bringing stability and setting the foundation for India’s modern currency system. The Gold Pagoda, or Varaha, was the main coin of the Vijayanagara Empire, weighing 3.4 grams. Also known as Hon ...

A great example of this is the redesign of Indian coins in 2007. Instead of just sticking to numbers and symbols, the new coins featured hand gestures from Bharatnatyam, one of our oldest dance forms.

A major new benchmark was achieved at Christie’s New York auction of South Asian Modern and contemporary art on Wednesday, where an Indian Modern artwork broke the $10 million mark for the first ...