All Ancient Pages articles related to ancient India in the sections of archaeology, history, civilizations, places, myths and legends, Biblical mysteries, ancient history facts, featured stories, ancient symbols and Vikings.
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -The Great Living Chola Temples were built by powerful kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched across southern India, and the neighboring islands. Airavatesvara
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - UniSC's Professor Patrick Nunn and Roselyn Kumar didn't set out to rewrite history. They were simply trying to research how India's coastline had
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Locals in the village of Gudsathoo Budgam, Kashmir accidentally found a sculpture of the god Vishnu while digging the land. The idol of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered as many as 65 ancient jars made of sandstone in India. Some of these jars are giant and researchers suspect
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - As many of us know, the Indus Valley was the third oldest urban civilization in the world. The Indus Valley people built hundreds of
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is a special and important reason it is not allowed to stay in Nidvidan after sunset. It is said that even the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This beautiful temple can be found in Belur, situated on river Yagachi, 38 km from Hassan district of Karnataka state, India. Once in
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - People in Kerala, India, have a long and impressive metal-casting tradition. Among many beautiful objects produced in this part of the world is
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Brihadeshwara Temple (also known as the Big Temple) is an outstanding example of Chola architecture. It is another remarkable sacred shrine in Gangaikonda
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - While excavating at Konthagai in the Keeladi cluster in Tamil Nadu, India scientists made an interesting archaeological discovery. Among eleven burial urns that
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Keeladi (also Keezhadi) is today an important archaeological site, located on the banks of the Vaigai River, near the southern tip of India. Digging
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Mangar Bani, a sacred ancient forest grove located in the Faridabad district in the Indian state of Haryana is not only home to
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many people have fought and sacrificed their lives for independence. Some of them are forgotten, while others have become a symbol of freedom
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mahabalipuram is a ruined city located on the coast just 60 km south of Chennai. Even looking at the city’s ruins, it is
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists in India have discovered rare and beautiful sculptures of the Kakatiya Dynasty near a temple. The 800-year-old sculptures are of great historical
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd—AncientPages.com—Considered the war god of Kush, Apedemak was worshiped in ancient Meroe, a once magnificent and wealthy capital of the kingdom of Kush in Nubia, present-day Sudan. Today,
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Mahabharata and Ramayana are two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. These two literary masterworks contain a wealth of information and hold a
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Barabar Caves are considered the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India. Mostly dated to the Maurya Empire (322-185 BC), they were carved
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Hindu mythology, Saraswati (in Sanskrit: Sarasvati) is the goddess of learning and knowledge, and the Vedic goddess of speech, Vach. She is
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The temple was built on the banks of a large artificial lake and sponsored by King Vishnuvardhan of the Hoysala Empire, located in
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ramanathaswamy Temple (or Rameshwaram Temple) is a famous Hindu shrine dedicated to the god Shiva and situated on the island of Rameshwaram, in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It's incredible how something so huge could go unnoticed for so long, but one can only be thankful these stunning drawings have finally
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Featured Stories
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Vettuvan Koil (“heaven of sculptors” or “the temple of slayer”) is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, the most popular deity
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mirpur Jain Temple is near a fortified village, Mirpur, district Sirohi, Rajasthan, India. Pillars at the Mirpur Jain Temple. Image credit: Nihir Shah23 - CC BY-SA
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) is an outstanding Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, and located in Kanchipuram, an ancient city in southern India's
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Dravidian (or Southern-style) is the earlier of the two main styles in the evolution of sacred Hindu architecture. It is characterized by
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Featured Stories
A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many spectacular architectural masterworks of India, like temples, mosques, monoliths, statues, gigantic forts, palaces, universities, and tombs, are left in legacy by the country’s
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The history of Emperor Ashoka shows it’s never too late to change and become a good person. Emperor Ashoka was a remarkable person
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Buddhist monastery, believed to be at least 900 years old has been unearthed by archaeologists from ASI (Archaeological Survey of India). The
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient idol of Vishnumurthy (or Janardhana, which is another name of Lord Vishnu) was found in an abandoned well in the vicinity of
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A prominent figure of Hindu mythology and a personification of natural forces that can be seen in many South Indian medieval temples is
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Carved from a rock cliff face, the Kailasa Temple is named in honor of the sacred mountain-dwelling place of the god Shiva. It is considered
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Whenever the Sphinx is mentioned most think of Egypt, but the Sphinx was a being most ancient civilizations were familiar with. Artifacts depicting
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Three antique idols depicting of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita have been returned by Britain to Indian authorities. The three bronze statues were
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We used to associate martial arts mainly with the Far East, China - Kung Fu, and Japan - Karate, but the truth is
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery of the temple and a number of relics took place in Nauni village of Jagner block, 70 km from Agra city, in the Indian
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In many parts of the world there are still amazing ancient ruins of lost cities that still wait to be fully discovered. Traces of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 4,000-year-old urban settlement has been discovered by a team of researchers from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The Babhaniyav village where the remnants
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - After four months, the Scottish botanist Robert Fortune reached Shanghai, China. It was a hot September day in 1848, but he had no
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The remains of a huge settlement surrounded by a massive brick enclosure, has been discovered during the 1st phase of excavation by a
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Keeladi (Keezhadi) is today an important archaeological site, located on the banks of the Vaigai River near the southern tip of India. Once
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India is of great value to anyone interested in Hinduism and ancient
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