When people think of ancient civilizations in South Asia, the Harappans often come to mind. But what if signs of human life in the region go back much further than that? In a remote corner of Gujarat, ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a Live Science report, Vagheesh Narasimhan of Harvard Medical School and his colleagues were able to obtain a viable DNA sample from the remains of one of 61 ...

Harappa has proved to be a hurdle before Hindu nationalists’ Vedic Aryan superiority theory.

We didn’t stumble upon one of the world’s oldest urban civilisations with a grand expedition. It started with a modern infrastructure project and a giant pile of old bricks. In the mid-19th century, ...