In 1024, Rajendra Chola dreamt up the grandest, riskiest, campaign ever planned by a medieval Indian ruler: an attack across ...

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

A History of the Chola Empire’, the historian Anirudh Kanisetti documents the rise and fall of the Chola royal women, be it ...

Kanisetti discusses with Ashwitha the role of Sembiyan Mahadevi in building Chola Empire, whether it really had a Navy ...

What if a Chola emperor decided to send a larger army next time? What if Chola generals emerged as kingmakers in Southeast Asia? Unlikely, yes, but nobody could ever again say it was impossible.

Historian Anirudh Kanisetti’s new book, Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire, is filled with revelations ...

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

Rajaraja alone gifted 38,604 gold coins. This was more than what most European courts at the time could muster.

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

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.

But to the medieval Indian mind, Nataraja was really a symbol of the Cholas. The emperor, Rajaraja Chola, shared his great-aunt's taste for public relations and devotion - with one significant ...

The Cholas are credited with popularizing Nataraja bronzes and singing Bhakti songs in temples, among other practices that ...