A Forgotten Dawn While the Western world proudly wears the badge of democracy, preaching it as a modern political ideal, ...

Ancient India certainly had democratic and republican ... dean for the social sciences at New York University characterizes early democracy in his book “The Decline and Rise of Democracy ...

India’s claims are shrouded in antiquity ... It is true that a sort of democracy prevailed in ancient Indian villages: Kautilya’s Arthashastra gives a comprehensive account of the system ...

World leaders attending G20 meetings in India have been greeted with the words, “Welcome to the Mother of Democracy”. In one of his latest speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with particular ...

“This itself says democracy can deliver.” Mr Modi also claimed democracy was a common feature in ancient India long before the rest of the world, citing historical references from Hindu ...

The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

If modern India has been a successful democracy, it is because there is an ancient tradition of the idea. Participatory decision-making started in the ancient village councils or panchayats—a ...

There are also many historical references to republic states in ancient India, where the rulers were not hereditary. India is, indeed, the mother of democracy," he said.

In January, when he inaugurated an unfinished, but grand Hindu temple at the site where an ancient ... Critics of India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister argue that democracy itself will ...