An exhibition in Mumbai displayed chairs that told the history of colonial invasions and art movements in India.

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 ...

The word “sari” means “strip of cloth” in Sanskrit. But for the Indian women—and a few men—who have been wrapping themselves in silk, cotton, or linen for millennia, these swaths of fabric are more ...

The Encyclopedia of Indian Art, arriving online next month, aims to be comprehensive and yet accessible to experts and students of all kinds. By Ginanne Brownell The history of art in India, going ...

IN HIS DECADE in power Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has centralised the state to an unprecedented extent. Yet his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to attract many voters in the more ...

As far as written records report, “prehistory” dates back between 35,000 BCE and 3000 BCE in the Middle East (2000 BCE in Western Europe). Ancient builders had a profound understanding of human ...

They say that when a language dies, a world dies with it. The same is sometimes true of historical sources. A small world dies every time a work that contains rare information is lost. Think of a ...