and Coromandel Coast (from Chola Mandalam or Chola circle) to Tamil temple architecture and economic systems that made Indian textiles world-famous, the Chola dynasty gave the world many things ...

At every temple in South India, the aarti for the deity is performed by burning a piece of camphor on a platter. Who knew that this blessed, fragrant tree produ ...

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

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site It's 1000 CE - the heart of the Middle Ages. Europe is in flux. The powerful nations we ...

It's 1000 CE - the heart of the Middle Ages. Europe is in flux. The powerful nations we know today - like Norman-ruled England and the fragmented territories that will go on to become France - do ...

These developments in urbanism and architecture were paralleled in art and literature. Medieval Tamil metalwork, produced for Chola-period temples, is perhaps the finest ever made by human hand ...