That includes the triangular region between China, India and Nepal. The book analyses the history of these nations through the lens of colonialism, dependency, democratic peace, and governmentalism.

My book China and India: Great Power Rivals argued that given the fundamental clash of interests rooted in their history, strategic cultures and geopolitics, the threat of another war is ever present.

The history book that will transform your view of early civilisation - IN FOCUS: Forget the Silk Roads, it’s the Golden Road we should be celebrating. Renowned historian William Dalrymple argues that, ...

The geographical location of Kashmir was crucial for China, too, along with Pakistan, and the Indian government realised this. In 1949, the Communists had won the civil war in China. They had ...

William Dalrymple has spent decades writing about history, but he’s discovered that an even bigger audience wants to hear him ...

Imperial food comprised the dietetic culture of the Chinese palaces and it is part of China’s valuable cultural ... made from thin porridge. (Some history books say yi was made from millet ...

pickpockets and two-penny road raiders were called the Mughal Sultanate and the emperor[s] of India. Akbar, Babar, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb are not in the history books, they are in the dustbin.” ...

What Greece was first to Rome, then to the rest of the Mediterranean and European World,” argues Dalrymple, “so at this ...

India was the seat of Buddhism and knowledge centre for mathematics, astronomy, technology and literature, attracting ...

History will likely remember President Joe ... to forge an informal alliance with another nuclear-armed giant: India. India’s ...

Usha Uthup will sing and speak, and there are yoga classes, writers' talk and more at Hong Kong event celebrating one of the ...

Over the years, Mao’s book has come to be called the ‘Little Red Book’ due to its bright red cover, a colour associated with ...