Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, a chronicle of Kashmir, Kautilya’s Arthashastra, a treatise on statecraft, and the Mahabharata, the world’s longest epic, join UNESCO’s regional register.

Three foundational Indian literary and historical texts have been added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Regional Register for Asia and the Pacific, highlighting their significance to global cultural ...

Manuscripts of the epic Mahabharata, Kalhana’s 12th-century historical chronicle Rajatarangini, and Kautilya’s Arthashastra, ...

A moment of immense pride for India!The inclusion of Rājataraṅgiṇī, Mahābhārata and Arthaśāstra in @UNESCO Memory of the ...

The decision was taken at the 11th Session of the Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register held in Jakarta, ...

The Mahabharata is one of the world’s longest epic poems and a foundational text of Indian literature and philosophy. The ...

I hate that fat slob so much, thought Duryodhana, watching his cousin Bhima. He was hidden in the long grass that grew ...

What kind of era is the Kali Yuga?In the Mahabharata, there is a scene where Yudhishthira, one of the protagonists, asks the ...

Peter Brook’s Battlefield springs forth from the last scenes of the Mahabharata, when Yudhisthira of the Pandava clan, having won the apocalyptic war against his Kaurava cousins, tastes defeat in the ...

Scroll through any list of names inspired by the epics and you’ll see the same ones repeated: Arjun, Krishna, Sita, Rama, ...