The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has formally asked Pakistan to reverse recent ‘reconstructions’ and “unnecessary interventions” at Mohra Moradu, a Buddhist monastery and stupa complex from the Kushan era, and Sirkap, the Indo-Greek city layer.
From claiming custodianship and inheritance of the Indus Valley Civilisation or the Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation, Pāṇini, Chanakya, Raja Porus/Purushottam to decoupling Hindu aspect of these, Pakistanis are concocting a corrupted, dishonest, and desperate ‘ancient Pakistan’ identity.
On Engineers’ Day, India honours Visvesvaraya while recalling ancient feats: a 2,000-year-old dam, medieval reservoirs, Indus Valley waterworks, Mauryan highways, and a bustling Chola port that reveal India’s forgotten brilliance in city building.
On the occasion of Independence Day, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the under-construction Dighalipukhuri–Noonmati flyover in Guwahati, which will be the city’s longest, will be named after Maharaja Prithu
The researchers uncovered a range of stone tools including cutters, scrapers, and splitters. They also discovered cores from which these tools were made.
The 163-seater auditorium of Sathye College was fully occupied by guests, friends and families of Devis, most of whom were delivering their debut performance.