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Bharat - Nusantara: Rediscovering the 2,000-year civilizational bridge across the Indian Ocean
Why does Indonesia's national emblem feature Garuda? Why do the Ramayana and Mahabharata still thrive across its islands? The answers lie in a 2,000-year-old maritime story that connected Bharat and Nusantara.
Archaeology+technology blend is rewriting India's civilisational history
A centuries-old belief was recently changed with a scientific investigation, signalling how technology is becoming India's newest tool to verify, preserve and reinterpret its civilisational heritage.
Guardian of shared history: India restores ancient temples across South East Asia
Can restoring a thousand-year-old temple strengthen modern diplomatic ties? India's heritage conservation across Asia suggests that culture can be as influential as commerce or strategy.
The politics of narrating temple attacks in Indian historiography
Were medieval temples attacked for wealth, political power, or religious supremacy? This Info Pack unpacks the crucial differences between different motives that lay behind those attacks.
Hazaribagh Excavation: Unearthing India’s Civilizational Coexistence
The Hazaribagh excavations uncover a forgotten chapter of India's past, revealing how diverse spiritual traditions coexisted, adapted, and flourished within a shared civilizational framework for centuries.
Leiden Plates debunk three major narratives of Tamil Nadu politics
What if a thousand-year-old inscription could challenge some of today's most heated political debates? The Leiden Plates suggest that the Cholas saw Tamil and Sanskrit not as rivals, but as complementary pillars of a shared Indian civilization.
Raja Bhoj: The king who made knowledge a civilisational mission
Renewed attention on Bhojshala following the MP High Court ruling, and the possible return of the Saraswati idol have brought Raja Bhoj back into national conversation.
The 'Saraswati' that lived in India’s civilizational memory! Science may have found its trace...
A newly discovered buried river system beneath the Ganga-Yamuna Doab is reviving discussions around the Saraswati river through scientific evidence and geological research. Beyond faith and history, the discovery could significantly impact India’s understanding of ancient civilization patterns, groundwater security, and environmental change in the Indo-Gangetic plains.
The demolition of an 800-year-old temple in Telangana also erased a part of Kakatiya history
The 800-year-old Kakatiya-era Shiva temple in Telangana's Warangal district, which was demolished, are living records of a civilisation’s political, cultural and linguistic history of the region from the 10th to 14th century.
India wears its heritage and art with confidence at Met Gala
For the first time, Indian stars didn’t merely attend the Met Gala but they carried the spirit of nation onto the global stage. What the world witnessed was not just fashion, but India reclaiming its cultural confidence with pride, authenticity, and soul.