Subhashini Kaligotla, assistant professor of art history, points to a photograph on her computer screen of elaborate sandstone towers at Pattadakal, a medieval temple complex in northern Karnataka, ...

In his book, “Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas” (Juggernaut, 2022), Anirudh Kanisetti provides a riveting account of the political rivalries, bloody battles, and ...

The preference for the performing ruler over the governing one is not just a pathology of today’s democracy. It has been ...

An interesting historical phenomenon is the fact that many of the major militaries based in India over the past millennium were eventually done in by non-Indian armies. There are, of course, numerous ...

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 know ...

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 product found its way to the region via trade ...