An 18th Century dancer's headpiece in the form of ... to document indigenous art such as the Gond murals of central India But MAP Academy is intent on telling a different, more inclusive story.

The world map we see today has grown through the efforts of many explorers who have charted new boundaries, continually ...

By the mid-18th century, the once great Mughal Empire was confined to a small area around Delhi. Babur was the founder of the Mughal empire, and his successful raid into India in 1526 established ...

Jaipur is the state capital of Rajasthan and one of the major stops in India's popular Golden Triangle ... monuments (and all three built in the 18th century within a span of 70 years) in Jaipur ...

It has been 40 years since the prize-winning historian William Dalrymple found his muse and launched himself into a ...

This last episode tells how a foreign multinational (the East India Company) thousands of miles away gradually and almost by chance took power over great swathes of the Indian subcontinent; how ...

The map showing the early British colonies of America is said to be about 75% complete A map hailed as "one of the most important" of the early British colonies in America has sold for $125,000 ...

The next quotations were meant to cause confusion. The 18th-century author goes on to produce bromides about India that are still given currency: “Everywhere human beings are divided into ranks ...

As generations of schoolchildren were taught, Elizabeth I of England famously said 'I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...

The article examines the enduring fascination with lost, stolen, or hidden treasures that have captivated people for ...

how far is Azim Premji from becoming India's richest man once again Meet man, once an office boy at Infosys, now CEO of 2 startups, his business is ... One deal and Gautam Adani hits the jackpot ...

“In many ways, the discipline of natural history in the 18th century was roughly analogous to technology today: a means of disrupting old markets, creating new ones, and generating fortunes in ...