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TopicTamil merchants

Topic: Tamil merchants

It was a Tamil merchant guild that helped Rajendra Chola become a global conqueror

As much as kings, Tamil merchants are the unsung heroes of medieval India’s global footprint. Sometimes, cultural diasporas can achieve as much, if not more, than an armed force.

Why did Tamil merchants build Hindu temples in China? Answer lies in commerce

Indian Ocean history is full of violence. What's important is that its peoples developed long-term commercial strategies through diplomacy.

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Watch Bigg Boss 19 if you have nothing to do than watch men and women with nothing to do

The moment Salman’s Saturday and Sunday show time ends, the oxygen is sucked out of the Bigg Boss house. All that’s left is toxic dioxide.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.