The Dharma Dispatch

A brief history of the liquor industry in the 17th Century Mughal Empire and its interactions with the European trading merchants reveals a rather stark picture

For centuries, Kishkinda was a sacred Kshetra, the abode of Hanuman. Its environs birthed the great Hindu Empire of Vijayanagara. Over the last three decades, its sanctity has been almost completely e ...

Hindu inscriptions are actually Government records. They provide us authentic information about the historical events that they record.

This is the story of a silk-weavers guild from Mandsaur who restored a magnificent Surya Mandir in 473 CE

In the second part of this series, Dr. Francis provides an eye-opening picture of the manner in which the officers of the British Raj took enormous loans from our Mahajans and Shroffs (moneylenders) f ...