very fine-grained social history, at least in comparison to other parts of medieval India. We can trace out the activities of particular individuals: We can say that this year they were here ...

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

The Delhi Sultanate by Peter Jackson The Delhi Sultanate explores the political, military and cultural history of the Delhi ...

The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent; the advancement of ...

Research areas: Religious & social history of medieval Tamil Nadu; women in pre-colonial India; temple architecture & epigraphy; interactions among and sectarianism in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism ...

Episode Four is the story of India in the Middle Ages. At the time of the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, and the European Dark Ages, India had a series of great flowerings of culture ...

At every temple in South India, the aarti for the deity is performed by burning a piece of camphor on a platter. Who knew ...