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

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 ...

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 ...

A monument that is read becomes something else entirely: a living argument, a surviving voice, a compressed archive of ...

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 ...