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 ...

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

By the standards of the medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face. Travelling to Tamil villages and rebuilding small, old mud-brick shrines ...

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.

One of the most distinguishing features of the Chola Empire was their comfort with diversity. Instead of replacing existing ...

The Chola kings, who ruled from before the Common Era until the 13th century, were long gone by the 17th century, when the Portuguese, Dutch, and the East India Company were vying for trade from the ...

It is described as "the first book to situate the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in a social context. From the 9th through 13th centuries, the Chola dynasty produced ...