The NCERT’s new Class 7 social science textbook has introduced chapters on ancient Indian empires like the Mauryas, Cholas ...

is one of India's most well-documented dynasties. However, after the decline of the Mauryan Empire, many of its southern vassal states, which had briefly risen to power, vanished into history.

Education must empower students to question, investigate, and understand the past – not as a monologue, but as a conversation ...

R Madhavan discusses the need for balanced representation in history textbooks, criticising the focus on the Mughal dynasty ...

To the long history of mismanagement, incompetence, penuriousness, confused responsibility, and indifference, already the source of national embarrassment in the Crimea, were added, in India ...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the syllabus for Class 7 Social Science ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." ...