Key point: These are South Asia’s five greatest empires. South Asia is like a world unto itself. Also known as the Indian subcontinent, its particular geography and climate have always led to it ...

Key point: These great kingdoms show what ancient and mighty civilizations could accomplish. It is a shame they are not better known around the world. South Asia is like a world unto itself. Also ...

For as long as humans have lived in settled communities, some groups have sought to assert dominance over others, and through history the biggest empires grew to cover millions of square miles. But ...

An exhibition of colonial botanical art at London's Kew Gardens gives Indian artists their due ...

Office: Blair 306 Email: [[cxzuts]] Regional Areas of Research: South Asia and the Indian Ocean Thematic Areas of Research: Islam, Imperialism and Colonialism, Historiography and Historical Memory, ...

An empire comprises many territories ruled by one centralized governing body, often an emperor or other monarch. As long as humans have had aspirations to rule, there have been empires. Some date back ...

The history of the world is, perhaps unfortunately, the history of empires. As far back as historians can take us, humans have sought to subjugate one another, and some have proved particularly good ...

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 ...

Much of the information that can be found on India’s ethnic and linguistic history focuses on the people of northern India. To an extent, this reflects a nationalist reading of Indian history, that ...