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

A dynasty that introduced the sengol — a sceptre symbolising power that was recently in the spotlight — established ...

At every temple in South India, the aarti for the deity is performed by burning a piece of camphor on a platter. Who knew ...

What are you working on now? I’ve completed work on a new history of the Chola Empire where I am trying to understand the dynasty at a deeper level than has been done in English language writing ...

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