The Cholas were a powerful south Indian dynasty known for military conquests, grand temples and shaping global trade and culture.

In its treasuries were several tonnes of gold and silver coins, as well as necklaces ... in Mongol-ruled China under the descendants of Kublai Khan, Tamil merchants ran successful businesses ...

Alas, when Kublai Khan moved the capital to Xanadu in 1260 ... Items found in its ruins include Arabian coins and pottery shards from China and Persia. At its peak, it may have been home to ...

Italian explorer Marco Polo visited China at this time, and even served in Kublai Khan's court. Although Yuan emperors adopted ... s magazine and condemned 250 Spaniards and 500,000 gold coins to a ...

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The total losses are almost certainly much larger: The data does not include transactions that took place on a series of popular crypto marketplaces that started offering the coin only after its ...

Jack Weatherford: What Kublai Khan lacked in military prowess was made up for in political intuition. Photos / supplied The Mongol Chinese emperor Kublai Khan was immortalised by English poet ...