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A revolutionary period of Indian mapmaking explored at Asiatic Society of Mumbai’s Mapped! exhibition

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22 archival maps from the Great Trigonometrical Survey and the Bombay Revenue Survey of the 19th century reveal India’s advanced mapmaking methodologies

Avantika Shankar

The Sengol — A historic sceptre with a deep Tamil Nadu connection

The tragedy of the axolotl mutant and its mystery gene

Into the heart of the Himalayas

Review of A New History of India — From its Origins to the 21st Century: Heroes and villains

A wall around Visva-Bharati university in Santiniketan that goes against Rabindranath Tagore’s idea of not building boundaries.

Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen

Documenting iconic Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma journey and works

Review of Sankar’s Dear Reader — A Writer’s Memoir: In memory of memory

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Declare areas in Kolkata ‘heritage precincts’, identify green zones: Bengal citizens to CM

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The copper plate charter dating from the time of Chalukyan ruler Vijayaditya.

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A train goes through the Bolan Pass in Balochistan, Pakistan.

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