Heritage

A small-town gem dealer awaits a buyer - and a fortune.

Real estate greed is bringing down British-era buildings as municipal laws and conservation efforts prove futile.

A hidden cache of coins creates ripples in a border village.

Decay and vandalism blight a famous Buddhist shrine.

Dilapidated palaces, crumbling havelis and forts gone to seed. Cash-strapped Rajasthan's cherished heritage lies in ruins in its golden jubilee year.

As Khajuraho prepares to celebrate its millennium, a host of new theories sprout to explain the enigma of sexuality in Indian culture.

Mumbai's libraries house books going back to the 13th century. Without support they may not reach the 21st.

Old, neglected colonial buildings in Mumbai regain their pristine grandeur as corporates and architects collaborate to restore them.

The city's historic structures are decaying. But half-baked restoration efforts could prove doubly dangerous.

Seventy-eight years after the discovery of over 300 skeletons in a Himalayan lake, the Indian authorities have decided to order a DNA test. But foreign anthropologists may be a step ahead.

This is a predetermined viewpoint. But it's not as if we are ignoring the Mughal period. Humayun's Tomb, Purana Qila and Qutab Minar, where we are working, are all Muslim monuments. - Jagmohan

The New York-based World Monuments Fund has put three Indian monuments on its Watch List of 100 Endangered Sites. But it is just the edge of the precipice. From Ladakh's 25-ft rock inscriptions to the 950-odd unprotected sites in Hampi, the country's unknown treasures are in imminent danger of being lost to time.