It posited a struggle between good and evil, light and darkness; its use of fire as the symbol of the purifying power of good was probably borrowed from the Brahmanic religion of ancient India. The ...

The push to decipher the script is the latest front in a cultural war over India’s ancient past. Read more at ...

It is made up of a variety of different religious beliefs and practices. It originated near the Indus River in India. The name ... The Mahabharata is an ancient epic, sometimes called the ...

He is the author of several books and articles including Religions of the Silk Road, Mughal India and Central Asia ... Was there a lingua franca on the Silk Road? During the ancient period the main ...

has not only deeply shaped the spiritual and cultural fabric of India but has also played a pivotal role in the emergence of other major world religions. As an ancient and diverse faith ...

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

Since time immemorial, numerous temples have been built that are considered to be one of the greatest creations of ancient ... also very big. India has so many ethnicities and religions that ...

But when they leave — believing their sins have been cleansed by the redemptive bath — they leave with one thing in common: their foreheads display a sacred stroke of color.

A book based in research about the economics of religion in India in the 21st century that fails to directly ... lower castes pay exorbitant interest rates—the Manusmriti, an ancient Hindu legal ...

Traditionally performed barefoot in a circle, Margam Kali narrates the life and missionary work of St. Thomas, the apostle ...

Jainism is an ancient Indian religion -- followed by less than one percent of India’s 1.25 billion people -- that preaches non-violence, strict vegetarianism and love for all creatures great and ...