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It was a Tamil merchant guild that helped Rajendra Chola become a global conqueror
As much as kings, Tamil merchants are the unsung heroes of medieval India’s global footprint. Sometimes, cultural diasporas ...
How Rajendra Chola and his army sailed across the seas in the 11th century to beat the Malays
In 1024, Rajendra Chola dreamt up the grandest, riskiest, campaign ever planned by a medieval Indian ruler: an attack across ...
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As much as kings, Tamil merchants are the unsung heroes of medieval India’s global footprint. Sometimes, cultural diasporas can achieve as much, if not more, than an armed force.
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How Rajendra Chola and his army sailed across the seas in the 11th century to beat the Malays
In 1024, Rajendra Chola dreamt up the grandest, riskiest, campaign ever planned by a medieval Indian ruler: an attack across the seas on Kedah (in today’s Malaysia). Both Rajendra Chola and the ...
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How tax evasion destroyed the great Chola Empire, explains Anirudh Kanisetti
Historian Anirudh Kanisetti’s new book, Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire, is filled with revelations ...