Charles Allen History and Myth: India and Britain Seventy Years On
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomA fascinating exploration of the roots of Indian history by the acclaimed author of Ashoka. Coromandel was the name given by European traders to India's south-eastern seaboard, a corruption of the Tamil Cholamandalam, after the temple-building Chola kings who ruled the southern peninsula for centuries prior to the Islamic invasions. Indian history tends to focus on Northern…