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HistoriCity | Taxes and tolls in Indian subcontinent

India, Aug. 23 -- The US administration under President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Indian imports to the US triggering a crisis that has serious ramifications for business in both countries. ... Read More


HistoriCity: Uttarakhand's Harshil was once an English deserter's playground

India, Aug. 9 -- The Bhagirathi valley in Uttarakhand, where Dharali and Harshil, the two areas affected by last week's landslides, are located, was once the setting of a very unlikely story in which ... Read More


HistoriCity: How erstwhile Madras Presidency school inspired monitorial system

India, Aug. 6 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training is in the news again over the revision of the secondary school history syllabus. While the debate goes on over history and it... Read More


HistoriCity: The 1000-year-old Indian connection to the Thailand-Cambodia dispute

India, July 29 -- At the beginning of the Common era, two millennia ago, trade had begun between the Indian peninsula and Southeast Asian countries. The Buddhist Jatakas are replete with references to... Read More


HistoriCity: From sacred waters to shrines, the Kanwar Yatra's spiritual trail

India, July 13 -- The annual Kanwar Yatra, which began on July 13, reminds us how water has been worshipped throughout history and across religions. Water, the elixir of life, has been worshipped uni... Read More


HistoriCity: Dalai Lama Succession: What does history tell us

India, July 5 -- For the last two millennia, Tibet and mainland China have been involved in a power struggle that did not produce a decisive victory until the Communist Party of China (CPC) took over ... Read More


HistoriCity: A tale of how Panchatantra links the histories of Iran and Israel

India, June 20 -- Iran and Israel remain engaged in a bloody missile war threatening to spiral into bigger conflict. The two countries are sworn enemies with differences that seem impossible to overco... Read More


HistoriCity: Keeladi is ancient and so is the burial site of Adi Channallur

India, May 28 -- Keeladi (Keezhadi), located just outside the more than 2,000-year-old great city of Madurai, has been accepted as a Sangam-era settlement. The Sangam period is widely believed to be t... Read More