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 ...

They describe a war against Kalinga (Odisha) and how, as the Chola army marched, it dried up rivers. They describe how villages were being set afire, how little flower gardens were burned ...

In addition, Chola loot drew tides of armed men into the south Indian military labour market. Like the Cholas, the Five Hundred were able to recruit and feed troops yearround. They used them to ...

At the peak or the high tide of Chola expansion in the early 11th century, they very clearly had some of the greatest military and logistical minds that could be found anywhere in South India.

internal conflicts and South Indian invasions. During the reign of King Mahinda V (982 – 1029 AC) the kingdom ended with an invasion by the Cholas. The invading Chola army landed in the north, came ...

While Rajaraja Chola’s military expeditions across the Indian Ocean are well known, Kanisetti argues that the economic and cultural impact of Tamil merchant networks was just as significant.

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site It's 1000 CE - the heart of the Middle Ages. Europe is in flux. The powerful nations we ...