Kalaburagi district committee members of Bauddha Upasak/Upasakiyar Sangha will celebrate the birth anniversary of Mauryan emperor Asoka on Saturday at the ancient Buddhist site Kanaganahalli in ...

Buddhist monks protest for autonomy over Bodh Gaya temple, demanding repeal of Bodh Gaya Temple Act since 1949.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, on Saturday, launched a sharp political attack on opposition pa ...

As the two were en route to the discussion room at Hyderabad House, President Font paused near the Indian flag, prompting PM ...

Gun violence and gun rights have been passionate debates in American society. People have made documentaries, drafted bills, ...

The Dharmashastras, among which Manusmriti remains preeminent, clearly distinguishes between Shudras and the twice-born ...

Ashoka was a well-known Mauryan Emperor of South Asia, who succeeded to the throne in about 274 B.C. The set of fourteen edicts at Shahbaz Garhi is written in local Kharoshti script and inscribed on ...

In the Mauryan period (322-185 BCE), Shudras – condemned as incapable of other vocations – were employed as agricultural labour at a mass scale, and while emperor Ashoka attempted to erase ...