the great body of silt that flows through India's present-day state of Tamil Nadu. But what set the Cholas apart was their endless capacity for innovation. By the standards of the medieval world, ...

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

Yet that year, on the other side of the globe, an emperor from southern India was preparing ... medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face.

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

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

to Tamil temple architecture and economic systems that made Indian textiles world-famous, the Chola dynasty gave the world many things and customs. Founded in the early 10th century ...

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