He made his mark with Lords of the Deccan, and we sat down for a chat as he is set to launch a new book, Lords of Earth and Sea — A History of the Chola Empire. Edited excerpts from the interview.

Who knew that this blessed, fragrant tree product found its way to the region via trade routes—exchanged for textiles and goods from Indonesia—through the seafaring merchants of the Chola ...

Public historian Anirudh Kanisetti’s new book, Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire, seeks to bring balance to the country’s civilisational understanding. “You cannot really ...

In an interview with Moneycontrol, Anirudh Kanisetti - the author of 'Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire', which released on January 17, 2025 - spoke about temple architecture ...

It is described as "the first book to situate the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in a social context. From the 9th through 13th centuries, the Chola dynasty produced ...

Kanisetti said if not for the queen Sembiyan Mahadevi “there would not have been the Chola Empire”. Elaborating on how she patronised temples and built the popular support for the Chola empire ...