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

In a truly awe-inspiring logistical feat, Rajendra Chola would have the Five Hundreds great trading fleets follow his armies ...

As much as kings, Tamil merchants are the unsung heroes of medieval India’s global footprint. Sometimes, cultural diasporas ...

And you can very often see this push and pull between local power centers and royalty happening through temples. To me, really one of the most fascinating sub-periods of the Chola period is the ...

Rajaraja Chola's successor, Rajendra, built alliances with Tamil merchant corporations: a partnership between traders and government power that foreshadowed the East India Company ... the Cholas ...

Rajaraja Chola's successor, Rajendra, built alliances with Tamil merchant corporations: a partnership between traders and government power that foreshadowed ... seem to have a navy of their ...