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William Dalrymple (Photo by David Hartley/Shutterstock)

“Like ancient Greece, India is one of the seedbeds of civilisation” | William Dalrymple on putting India back at the centre of global history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood"The making of our new world began in China just over 40 years ago". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "I wish that there was no need for specialist history months". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 14th-century depiction of a lady and youth playing a game of draughts (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

War and pieces: 5 games from history that were about much more than fun. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastIndian experiences in WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Joya Chatterji, emeritus professor in the history of modern south Asia at the University of Cambridge (Photo by Abhishek Bali)

Joya Chatterji on 20th-century south Asia“The nation is a very novel idea, and imposing it on millions of people is hard work”

Historian Simon Schama, 2015 (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

Simon Schama“Humans are a marvel of ingenuity, yet we seem to exist in this great pond of primitive terror and paranoia”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Police disperse a mob attacking a Hindu temple in Calcutta (now Kolkata) during the violence of Direct Action Day, 1946

Why we should remember…Direct Action Day

A refugee family in a camp in Pakistan after the partition of British India in 1947

Enduring trauma: the legacy of partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The partition of India: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri"Many south Asian diasporic families don’t know of their First World War links". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, next to a Regency portrait of Kitty Kirkpatrick.

Inspiring Bridgerton: the real South Asian women in Regency-era England

A follower is reflected on a framed photograph of Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhim Rao Ambedkar: India’s 'untouchable' hero

How Hindustan became India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sumita Mukherjee discusses India’s women’s suffrage movement, and how it connected to the wider struggle for Indian independence

India’s Suffragettes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of the England team that faced Australia at the Oval in the 1896 Ashes series

Batting for the British Empire: how Victorian cricket was more than just a game

The history hidden in British heritage sites. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The transformation of India’s glamorous golden couple. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Students study mathematics in Lahore in 1933

Revising the Raj

Representations of digits from the ninth century, 11th century and the present day

Digital revolution: the evolution of Hindu-Arabic numerals

The untold story of India’s WW2 prisoners of war

Photo of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria: how and why did she become Empress of India?

English cavalry attacking the Sikh at the Battle of Aliwal

Victoria the warrior queen

Illustration of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War

Victorians and war: which conflicts were fought during the Victorian era?

How historians helped build the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Muslim women embrace after Ramadan ends, 2012

"Does every generation have to prove itself in Britain?" Kavita Puri on the experiences of South Asians in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was the 1990s a golden age for British South Asians?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An East India Company official riding on an elephant

The East India Company: how a trading corporation became an imperial ruler

Imperialism on the oceans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chess players in the 14th century

Ancient board games: which ones did people play for fun in the past?