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Anirudh Kanisetti

Anirudh Kanisetti is an award winning public historian, columnist and speaker specialising in ancient and early medieval India. He is the author of Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire (Juggernaut, 2025); and Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas (Juggernaut, 2022). He writes the popular Thinking Medieval column for ThePrint and hosts three podcasts: Echoes of India: A History Podcast, YUDDHA: The Indian Military History Podcast, and The Altar of Time: A History of India's Christian Art. He is currently Honorary Fellow at the Deccan Heritage Foundation.​

 

Anirudh is represented by David Godwin Associates for literary engagements. For speaking engagements, lectures, and other collaborations, he can be reached below.

books

Lords of the Deccan is the completely thrilling and
game-changing debut
of a major new talent. Anirudh Kanisetti is a superb writer and a talented
storyteller as well as an impressively judicious and subtle historian. He breathes
life into the rajas, scholars and soldiers of two nearly forgotten medieval
dynasties and resurrects for us a whole extraordinary world with flair, nuance,
clarity and sophistication.’
– William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy

‘[Kanisetti] writes as if he is speaking directly to you, telling you a story, and
taking you places . . . a magnificent book.’
– Business Standard

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‘Delightful . . . a model of how one can write a ripping read while still followinghistorical practice.’– Rohit De, Associate Professor, Yale University and author ofA People’s Constitution

Lords of Earth and Sea

Lords of The Deccan

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speaking & writing 

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