Nellore: Once a sacred haven for the Chola dynasty, Prabhagiripatnam is now a forgotten village on the brink of extinction. Located about 37 kilometres from Nellore, in Podalakuru Mandal ...
Built over centuries ago, they stood as testaments to the strength and grandiosity of the very empires that built them. One such empire was the great Chola Dynasty. If you’re a temple aficionado with ...
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 ...
Who knew that this blessed, 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 ...
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 ...
Sembiyan first emerges in historical records in the early 10th century, when the Chola dynasty was taking its first steps toward political superstardom. She was married to a younger son of King ...
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.