A Monument of Imperial Vision No discussion of the Cholas is complete without their monumental contributions to architecture, and Rajaraja Chola’s Brihadishvara Temple stands as a towering ...

Rajaraja’s officers and army regiments also made gifts to the temple, and its staff came from across Chola territories, turning it into a political centre for the imperial elite. But all these ...

Anirudh Kanisetti’s Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire opens with a poignant scene. It describes the Cheran princess Kokkilan Adikal wiping the tears off her cheeks as she ...