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

If you look at medieval Deccan temples... usually when a Deccan temple is set up, there is a foundation inscription and that's it. All the other records of the temple - about various donations ...

The Cholas, as Kanisetti discovered while writing his previous book Lords of the Deccan, were game-changers in the medieval world. Their unprecedented military conquests, temple-building grandeur ...

Medieval Tamil metalwork, produced for Chola-period temples, is perhaps the finest ever made by human hand, the artists rivalling Michelangelo or Donatello for their appreciation of the human figure.