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There is no place like Connaught Place in Delhi.

Built in the 1930s as a business hub, Connaught Place in New Delhi is the pulsating heart of the city

The star of David or the Hindu Shatkona?

Used by cultures separated by time and distance, the origin of the hexagram is shrouded in mystery.

Possibly the world’s most complex hybrid.

Chu-Srin is a Tibetan rainwater gargoyle and the most complex creature.

How the Apple came to Himachal.

Himachal was not always the land of apples as it is today. In fact the land had no apple trees.

Indraprasta, home of the mighty Pandavas. Did the city actually exist?

The old fort is thought by some to be the site on which once stood the fabled city of Indraprasta

The epic poem of the ancients.

A popular rendition of the epic Mahabharata in English.

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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.

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How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.

John Murray and his photo of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore.

One of the earliest photos of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore, British India.