As historian William Dalrymple puts it, the story of civilisation itself cannot be told without India, a land that once ...

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The British Museum in London has often been accused of cultural imperialism and colonialism, particularly by the U.K.’s ethnic minorities. There is a bitter dispute about many famous pieces acquired ...