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Sri Lanka has a higher literacy rate, a higher GDP per capital and a higher HDP index(Human Development index) than Pakistan, Bangladesh and India even though all 4 countries were former British colonies. But what are the reasons for that? Are there historical reasons or cultural reasons...

Mahadaji Shinde was a Maratha ruler of the state of Gwalior in central India. Mahadaji was instrumental in resurrecting Maratha power in North India after the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, and rose to become a trusted lieutenant of the Peshwa, leader of the Maratha Empire. During his reign...

The Arab scholars like Sulaiman and Masudi who visited South Asia in the 9th and 10th century were very impressed by the rulers of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty who were also known as Ballahara kings. According to the testimony of the Arab travelers, the followers of Islam who had settled down as...

Who could win a battle between the 2 most powerful rulers of early 16th century India? Both rulers ruled during the same period in the early 16th century. Babur (1483-1530) was the founder of the Mughal Empire of north India and Krishnadevaraya (1471-1529) was the greatest ruler of the...

Peshwa Bajirao, the great Maratha general and statesman, changed the map of India in the mid-eighteenth century. His military campaigns were classic examples of his genius. It was he who expanded the Maratha Kingdom beyond Maharashtra across the Vindhyas and got it recognised in Delhi, the...

Why didn't Bangladesh adopt the Arabic alphabet like Iran, north Africa, Pakistan Afghanistan and many other muslim countries?

The trade between Arabia and India flourished during the period of early 8th to the 12th century. A lot of Arab scholars and traders visited South Asia and described the South Asian civilization of early medieval period. The historian Malika Mohammada who is the author of the book called "The...

Fahein who is also known as Faxian was a Chinese traveller who had come to India to visit the holy Buddhist places and to collect sacred works connected with the life and the teachings of the Buddha. He came here in the beginning of the 5th century A.D. He came to India by land and returned by...

Pingala Aryabhata: 5th century Aryabhata is the author of several treatises on mathematics and astronomy. His major work, Aryabhatiya, a compendium of mathematics and astronomy, was extensively referred to in the Indian mathematical literature and has survived to modern times. The mathematical...