The Cholas were a powerful south Indian dynasty known for military conquests, grand temples and shaping global trade and ...

A History of the Chola Empire’, the historian Anirudh Kanisetti documents the rise and fall of the Chola royal women, be it ...

Yet that year, on the other side of the globe, an emperor from southern India was preparing to build the world's most colossal temple ... Rajaraja Chola's successor, Rajendra, built alliances ...

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century ... By the standards of the medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face.

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site [Getty Images] ...