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How medieval India's wealth, power and influence grew under the Chola kings - and queens

Medieval Indian Chola kings gave the world many things: Nataraja bronzes, economic systems that persist today, words like cash...
36 hours in and around Thanjavur, the land of the Cholas and Ponniyin Selvan

Thanjavur is six hours drive from Chennai or Bengaluru and an hour’s drive from the Tiruchirappalli airport.
Medieval economics: Warmongering merchants and the real-life geoeconomics of 'Ponniyin Selvan'

Beneath the imperial grandeur and mystique of the Cholas were precarious financial imperatives, forces of supply and demand, and a close alliance between mercantile, political and military interests.

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Chola Dynasty

How medieval India's wealth, power and influence grew under the Chola kings - and queens

36 hours in and around Thanjavur, the land of the Cholas and Ponniyin Selvan

Medieval economics: Warmongering merchants and the real-life geoeconomics of 'Ponniyin Selvan'