The Chola kings, who ruled from before the Common Era until the 13th century, were long gone by the 17th century, when the Portuguese, Dutch, and the East India Company were vying for trade from the ...

“If not for Sembiyan Mahadevi, there would not be a Chola empire the way we imagine it.” Queens in Indian history took the centre stage, as the speakers Anirudh Kanisetti and Ashwitha ...