Most of what the history books in school told us was about battles fought — date and place, and the parties involved in the combat Like most, I remember little of the chapters of my history books. But ...

Creation of Telangana and AP has restored geographical supremacy to the state 450 years after the Battle of Talikota. We track the journey of the region from kingdoms to modern-day Karnataka History ...

The battle of Talikota was fought between Sultanates of Deccan and Vijaynagar kingdom on 26 January 1565 AD. The Vijaynagar kingdom suffered a defeat in the battle fought near the villages of Rakshasi ...

The Battle of Talikota, fought on January 26, 1565, was a catastrophic defeat for the Vijayanagara Empire, one of South India’s greatest Hindu kingdoms. Centered in modern-day Karnataka, Vijayanagara ...

Around this time of the year, 450 years ago, the destruction of the medieval city of Vijayanagara, in today’s Hampi, Karnataka, India, would have ended. According to records, the city of Vijayanagara ...

Key Point: The subcontinent has a long history of military valor and bravery. India’s history is characterized by a long list of battles as native and foreign powers sought to ...

The Battle of the Ten Kings, chronicled in the Rigveda’s 7th Mandala, was a monumental conflict that shaped the early Vedic civilization. Fought near the Ravi River, the battle saw the Bharatas tribe, ...

The ruins of Hampi are haunting. Among impossibly balanced giant boulders, with intermittent lush paddy fields, and the quietly flowing Tungabhadra, they soak you in a sense of the impossible having ...