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A Celebration of Ancient India

A Celebration of Ancient India

~ Rishu Gupta, Poornima College, Jaipur, India

Medical Science

Acharya Charak renowned work, the “Charak Samhita”, is considered as an encyclopedia of Ayurveda. His principles, diagoneses, and cures retain their potency and truth even after a couple of millennia. When the science of anatomy was confused with different […]

Some Facts on India

Some Facts on India

~ Rishu Gupta, Poornima College, Jaipur, India

India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

The World’s first university was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than […]

Sugra and I

Sugra and I: A Semi-fictionalized account

~Marium Sattar ‘09

At the age of 4 and 5, my first memories are of my servant Sugra. She doted over me day and night. It was Sugra who played games with me when I felt lonely as my older siblings were at school. It was Sugra […]

A closer look at South Asia

A Closer Look at South Asia… Fatima Quadri’11

South Asia is made up of eight culturally rich countries. South Asia is also comprised of various climates, languages, religions, people, and much more. Each issue, there will be a spotlight on each country listed here, giving details about […]

How do you define Hinduism?

How Do You Define Hinduism?

Rishu Gupta, Poornima College, Jaipur

It is not easy to define Hinduism, for it is more than a religion in the Western sense, as our Ancient History Guide sees it. Also known to practitioners as Sanatana Dharma, which means everlasting or eternal religion/truth/rule, […]