Public historian Anirudh Kanisetti’s new book, Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire, seeks to bring balance to the country’s civilisational understanding. “You cannot really talk ...

“If not for Sembiyan Mahadevi, there would not be a Chola empire the way we imagine it.” Queens in Indian history took the centre stage, as the speakers Anirudh Kanisetti and Ashwitha ...

Nellore: Once a sacred haven for the Chola dynasty, Prabhagiripatnam is now a forgotten village on the brink of extinction. Located about 37 kilometres from Nellore, in Podalakuru Mandal ...

One of the most distinguishing features of the Chola Empire was their comfort with diversity. Instead of replacing existing cultures after the conquest, the Cholas added a new layer to them which ...

They used them to guard entrepots, protect convoys and even mount paramilitary operations. On the northern frontier of the Chola empire, we know of a case in the 11th century when the Five Hundred ...

It is described as "the first book to situate the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in a social context. From the 9th through 13th centuries, the Chola dynasty produced ...

Built over centuries ago, they stood as testaments to the strength and grandiosity of the very empires that built them. One such empire was the great Chola Dynasty. If you’re a temple aficionado with ...

Key point: These are South Asia’s five greatest empires. South Asia is like a world unto itself. Also known as the Indian subcontinent, its particular geography and climate have always led to ...

Who knew that this blessed, fragrant tree product found its way to the region via trade routes—exchanged for textiles and goods from Indonesia—through the seafaring merchants of the Chola ...

By the standards of the medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face. Travelling to Tamil villages and rebuilding small, old mud-brick shrines ...

Kanisetti said if not for the queen Sembiyan Mahadevi “there would not have been the Chola Empire”. Elaborating on how she patronised temples and built the popular support for the Chola empire ...