Myanmar, a country that is historically still known as Burma. A country that is double the size of Rajasthan, slightly smaller than Texas, and can fit two Germ…

Gol Gumbaz, built  during the 17th century   One of the key Islamic Sultanates of the Deccan in the post-medieval era was the Bijapur Sultanate, which expande…

At its height, British India stretched across an immense 5 million square kilometres, covering what are today Yemen, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, India, …

In 1857, while the northern provinces of India—primarily the Northwestern Provinces and Oudh, which largely correspond to modern-day Uttar Pradesh—rose against…

When we talk about Rajasthan or Rajputana, the first thing that comes to our mind are the great Rajput warriors such as Prithviraj Chauhan, Rana Sanga or Mah…

Whenever the topic of northeast India arises, there's largely ignorance among mainland Indians. The convenient reasons to this ignorance points to the isol…

The intersection of Afghanistan's Wakhan corridor, the southern hills of Tajikistan, the northern tip of Khyber-Pakhunkhwa province of Pakistan, and the Gi…

There are more than 40 tribes in today's Chhattisgarh and more are the sub-groups of individual tribes, the largest being the Gonds. For centuries there ha…

Most of the naval battles along the coast of the Indian subcontinent came into light during the Maratha reign where various commanders, kings and warriors batt…