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

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 ...

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. Completed just 10 years later ... By the standards of the ...

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