Himadri

“(a preliminary study hints that Varanasi may be as old as the Harappan cities).24”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History

“We know about the remarkable tale of how a foreign prince was invited to rule over a kingdom in southern India because Nandi Varman II himself tells us the story in inscriptions and bas-relief panels on the walls of the Vaikuntha Perumal temple in Kanchipuram.”
― Sanjeev Sanyal, The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History