Nellore: Once a sacred haven for the Chola dynasty, Prabhagiripatnam is now a forgotten village on the brink of extinction. Located about 37 kilometres from Nellore, in Podalakuru Mandal ...

Built over centuries ago, they stood as testaments to the strength and grandiosity of the very empires that built them. One such empire was the great Chola Dynasty. If you’re a temple aficionado with ...

Who knew that this blessed, 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 ...

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 ...

Sembiyan first emerges in historical records in the early 10th century, when the Chola dynasty was taking its first steps toward political superstardom. She was married to a younger son of King ...

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

Just like today, there was a considerable amount of inequality. What does the Chola dynasty’s political strategies reveal about the interplay between rulers, landowners, and the broader society?

But what set the Cholas apart was their endless capacity for innovation. By the standards of the medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face.