Explore the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE)—its rulers, administration, conquests, and Ashoka’s role in spreading Buddhism ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Set out simply and engagingly, Sen takes his readers on a tour of the different aspects of the Kumbh, beginning with its ancient history, when visitors to Chandragupta Maurya’s court heard of ...

The antiquity of Kumbh is still unclear, as there is no authentic written history. It is said, Megasthenes, a Greek ambassador to the court of King Chandragupta Maurya of Patliputra, visited the Kumbh ...