The ‘eastern’ tradition of Holika-burning moved deeper into the Gangetic Plains. Gaudiya Vaishnavism, from Bengal, took root ...

The Cholas stand out amongst numerous dynasties who jostle for our attention in ancient and medieval India. Starting from their core in the Kaveri delta, their empire at its peak covered a large ...

The communal narrative today sees kings, Hindu and Muslim, in the light of their religion and not as rulers fighting for ...

Last week, amid major political controversies, a tech CEO and an author of mythological fiction caused a furore about sati, the practice of widow-burning in medieval India. This worked up a storm on ...

By Ram Puniyani As Communal hate is on the rise through the use of History on political battle grounds, new dimensions are ...

The film Chhaava selectively picks up few incidents from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj’s life and projects the cruel and anti ...

But, he suggests that the ‘dramatisation’ of the efforts of modern scholars and editors like Pillai and Iyer has often overlooked the fact that these texts had been anthologised and re-anthologised in ...

Just as the Cholas are symbolised by the tiger ... The elephant’s significance persisted through the medieval period, particularly under the Ahom rulers. One of the most important literary ...

Anirudh Kanisetti’s Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire opens with a poignant scene. It describes the Cheran princess Kokkilan Adikal wiping the tears off her cheeks as she ...