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

Conquests and global connections made Chola-ruled south India a cultural and economic ... of Lords of Earth And Sea : A History of The Chola Empire ...

I am looking forward to an illustrated talk in Delhi on February 6 by scholar Dr Vidya Dehejia on Chola bronzes in their social and material context. This is pa ...

A leading scholar in Indian art history, Vidya Dehejia used evocative storytelling to delve into the rich legacy of Chola ...

We are interested because I think we yearn to see India reclaim its status as an important superpower in the Indian Ocean region. And, therefore, a polity like the Chola empire - that was so ...

The Chola kings, who ruled from before the Common Era until the 13th century, were long gone by the 17th century, when the ...

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

Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja into the most iconic symbol of Shiva.

Yet that year, on the other side of the globe, an emperor from southern India was preparing ... medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face.

the great body of silt that flows through India's present-day state of Tamil Nadu. But what set the Cholas apart was their endless capacity for innovation. By the standards of the medieval world, ...