Meerut: Unlike the usual Shivalingas, the one in an ancient temple in a Meerut village has characters written around it in the Brahmi script. Besides, its head is not round but looks as if broken off ...

The flood fury, an annual menace in Bihar during monsoon, has marooned over half a dozen monuments, heritage sites and ancient temples in the northern parts of the state amid growing concern over the ...

Several monuments in Bihar, including those designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are a picture of dereliction and negligence, which authorities blame on shortage of funds, the Covid-19 pandemic ...

The Ashokan Pillar in Kolhua, Bihar, is one of India's best maintained historical sites. All Photographs: Archana Masih/Rediff.com The Ashokan Pillar with a single lion stands gloriously tall, higher ...

NEW DELHI: A unique three-storey pyramidal edifice on which ancient Ashokan column stands inside the Feroz Shah Kotla has been successfully restored. The structure is about 660-year-old. Weathering ...

Sarnath has excavated a rich lot of Buddhist sculptures comprising numerous Buddha and Bodhisattva images in the museum. Sarnath is famous for the magnificent Ashokan pillar which has four lions ...

Located towards the north of Jama Masjid in Feroz Shah Kotla, central Delhi, the Ashoka pillar is one of the valuable pieces of India s history. And unfortunately, the structure, which is more than ...

Tucked between Old and New Delhi stands the 14th-century Feroz Shah Kotla Fort, a grand structure built in 1354 by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq. Once a thriving seat of power, with palaces, gardens, ...