India’s history is one of the longest and most dramatic on Earth — filled with powerful empires, foreign invasions, thriving civilizations, and repeated cycles of rise and collapse. From the ancient ...

The Taj Story” is the latest in a slew of pseudo-historical films to emerge from Bollywood that critics say seek to erase ...

India is home to some 200 million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced ...

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 ...

India’s food culture reflects the subcontinent’s diversity, shaped over centuries by invasions, trade and cultural exchanges. Each dish has a legacy, a story of how it was created and why it continues ...

Bangladesh had been fighting for its independence from Pakistan for decades, but failed. On 1971, Indian forces joined Bangladesh’s liberation efforts after Pakistan launched pre-emptive strikes on ...

India has reelected Narendra Modi as prime minister, making him only the second leader in India’s history to have secured a third term. But Indian analysts call the results a shock because Modi’s ...

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the first person of India's minority Sikh faith to hold that office, died in New Delhi on Thursday at age 92. A renowned economist, he was known as the ...

During the early phase of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India faced tremendous pressure from the West, particularly the United States, to align with the United States-led Western bloc and condemn ...

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be that history repeats itself. A statue of the Buddha in Kamakura, ...