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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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Scientists are confronted with an intriguing Medieval puzzle. It’s the first time ever such sculptures have been found in India, but who made
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There is still much to be learned from our ancestors who were familiar with several types of advanced technologies. Dougong brackets were used a
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient legends tell that there is an antediluvian city inhabited by immortal sages hidden somewhere deep in the Himalayas. This mysterious place is
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Sanskrit texts are filled with references to gods and battles they fought in the sky, using powerful Vimanas equipped with the most sophisticated
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Surrounded by forest the mysterious ancient sculptures are not only interesting to look at, but these wonderful and enigmatic reliefs are also of great
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The recently excavated, Harappan site, dubbed by archaeologists as 4MSR, is located about 10 kilometers from Anupgarh town in Rajasthan. Among many fascinating artifacts unearthed by archaeologists from ASI
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Not only Vikings had berserkers. The berserkers among Viking warriors had more or less their counterparts in other regions of Europe and outside
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Biblical Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Garden of Eden is one of many Biblical mysteries. If the legendary paradise existed, we would all like to know where it was
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - India has been widely known for its iron and steel since ancient times. The Indian state of Telangana, located on the Deccan Plateau, in
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several thousand years ago, before the dawn of historical times, in a remote region of the Himalayas lived a group of remarkable individuals
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - Where did the earliest Indians come from? This subject has been long debated among researchers. The Indian Subcontinent is a great place of languages, cultures and religions:
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among three prominent Tamil dynasties that ruled in Southern India, the Chola Dynasty, which ruled for four hundred years, is considered to be the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There is a wonderful, snow-white horse, in Hindu mythology, which is known as Uchchaihshravas. Uchchaihshravas is considered the best of horses, archetype, and king
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Vahanas are incredible animal vehicles of the Hindu gods and goddesses. From Hindu mythology, we learn that each deity has an animal
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ancient sacred texts, precious artifacts, archaeological discoveries, myths, and legends open a window to the past. Sometimes ancient stories may seem to be
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Mahabharata there is a very interesting legend about the Kauravas who were 100 sons of the King of Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra, and his wife
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Indus Valley civilization, also called the Harappan civilization was one of the world’s largest and oldest civilization. The Indus Valley people built
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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
AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India, discovered about 25 caves located in the north-west of the forest, on the outskirts of Odisha’s capital.
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The famous Kailashanatha Temple in Kanchipuram, Tami Nadu India, was built in the 8th century during the reign of a South Indian Pallava Dynasty
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Archaeology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Saraswati River is not a legend. It really existed when great civilizations flourished in the northwestern part of India. It has been richly
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Tiger Cave is an ancient religious site decorated with carvings of mythical creatures and ancient inscriptions and its name originates from tiger head carvings
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Our ancestors were aware of how dangerous natural calamities can be. The Harappan civilization that inhabited the Indus Valley several thousand years ago was familiar with ancient
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lachit Bhorphukan was a great warrior from Assam, where he was a commander of the army of the Ahom Kingdom. Lachit bravely defeated the
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Elephanta Caves, believed to be dated to about the 7th century, represent a complex of ancient cave temples on Elephanta Island, located
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pandavleni (Pandav Leni) Caves were built from the 1st century BC to the 2nd century AD. They form a large complex of the 24
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - At first glance, these ancient stones appear to be scattered all over the place. They vary in size and shape and the entire site
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is commonly believed that the Elephant God, Ganesha (Ganesh, in Hindi word) means success and wealth; therefore people place a statue or
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Featured Stories
A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pandavleni Caves are considered to be a part of Hinayana (in Sanskrit, means the "Smaller Vehicle") Buddhist Caves which is more than 1200 years
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The fascinating and mysterious complex of standing stones – similar to those of the famous Stonehenge – is located at Willong Khullen, a small village
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Worshiping trees is one of the oldest traditions in India. One such sacred tree is the Kalpa Tree, also known as the Kalpavriksha,
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News
AncientPages.com - On July 8, 1497, Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, departed from Lisbon on a voyage that led to the discovery of a sea route to
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Since ancient times, people have constructed mazes. They were created in countless geometric variations, which are complex and intricate. Mazes and labyrinths have been
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among the richest and best documented ancient sites in India, there are rock shelters of Bhimbetka located in Raisen district, approximately 45 kilometers south-east
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Indian archaeologists have discovered that hemp – a mix of hemp with clay and lime plaster – has prevented the famous ancient Ellora
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