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The oldest surviving Zoroastrian scriptures were found not in Iran or India, but in China
In the United Kingdom, the British Library has an unrivalled collection of Zoroastrian manuscripts and therefore welcomed the opportunity...
What Cultural Institutions Need To Know About Chinese Cultural Consumers
Jing Daily has released Chinese Cultural Consumers: The Future of Luxury, a report that offers a high-level overview of China’s new class...
Time to talk about India’s new breed of hobby-tech and culture-tech platforms
India’s folk artists have turned online to teach art forms such as Kalamakari, Kavad, Phad or Madhubani paintings. We chat with artists...
Shalihotra: He Wrote The Book On Horses
In ancient India, when sages, astronomers and philosophers were trying to figure out the mysteries of life and the universe, one man was...
History of Vedic Culture in the Middle East
Starting from India and heading to the west, this area had strong contacts with ancient India from many years ago, and is said to have...
Cambodia’s Ancient Ties With India
The Elephanta Cave complex in Mumbai, ever-popular with tourists, is actually a shrine of the Pashupatas, a lost Shaivite sect whose...
Indic Approach to the Nature of Human Behaviour
The Basis: The Notability of Understanding Oneself in Indian Thought “Your self-realization is the greatest service you can render the...
The Types of Knowledge A Man Should Learn – Upanishadic Wisdom On Warsaw University Library Walls
Last week the world woke up to pictures of verses from the Upanishads as part of the symbolism of the building of the University of...
Indian heritage conservation to get a boost as Centre decides to set up Indian Institute of Heritage
Heritage of India: Heritage has been a key aspect for India and now, to further the cause and importance of the country’s rich heritage,...
The Amrutheshwara Temple of Amruthapura
The exquisite Amrutheshwara Temple (also known as Amrutesvara) is located in the village of Amruthapura in Chikmagalur district of...
‘Floating’ bricks, sandbox tech: Engineering skill behind 13th C Telangana temple’s UNESCO tag
It’s not just the exquisite craftsmanship that adorns the Kakatiya Rudreswara Temple, also known as the Ramappa temple, that makes it an...
Cultural sites in China, India, Iran and Spain inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee today inscribed Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China (China), Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa)...
What’s so great about the greats?
Alexander and Ashoka had more things in common than the first letter of their names. They were ambitious, ruthless, driven, cruel,...
Vyasa Purnima – Bharat’s Guru-shishya parampara
The birth anniversary of Krishna Dwaipayana Ved Vyas is celebrated as Guru Purnima or Vyasa Purnima. Bhagwan Ved Vyasa was an amsa-avatar...
The Mysterious Ancient City That’s Rewriting Chinese History
SICHUAN, Southwest China — Xu Feihong has spent the last decade working at archaeological sites all over China. But his latest dig is...
Ramappa Temple Of Warangal: India's Stone Wonder Whose Nomination To UNESCO's List Of World Heritage
Had its listing not been deferred, this piece of historical poetry in stone stood a chance to be the first temple in Telangana to make it...
Mahabharata Unravelled - Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History
Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this history of our ancestors continues to...
Ancient India Mathematicians and CERN
We had gone to Switzerland to soak in the beauty of pristine nature. It had been a dream of sorts. While staying in Geneva we realised...
Key findings about religion in India
India’s massive population is diverse as well as devout. Not only do most of the world’s Hindus, Jains and Sikhs live in India, but it...
Hinduism beyond India: Java
To the casual observer, Hinduism’s presence in Java probably doesn’t seem prominent enough to be of any noteworthiness. Unlike its...
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