A short history of India in eight maps
Understanding the breathtaking diversity of India and Indians | Graphic detail
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Understanding the breathtaking diversity of India and Indians | Graphic detail
An excerpt from ‘A New History of India: From Its Origins to the Twenty-First Century,’ by Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobita Punja, and Toby Sinclair.
Communalisation of history must be resisted
The ancient iron pillar standing in Delhi’s Qutb Minar complex is popularly described as a ‘trophy of conquest’. In fact, it marked the cultural continuity of a royal practice in ancient and medieval north India, of re-using and re-inscribing pillars erected by predecessors.