It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.

In Aden at the same time, some saw “the connection with India as organic.” The city’s many Gujarati and Parsi residents thought Aden “was an integral part of the Indian nation”. In the 1940s, the ...

The Mauryan Empire boosted economic activity across the subcontinent, but even 24 centuries ago it was clear that a unified idea of India could not be imposed on such a diverse population.

Modi’s new, post-colonial parliament building is proving controversial among India’s neighbours for a mural showing a map of the Ashoka Empire, whose boundaries also include Nepal, Pakistan ...