Even today, Kazakhs follow the tradition of giving children names that may seem simple but carry deep symbolic meaning. Many ...

These nomadic herders mixed with local populations and began an expansion that spread their genes, culture, and language from ...

Nalanda contributed to the development and evolution of two major Mahayana Buddhist philosophies — Madhyamaka and Yogacara, Abhay K writes in his book, 'Nalanda: How it Changed the World'. Excerpts: ...

Both Chinese and international representatives also visited the Beijing Grand Canal Museum (East Branch of the Capital Museum) to learn more about the rich history of Chinese canal civilization.

Despite its significance, genetic studies on Xinjiang Mongolians have been limited compared to other Mongolian populations ... The integration of ancient DNA data suggested that the high frequency ...

and language from Portugal to Mongolia. The study identified the Ukrainian village of Mykhailivka, which is currently under Russian occupation, as the genetic cradle of the Yamna culture. These ...

Chinese tea, food and language, the Great Wall of China and Xian's Terracota Army are some of what China is famous for.

Sometimes people tell me that there is not enough time in a lifetime to read all of the books that they want to read, but is there ever enough time in a lifetime to do all of the things we want to do?

Mongolia, Korea and Japan. It moves down to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines. This was the golden age of Indian soft power,” he explained. It wasn’t just religious and ...

and the spread of Indian languages and scripts across Asia Listen to Story T he most anticipated session of the India Today Conclave, William Dalrymple did not disappoint. Armed with anecdote, ...

It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India ...

An international team of paleontologists and Earth scientists has identified fossilized remains as a two-clawed therizinosaur ...