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Culture
What Did India Learn From the Ancient Greeks?
The interaction of the two great ancient civilizations of Greece and India began with the invasion of Alexander the Great in 326 BC.
Diplomacy
Greece, India to Strengthen ‘Strategic Partnership’ in Mitsotakis Visit
The PM of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be on a two-day state visit to India beginning on February 21, 2024. The last prime ministerial visit from Greece to India took place in 2008.
India-Greece relations were elevated to a “strategic...
Ancient Greece
Why is the Ancient Greek City of Antioch Special to Indians?
Indians have a special connection with the ancient city of Antioch. The city, now part of Turkey, was renamed Antakya but their connection with it is fleeting at best when compared to the Greeks and Syrians, taking a chronological...
Environment
Indian Tectonic Plate May Split Tibet in Two, Says New Study
A new geophysical study suggests Tibet may be "splitting in two," as the Indian tectonic plate is tearing underneath the Tibetan Plateau.
The seismic analysis study of the Himalayas around southern Tibet was presented at the American Geophysical Union Conference...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greeks of India’s Tamil Nadu Region
There was a time when ancient Greeks from the Indo-Greek empire in North India started migrating to Tamil Nadu. This is their saga:
In the extreme South of the Indian Sub-continent is a state known as Tamil Nadu, land of...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Sovereign Queen of India
An ancient Greek queen named Agathoclea Theotropus, who compared herself to the goddess Athena, and became the ruler of Punjab, India, set the precedence for female sovereigns in Ancient and Medieval India. She was the wife of the second...
Ancient Greece
The Greeks of Ramayana, The Great Epic Poem of India
Ramayana, India's great epic poem, mentions in various chapters the Greeks. This implies that Greeks were actually present in what is modern day India before the composition of this epic poem, which narrates the journey of virtue in the...
Africa
Yianni Melas, the Greek Modern-Day Indiana Jones of Gems
World-acclaimed gems explorer and human rights activist Yianni Melas has been budded the modern-day Indiana Jones of gems.
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greeks of Gujarat, India
Gujarat is one of the most prosperous states in India, with a talented diaspora, known for its business acumen, spread throughout the Western World. Gujaratis have played an important role in global trade from the Persian Gulf to the...
Ancient Greece
Dionysus’ Invasion to India in Greek Mythology
According to ancient myths, Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, invaded India long before Alexander the Great was born.
Dionysus is an Ancient Greek god and also part of the Roman pantheon. He was known as Bacchus to the...
Ancient Greece
How the Greeks of India Taught Astronomy to the World
The Horoscopy of the Greeks, known as "Yavanajataka," was composed around 270 A.D.. This text had a phenomenal influence on later Indian astrology and astronomy; the Greek origin of this treatise is reflected by its title since Greeks are...
Diplomacy
How Did India Get Its Name, and What Is the “New” Name, Bharat?
India will be attending the G20 under a new name, Bharat.
According to Harnath Singh Yadav, a member of the Indian Parliament in the BJP party, the name India was one given to the country by the British, while Bharat...
Diplomacy
Greece and India Become Strategic Partners
India and Greece have now become “strategic partners,” announced Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Greece H.E. Kyriakos Mitsotakis. But what are the reasons for the friendship and strategic synergy between India and Greece?
According...
Culture
The Indian Ascetic Holding His Arm Up for World Peace Since 1973
An Indian ascetic (sadhu) named Amar Bharati has been advocating for world peace for almost fifty years while holding up his right hand in the air without ever lowering it.
A sadhu is a religious ascetic or holy person in...
Culture
India’s Independence Inspired by Greek Ideas
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India's struggle for independence has been inspired by Greek ideas shared by many of its revolutionaries and philhellenes.
By Arunansh B Goswami*
In his book The Histories, Herodotus mentions ‘Indians’ (‘Indoi-Ινδοι' in Greek) on page 187. It was the first time...