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Ancient & Medieval India
Kanishka's Kushan Empire Reached From Bukhara to Patna, His Gold Coins Carried the Buddha, and the Peshawar Stupa Identified as His Measured 286 Feet Across
Aug 5, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
Sir John Marshall Dug Taxila From 1913 to 1934 and Found Three Cities but No Lecture Hall, While the Jatakas Have a Prince Arriving With a Teacher's Fee of 1,000 Pieces
Aug 5, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
One Cliff Was Forgotten for a Thousand Years. On Another, They Carved a Temple Downward Out of a Single Rock
Jul 16, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
They Called It India's Golden Age. Golden for Whom?
Jul 12, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
The Indian City That Had Flushing Toilets 4,500 Years Before Your Apartment Did
Jun 16, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
Panini Fitted the Grammar of Sanskrit Into About 4,000 Rules That Build Words Step by Step, and Linguists and Computer Scientists Study the System as a Machine
May 28, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
In 499 CE, a 23-Year-Old Said the Earth Spins
May 22, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
Seleucus Gave Chandragupta the Lands Along the Indus for 500 Elephants. Four Greek and Roman Writers Recorded the Deal, and It Took Until 1793 to Say Who the King Was
May 18, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
Harsha Held Northern India for 41 Years, and Much of What We Know About Him Comes From a Court Poet and a Chinese Monk He Patronised
May 2, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
The Allahabad Pillar Names 9 Northern Kings and 12 Southern Kings in Samudragupta's Campaigns, and His Gold Coins Show Him Playing the Veena
May 1, 2026
Ancient & Medieval India
The Emperor Who Won a War, Counted the Dead, and Renounced Conquest
Apr 4, 2026