As we think about ancient cities that determined the course of civilization, names like Rome, Babylon, and Alexandria easily come to mind. But on the Indian subcontinent, where the Ganges and the Son rivers merge, there was a city equal in size, refinement, and cosmopolitanism to these colossi. That was Pataliputra which is now remembered […]Read More
Vishakhadatta, an illustrious figure in the tapestry of ancient Indian literature, remains shrouded in mystery, with only faint glimpses of his life found in the verses of his surviving works, Mudrārākṣasa and Devichandraguptam. Despite the scarcity of biographical details, scholars have attempted to place him in the chronicles of Indian history, sparking debates about his […]Read More