Discover the legends, oral traditions, and narratives that preserve India's cultural memory
The legendary cycle of 25 stories featuring King Vikramaditya and a vampire (Vetala), exploring themes of justice, wisdom, and moral complexity through riddles and philosophical dilemmas
How the carnage of Kalinga War transformed Emperor Ashoka from ruthless conqueror into Buddhism's greatest patron, changing the course of Asian history
The Peshwa who conquered kingdoms but surrendered to love—a romance that challenged the Maratha Empire's conventions and changed history forever
How Maratha warriors scaled impossible cliffs in darkness to capture a mighty Mughal fortress and change the course of Deccan history forever
The wandering teacher's final steps from the Gangetic plains to Kushinagar—a journey into liberation that changed the spiritual landscape of Asia
The Indus Valley Civilization vanished without war or conquest. What caused one of humanity's first great urban cultures to disappear into silence?
January 26, 1950: How Ambedkar and the Constituent Assembly gave birth to the world's longest written constitution and India's democratic soul
How the warrior-poet who conquered more of India than Alexander did of Asia became history's most overlooked military genius
For seven decades, British surveyors traversed India's deadliest terrain to measure an empire—and discovered the roof of the world.
How the Maratha warrior-king outsmarted Aurangzeb's guards and escaped house arrest in Agra hidden in fruit baskets—one of history's most daring escapes
The extraordinary tale of Hemu Vikramaditya, who rose from selling saltpeter to command armies and briefly wear the crown of North India.
From Golconda's depths to the British Crown, follow the Koh-i-Noor diamond's violent journey through empires, conquests, and the hands of history's most powerful rulers.
Inside Akbar's revolutionary religious debates at Fatehpur Sikri that challenged an empire's orthodoxy and birthed a new faith
How did ancient Indians forge a 7-meter iron pillar that refuses to rust after 1,600 years? A metallurgical mystery that defies modern science.
When British cannons thundered at Jhansi's walls in 1858, Rani Lakshmibai chose death over surrender. The siege that made her immortal.
The last Nizam of Hyderabad was once the richest man alive, with wealth equal to 2% of US GDP. Inside his legendary treasures and eccentric life.
Razia Sultan shattered every expectation—the first and only woman to rule Delhi. Her reign challenged centuries of tradition and cost her everything.
How the Kingdom of Mysore developed the world's first iron-cased rockets and changed warfare forever, striking fear into British forces
The fall of the world's greatest ancient university—how Bakhtiyar Khilji's raid destroyed a thousand years of Buddhist learning in medieval India