The Mahābhārata is often judged using a modern instinct: Can we pin every place it names onto today’s political map of India? When that exercise feels uncomfortable or incomplete, doubts follow. But ...
The Saraswati River, revered in Vedic texts as a sacred waterway, was the backbone of a pilgrimage route connecting sites in present-day Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. Pilgrims visited tirthas ...
A new mural on display in India’s new $110 million Parliament has become an unlikely target of ire among its South Asian neighbors, with Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh seeking an explanation from New ...