Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja ...

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

In a way, the Chola empire was actually made by its queens. There’s this truly extraordinary woman in the late 10th century called Sembiyan Mahadevi and she picks up the icon of the god Nataraja ...

From words like cash (from the Tamil kasu) and Coromandel Coast (from Chola Mandalam or Chola circle) to economic systems that made Indian textiles world-famous, the Chola dynasty had a lasting ...

CHENNAI: One of the most distinguishing features of the Chola Empire was their comfort with ... crystallising its iconography and spreading its prominence. Over the Chola period, 3,000 bronze ...

“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 ...