Anirudh Kanisetti

Anirudh Kanisetti is a public historian specialising in ancient and early medieval India. He is the author of  Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas; and Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire. He writes the Thinking Medieval column for ThePrint and hosts two podcasts: Echoes of India and YUDDHA: The Indian Military History podcast. Anirudh has won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, the Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman, and Tata Literature Live’s Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award. He was an Open Mind of 2022, and on the New Indian Express‘ 40 Under 40. Anirudh was formerly Editor at the MAP Academy, where he worked on the Encyclopedia of Indian Art. Prior to this, he was Associate Fellow at the Takshashila Institution. His work has received grants from Princeton University, MAP Academy and the India Foundation for the Arts.