The Story of Madras Part 1 – From Fishing Village to Fort St. George
Three hundred years ago, Madras was a scatter of fishing villages on the Coromandel Coast.…
Colonial Tamil Nadu
Forts, Temples & Architecture
Anchettidurgam Fort: The Forgotten Baramahal Stronghold
Anchettidurgam, or Anchetty Durgam, is a ruined hill fort in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district. Once…
Battles & Military History
Nayaks, Marathas & Nawabs
Chokkanatha Nayak and Rustam Khan: The Puppet King of Madurai
Chokkanatha Nayak inherited a fractured throne at sixteen. Two decades of war, betrayal and a…
Trade, Economy & Maritime
Porto Novo : A 500-Year Journey Through Tamil Nadu’s Trading Past
Long before highways connected Chennai to Chidambaram, a small river-mouth town called Porto Novo ruled…
Nayaks, Marathas & Nawabs
The Forgotten Afghan Kingdoms of South India
From the battlefields of the Deccan to the trading hubs of the Coromandel Coast, Afghan…
Battles & Military History
The Battle of Mudugur: How a Pandya King Broke Kakatiya Power at Nellore
In 1258, Pandya forces under Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I met a Kakatiya army at Mudugur…
Battles & Military History
The Battle of Srirangam 1262: How Jatavarman Sundara Pandya Broke Hoysala Power on the Kaveri
In 1262 CE, near the sacred temple town of Srirangam, the armies of Pandya king…
Battles & Military History
Battle of Erode (1667): Chikkadevaraja, Chokkanatha Nayak, and the Fall of Kongu
In 1667, on the banks of the Kaveri, a confederacy raised in the name of…