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

In 1024, Rajendra Chola dreamt up the grandest, riskiest, campaign ever planned by a medieval Indian ruler: an attack across the seas on Kedah (in today’s Malaysia). Both Rajendra Chola and the ...

I am looking forward to an illustrated talk in Delhi on February 6 by scholar Dr Vidya Dehejia on Chola bronzes in their ...

Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja ...

The Chola kings, who ruled from before the Common Era until the 13th century, were long gone by the 17th century, when the ...

He made his mark with Lords of the Deccan, and we sat down for a chat as he is set to launch a new book, Lords of Earth and Sea — A History of the Chola Empire. Edited excerpts from the interview.

One of the most distinguishing features of the Chola Empire was their comfort with diversity. Instead of replacing existing ...

As much as kings, Tamil merchants are the unsung heroes of medieval India’s global footprint. Sometimes, cultural diasporas can achieve as much, if not more, than an armed force.

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 ...

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