South Indian history – Page 3 – Tamil Heritage Chronicles

The Madurai-Mysore wars were a 17th-century struggle for South Indian supremacy. From opportunistic invasions to…

In the 1830s, Collector John Blackburne tore down Madurai's forty foot fort walls and filled…

When the polygar Tumbichchi Nayaka seized the fortified town of Paramakudi and defied the Madurai…

Between 1720 and 1729, two claimants to the Ramnad throne, a plague, betrayed alliances, and…

In 1637, the death of a Sethupathi ruler in Ramnad triggered a bitter succession dispute…

Tamil Nadu's coastline preserves a remarkable chain of European colonial forts. Built by the Portuguese,…

In Hosur, a crumbling ruin tells a story of love, empire, and folly. Kenilworth Fort,…

Tamil Nadu's forts tell stories of Vijayanagara chieftains, Kongu poligars, Travancore kings and mud-wall Tondaimans…