LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on Wednesday on the ...

The IAA statement said soot around the nozzle of the clay oil lamp had been dated and showed it was used for light about 1,700 years ago. According to the statement, the discovery was made public ...