuary was built by the Chams, who once dominated what is today southern Vietnam...
Jainism is a nontheistic religion in that it does not advocate a belief in a creator god...
Towards the end of the Atharvaveda period (1000-900 BCE), new class distinctions emerged. Origins Perspectives There are...
They believed, influenced by the Rig-Veda epic, that lifestyles, occupations, ritual statuses, and social statuses were inherited....
The Rajarajesvara temple was built by one of the most successful rulers of the medieval period, Rajaraja...
Seals numbering in the thousands have been discovered in excavations of Indus cities as well as in...
Some form of the belief system which would become Hinduism most likely existed in the Indus Valley...
The Arthashastra (or Arthaśāstra) is one of the oldest surviving treatises on statecraft. Introduction There is considerable...
Arjuna takes center stage in the role of the seeker-student to the god Krishna’s role of teacher-guide....
The Vedas existed in oral form and were passed down for generations until they were committed to...
Goddesses have traditionally protected against sickness and cured the ill, according to Hindu belief. But there’s a...
Materialism holds that perceivable matter is all that exists, while supernatural entities or planes of existence are...
Rock art is the primary source to study the culture, rituals, traditions, and lives of prehistoric societies....
Empires in the Indian subcontinent shared intertwined histories with principalities to the west such as the Greeks...
When the 1918 influenza pandemic struck India, the death toll was highest among the poor. Introduction In...
Exploring the rise of the phenomenon in the U.S. This article, Eastern Sports and Western Bodies: The...
The Guptas were ambitious rulers and by the end of the fourth century claimed dominance over a...
It is believed that King Janak, ruler of Mithila Kingdom in the 8th or 7th century BCE,...
The vigorous temple building activity of the Hoysala Empire arose from the social, cultural and political events...
The Hoysala era emerged as an important period in the development of art, architecture, and religion in...
As the British expanded their presence in India, the Marathas represented a major threat to their territorial...