A Dano-Norwegian kingdom, 15 years after claiming sovereignty over Greenland, made a grab for Trincomalee in 1620, after which they were expelled to Tharangambadi (Tranquebar) in Tamilnadu. They paid ...

Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja into the most iconic symbol of Shiva.

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

Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple ArchitectureThis is the story of four friends (cousins) with lots of ...

One of the regions where gold was mined in India was the Kolar district of Karnataka, founded by the Western Ganga dynasty in ...

But there really is no modern parallel to this remarkable organisation. Like the Chola state, the Five Hundred had a formidable ability to incorporate diverse groups. Its members included Brahmins, ...

One Puram poem offers cautionary advice to the ruler saying that the effect of moderate ... the early Pandya period and continued during the Chola period. Although the concept of Brahmadeya ...

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

But what set the Cholas apart was their endless capacity for innovation. By the standards of the medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face.

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