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 ...

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

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

I am looking forward to an illustrated talk in Delhi on February 6 by scholar Dr Vidya Dehejia on Chola bronzes in their ...

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.

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.

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 ...

fragrant tree product found its way to the region via trade routes—exchanged for textiles and goods from Indonesia—through the seafaring merchants of the Chola kingdom in the 11th century?

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

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