CHENNAI: One of the most distinguishing features of the Chola Empire was their comfort with diversity. Instead of replacing existing cultures after conquest, the Cholas added a new layer to them ...

From words like cash (from the Tamil kasu) and Coromandel Coast (from Chola Mandalam or Chola circle) to Tamil temple architecture and economic systems that made Indian textiles world-famous ...

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Women had played a central role in the rise of Chola power but as their power faded, so too did the status of their women. Chola royal women practically disappeared from the historical record from the ...

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 ...

In a conversation with author Ashwitha Jayakumar during the session ‘The Mighty Cholas’ in the The Hindu’s Lit for Life 2025, Mr. Kanisetti said if not for the queen Sembiyan Mahadevi ...

The Cholas are seen as a great military power—lords of the earth and the sea. But the secret of their strength wasn’t soldiers or superior military acumen. It was a guild of merchants called the Five ...

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 ...

He was called Raja-Raja, King of Kings, and he belonged to one of the most astonishing dynasties of the medieval world: the Cholas. His family transformed how the medieval world worked - yet they ...