Most Indian folk painters have learned their skill from family and neighbors, not art schools, so each piece carries the ...

The Shunga dynasty was the fifth ruling dynasty of Magadha and controlled most of the northern Indian subcontinent from around 187 to 73 BCE. Needle-shaped tools made of bones have been found ...

To prevent bloodshed, a Brahmin diplomat named Drona brokered a radical peace: the relics would be divided among eight kingdoms, from Magadha and Vaishali to Kapilavastu and Ramagrama. These ...

The Barabar caves near Bodh Gaya, carved during the Mauryan era, are India's oldest rock-cut caves, famed for their acoustics, polished interiors, and inscriptions honouring the Ajivak sect.

Part neorealist lament, part folkloric horror, Abhilash Sharma’s Swaha (2024) begins and ends with death. Within its black-and-white frames, it hides a scathing indictment of class hierarchies ...

Starting with the Harappan era and Janapadas and Mahajanapadas, the textbook moves to The Rise of Empires, where it talks about the ancient Magadha kingdom. It then refers to the arrival of the ...

Instead the social science textbook now has fresh chapters on ancient Indian dynasties such as the Magadha, Maurya, Shunga, and Satavahanas, with a strong emphasis on "Indian ethos". A notable ...

The Social Science textbook "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" has new chapters on ancient Indian dynasties like the Magadha, Mauryas, Shungas, and Sātavāhanas with a focus on "Indian ethos." ...

The Social Science textbook "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" has new chapters on ancient Indian dynasties like the Magadha, Mauryas, Shungas, and Satavahanas with a focus on "Indian ethos." ...

India and Beyond” has new chapters on ancient Indian dynasties like the Magadha, Mauryas, Shungas, and Satavahanas with a focus on “Indian ethos.” Another new edition in the book is a ...

India and Beyond — opens with Magadha, the Mauryas, the Shungas and the Satavahanas, but omits the Khaljis, Tughlaqs, Lodis and the entire Mughal period that once occupied several chapters.