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Podcast: Books and Beyond with Bound
Episode: 5.37 Anirudh Kanisetti: Unearthing the Untapped History of South India
Description: Does history give you goosebumps? Specifically, history that explores the minds of kings and uncovers hidden stories of little-known queens?In this episode, Tara and Michelle venture into the ancient palaces of South India as they converse with Anirudh Kanisetti, author of “Lords of the Deccan: Southern Indian from the Chalukyas to the Cholas”. They discuss how a majority of Deccan history got left out and why it mattered enough to make him dive into translations of literature and inscriptions from 600-1100 CE, how he made friends through memes, and why making history accessible was important to him...