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Alexander Cunningham was a British army engineer and archaeologist who became the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1871. Often referred to as the father of Indian archaeology, he systematically surveyed and documented numerous ancient historical sites across the Indian...

Jonathan Parry is a British social anthropologist known for work on death, caste, and religion in India, including his 1994 book Death in Banaras.

"The Peshawar Lancers" is an alternate history, steampunk-adjacent novel published by S. M. Stirling in 2002. Set in the year 2025, the narrative takes place in an alternate timeline where a series of devastating cometary impacts in the late 19th century destroyed much of the Northern Hemisphere. In...

Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was a British-born anthropologist and ethnologist who studied the cultures and religious life of Adivasi communities, especially the Baiga and Gond in central India. He later entered government service and in 1954 became Adviser for Tribal Affairs to the North-East Frontier...

Fort St. George is a historic fort complex in Chennai, India, established by the English East India Company in 1640 and completed in 1644. It is generally regarded as the first English fortress built in India and became the center of the company's settlement at Madras. The surrounding settlement exp...

Bride & Prejudice is a 2004 musical romantic comedy directed by Gurinder Chadha and loosely based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The film follows Lalita Bakshi, an Indian woman who resists family pressure to marry, and William Darcy, an American hotel heir whose assumptions about India create...