when that redoubtable Tamil dynasty ruled these parts in the 10th and 11th centuries, but to the relatively recent time of Portuguese Malacca after its fall in 1511 to Afonso de Albuquerque.

A group of miniature artists has vividly recreated the atmosphere and daily life of 15th-century Melaka at a private miniature art gallery in Selangor. Their 13m-long diorama, depicting the golden ...