History of Metallurgy in Ancient India (Part-5)
15 Mar 2025The trade routes between India and the mediterranean civilizations of Greece and Egypt facilitated the exchange of chemi...
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Matallurgy in Ancient India (Part-4)
20 Jan 2025Statues of Nataraja and Vishnu were cast during the reign of the imperial Chola dynasty (200–1279) in the 9th century. —...
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Matallurgy in Ancient India (Part-3)
17 Dec 2024After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, many Indian wootz steel swords were ordered to be destroyed by the East India Compan...
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Matallurgy in Ancient India
14 Dec 2024The first form of crucible steel was wootz, developed in India some time around 300 BCE. — Prof. Nandini Sinha Kapur ...
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Ancient Indian Export Surplus with Rome
28 Oct 2024It is believed that to promote foreign trade, Kanîcka, the KucâGa ruler made use of the standard of the Roman gold coins...
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RSS: Mainstreaming the Indianized Curriculum
29 Aug 2024It is indeed a sad reflection on the state of mainstream curriculum that it breeds an attitude of ridiculing anything th...
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Mewar as Focus of Guhila State (Part-XXIV)
31 Jul 2024Mewar was as also engaged militarily with Rajput powers that were its immediate neighbours, such as the Hädäs of Bundi, ...
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Mewar as Focus of Guhila State (Part-XXIII)
20 Jun 2024The Guhilas attempted to create buffer zones and political allies in their immediate north. — Prof. Nandini Kapur Sinha ...
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Mewar as Focus of Guhila State (Part-XIV)
25 Sep 2023In the fifteenth century, royal kinsmen do not seem to have played a significant role as their thirteenth century counte...
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Legitimation and Patronage of the Bishnoi Movement in Medieval Rajasthan
22 Aug 2020Prof. Nandini Sinha Kapoor* We continue with the series on the historic roots of Bishnoi movement. If agriculture was...
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