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World’s oldest, illustrated Sanskrit manuscript launches India Unboxed film series

12 Jun 2017

What connects a head-hunter’s trophy, a meteorite, Hercules, a painting of a Hindu temple, an ornate desk, a brass instrument, a tin of tea (unopened...

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Rama returns in victory to Ayodhya, Pahari (Punjab Hills), Kangra, c.1780-1790

Seventy years of Indian independence celebrated with summer exhibitions at the Fitzwilliam Museum

06 Jun 2017

Two exhibitions and a new book have launched the Fitzwilliam Museum's celebration of the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence. The displays...

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A head-hunter's skull from Nagaland which was worn on the chest of a Konyak warrior who had captured an enemy head.

Another India exhibition gives voice to India’s most marginalised communities

08 Mar 2017

Hundreds of objects which tell the story of 100 million of India’s most marginalised citizens – its Indigenous and Adivasi people – are to go on...

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Albert Venn Dicey in academic robes

The (Victorian) case for a referendum on independence

18 Dec 2013

As the referendum on Scottish independence approaches in 2014, new research shows how a founding father of constitutional law in the United Kingdom...

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