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

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?

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 ...

the Chola dynasty gave the world many things and customs. Founded in the early 10th century, the empire imploded in the 13th century under kings with low ambition and high instance of tax ...

What are you working on now? I’ve completed work on a new history of the Chola Empire where I am trying to understand the dynasty at a deeper level than has been done in English language writing ...

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