Medieval India was filled with little kingdoms, bitterly fighting each other to maintain their territory and sovereignty. In South India, the many sea ports and...
Chittaranjan Das had but one dream: the freedom of India. He had but one programme: the struggle for freedom. It was said of him, "He dreamed and thought a...
The seventh queen of the king of Bengal gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The boy, as predicted, had a moon on his forehead and stars on the palm of his ha...
Jagat Singh, a Rajput prince, has been sent by the Mughal Emperor, Akbar, to stop Katlu Khan, the Pathan ruler of Orissa, from capturing Bengal. While shelterin...
Prafulla's future promised only doom and sorrow. Gossiping neighbors and an unhappy marriage would have ruined many women, but Prafulla was not one to give ...
Rogues and scoundrels were forced to tread carefully, even the exalted emperor was not spared when he erred, for Birbal, Akbar's able minister, was at hand ...
Bidhi Chand was a skilled robber but a meeting with the Sikh Guru, Arjan Dev, changed him. He promised to turn honest, he would tell no lies and never steal aga...
If he had been born a commoner, perhaps he would have lived and died a saint. But destiny had something else in store for Dara Shukoh. This gentle scholar and p...
There was a great consternation in the court of Keladi, when the king married a commoner. But Chennamma, the merchant's daughter, proved to be a born queen....