Subhashini Kaligotla, assistant professor of art history, points to a photograph on her computer screen of elaborate sandstone towers at Pattadakal, a medieval temple complex in northern Karnataka, ...

In his book, “Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas” (Juggernaut, 2022), Anirudh Kanisetti provides a riveting account of the political rivalries, bloody battles, and ...

Geography, demographics, religion, technology, and a state’s institutions determined why certain states exercised power and ...

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 48, No. 1 (2005), pp. 92-117 (26 pages) The laws of corporate groups such as merchants, traders, religious specialists, soldiers, etc.

Medieval Europeans once considered Ujjain, in present-day Madhya Pradesh, the centre of the world for their astronomical ...

Discover India's rich heritage through its top 10 oldest forts, including Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, and Red Fort. Explore ...

Episode Four is the story of India in the Middle Ages. At the time of the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, and the European Dark Ages, India had a series of great flowerings of culture, both in ...

Vol. 43, No. 1, Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards (Jan., 2009), pp. 175-210 (36 pages) This essays deals with a neglected and significant ...

From Mughal royal kitchens to bustling Bengali streets, the Mughlai paratha's journey is a culinary epic. Once a rich, ...

How do we possibly understand India’s demography in pre-modern times? As we move further back into the past, the sources of information on population dwindle ...

Holi is one of India’s most popular and distinctive festivals. But how did the idea of throwing colours in the springtime ...