Harappan Seal One of the earliest known writing systems came from India, probably around 2500 BC. Unfortunately, nobody can read the Harappan writing yet. But we know people were using this writing to [...]
Ganges river - wider and slower than the Indus More about the Indian Cinderella Well, King Dushyanta had forgotten all about his wife Shakuntala, because of the curse. The beginning of this story More [...]
Indian woman from the Mauryan period (ca. 200 BC), about the time of this Cinderella story How old is the story of Cinderella? This story comes from the Sanskrit epic poem [...]
Straw flip-flops from ancient Egypt Where did this story come from? The West Asian writer Strabo wrote down this Egyptian version of the Cinderella story. He wrote it in Greek, [...]
How old is China's Cinderella story? Tuan Cheng-Shih wrote a version of the Cinderella story during the T'ang Dynasty, about 700 AD. The T'ang Dynasty More Chinese stories and poems All our [...]
