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Priest reading Hindu scripts

Ancient grammatical puzzle solved after 2,500 years

15 Dec 2022

A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at Cambridge...

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World’s oldest, illustrated Sanskrit manuscript launches India Unboxed film series

12 Jun 2017

What connects a head-hunter’s trophy, a meteorite, Hercules, a painting of a Hindu temple, an ornate desk, a brass instrument, a tin of tea (unopened...

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The European in India, 1813 by Charles D'Oyly (1781-1845)

A world of science

08 Oct 2015

The history of science has been centred for too long on the West, say Simon Schaffer and Sujit Sivasundaram. It’s time to think global.

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