Nearly 40% of the land on Earth is covered not by forests, or ice, but by vast expanses of open grasslands like this one in western Maharashtra, India. Now, scientists are turning to an untapped ...

Centuries-old Marathi stories reveal that India’s savannas have existed much longer than commonly believed, challenging assumptions that they are degraded former forests.

In modern-day Pakistan, Mohenjo-Daro was a thriving city of the Indus Valley Civilization. Its planned streets, advanced drainage systems, and multi-story homes show a society far ahead of its time.

From hand-carved temples and 9th-century stairwells to Raj-era monuments and fortresses dating back to the Mughal dynasty, the most beautiful historic buildings in India are living proof of the many ...

New research into centuries-old Marathi poetry is overturning a powerful myth about India’s landscapes, revealing that the ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road, says ...

Ram Prasad does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The British Museum in London has often been accused of cultural imperialism and colonialism, particularly by the U.K.’s ethnic minorities. There is a bitter dispute about many famous pieces acquired ...

A BABY BORN on the same day as the Indian republic—January 26th 1950, when the constitution went into effect—probably would not have lived to see the 75th-anniversary celebrations last month. That ...

In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure named Cakradhara points to an acacia tree as a symbol of the cycle of ...