In the grand collection of Hindu mythology, there are countless deities and divine beings, each with their unique stories and significance. Yet, amidst the pantheon of gods and goddesses, there exists a lesser-known character – Ashoksundari, the forgotten daughter of ...
He had the ability to choose when he dies, and considered by many as the greatest warrior of Mahabharata, he was none other than Bhishma Pitamah. Respected and loved by all he was able to defeat even the great Parsuram. ...
It was a dark and stormy night in the year 1197 CE. The invading forces of the Muslim Turkic ruler Bakhtiyar Khilji had reached the gates of the ancient University of Nalanda. For over 600 years, Nalanda had been a ...
Maharishi Kanad (also known as Kanada or Kanada Maharishi) was an ancient Indian philosopher and founder of the Vaisheshika school of Hindu philosophy. He is known for his treatise on natural philosophy, the Vaisheshika Sutras, which deals with topics such ...
The Pushpak Vimana is a legendary flying machine that is mentioned in Hindu and Buddhist texts. It is portrayed as an advanced aircraft that was capable of extraordinary feats, including traveling to other planets and dimensions. For many, including those ...
The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic and one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana. The story of the Mahabharata is said to have taken place in the Indian subcontinent over 5,000 ...
Indian civilization is among the oldest in the world and it is known for a quest for learning and scientific temper during ancient times. Ancient Indians were brilliant storytellers, they mostly passed historical information through storytelling and memory. This worked ...
This has been a never-ending debate over which language is older, Sanskrit or Tamil. Both are ancient languages that originated in India. While Sanskrit is considered to be the language of holy scriptures in Hinduism, Tamil is revered as a ...
Up until the early twentieth century, it was believed that India was inhabited by aboriginal stone-age tribes since around 1500 BC when Indo-Europeans called ‘Aryans’ invaded the subcontinent from Central Asia with horses and iron weapons. Indian civilization was seen ...
One of the core strengths of Indian civilization has been its never-ending drive to seeking knowledge and wisdom. This characteristic is seeing a slight downfall in recent times but not for the ancient ancestors, the ability to question and debate ...
