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The Epitaphs of Catholic Europeans Serving Travancore in the Eighteenth Century
The Epitaphs of Catholic Europeans Serving Travancore in the Eighteenth Century

Carved in stone at Udayagiri Fort are the epitaphs of European officers who lived and died in the service of Travancore. These bilingual monuments offer a rare material archive of military service, faith, and belonging in eighteenth-century South India.

Stones of Memory: Two Sati Stones at the Archaeological Museum in Thrissur
Stones of Memory: Two Sati Stones at the Archaeological Museum in Thrissur

Preliminary look at the two Sati Stones (in the Virakkal tradition) at the Thrissur Archeological Museum in Kerala

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Precarious History
Some Records on Tobacco in Travancore
Some Records on Tobacco in Travancore
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What Archival Research in Kerala Looks Like
Travancore and Cochin Royal Banners & the Delhi Durbar of 1877
Travancore and Cochin Royal Banners & the Delhi Durbar of 1877

The history of the Royal Banners of Travancore and Cochin, and the Imperial Durbar of 1877.

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Travancore Lines (Nedumkotta): The Last Stand of Travancore against Tipu Sultan
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Notes from the Field: Imagining Travancore in the Twenty-First Century
Why is photography taboo in so many Indian museums?!
Notes from the Field: My Latest Love (No Photo!)