My Name is Amaru (Pathfinder): Eyes Toward the Horizon (Fictional Character) I was born where the sun touches the sea of ice, where the...

The Story of the Voices of the Lowell Mill Girls (True Story) The air in the Lowell, Massachusetts textile mill was thick with lint, and...

My Name is Jethro Tull (1674–1741): Life in the Fields of Change I was born in 1674 in Basildon, Berkshire, England. My family was of...

My Name is Harshavardhana: A Prince in a Shattered Land I was born around the year 590 AD into a noble lineage, the Pushyabhuti dynasty,...

The Fall of the Gupta Empire and the Hunnic Invasions The Gupta Empire, often celebrated as a classical golden age of Indian...

My Name is Kumaragupta I (r. c. 415–455 AD): Guardian of the Golden Age I was born into a world carved by greatness. My father was...

Timeline and Geography The Gupta Empire emerged around 320 AD in the fertile Gangetic plain of northern India, where the Ganges and its...

My Childhood as Ashoka: The Making of a Mauryan Prince I was born into the great Mauryan dynasty, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya,...

Ashoka’s Early Life: A Prince in the Mauryan Empire Ashoka’s childhood began under the golden shadow of empire. Born into the royal...

My Name is Chadragupta Maurya: The Unifier of India I was not born into glory or splendor, but into obscurity. My earliest memories are...