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

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

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

January 15, 2025 is a red-letter day in the history of Indian Navy. In one go, the Navy inducted three war ships, all built ...

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 ... seem to have a navy of their ...