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    the imperial Cholas (c. 850 CE – 1250 CE) in South India was an age of continuous improvement and refinement of Chola art and architecture. They utilised...
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    time. The Chola tradition of art spread, and influenced the architecture and art of Southeast Asia. Vijayalaya, a descendant of the Early Cholas, restablished...
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    Pallava art and architecture represent an early stage of Dravidian art and architecture which blossomed to its fullest extent under the Chola Dynasty...
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    Criterion (i): The three Chola temples of Southern India represent an outstanding creative achievement in the architectural conception of the pure form...
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  • Arinjaya Chola was a ruler of the Chola kingdom. He was the third son of Parantaka I and the younger brother of Gandaraditya Chola, whom he is thought...
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    Vijayalaya Chola (r. 847 – 871 CE; Tamil: விசயாலய சோழன், romanized: Vicayālaya Cōḻaṉ) was a descendant of the Early Cholas, who revived the Chola dynasty and founded...
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    art Art of Mathura Gupta art Mauryan art Kushan art Sundari painting Hoysala architecture Vijayanagara architecture Greco-Buddhist art Chola art and architecture...
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    Vijayanagara Architecture style. Vijayanagara architecture is a vibrant combination of the Chalukya, Hoysala, Rashtrakuta, Pallava, Pandya and Chola styles...
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    The Chola dynasty (Tamil: [t͡ʃoːɻɐr]) was a Tamil dynasty originating from southern India. At its height, it ruled over the Chola Empire, an expansive...
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    Brihadisvara Temple (category Chola architecture)
    exemplar of Tamil architecture. It is also called Dakshina Meru (Meru of the South). Built by Chola emperor Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE, the temple...
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    Rajaraja I (redirect from Raja Raja Chola)
    was a Chola emperor who reigned from 985 CE to 1014 CE. He is known for his conquests of Southern India and parts of Sri Lanka, and increasing Chola influence...
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  • Parantaka II (redirect from Sundara chola)
    beauty. He was the son of Arinjaya Chola and queen Kalyani, a princess of Vaidumba family. Parantaka II ascended the Chola throne despite the fact that his...
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    Karikalan, was a Chola prince who lived in the 10th century in India. He was born in Tirukoilur and was the eldest son of Parantaka Chola II. He was the...
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  • Kadambur (category Cities and towns in Thoothukudi district)
    Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The temples in and around Kadambur portray the authentic Chola art and architecture. There is also another village with the same...
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    Indian art Indo-Greek art Art of Mathura Gupta art Mauryan art Kushan art Hoysala architecture Vijayanagara architecture Greco-Buddhist art Chola art and architecture...
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    Karikala (redirect from Karikala Chola)
    referred to as Karikala the Great was a Tamil king of the Early Cholas of the Chola dynasty who ruled ancient Tamilakam (Modern day Southern India) from...
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  • The 'Chola Government during the imperial period in 850 – 1200 CE was marked for its uniqueness and innovativeness. Cholas were the first dynasty who...
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    Rajendra Chola III came to the Chola throne in 1246 CE. Rajendra began to take effective control over the administration, and epigraphs of Rajendra Chola III...
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    Vikrama Chola, known as Kō Parakēsari Varman, was a 12th-century ruler (r. c. 1118–1135 CE) of the Chola Empire in southern India. He succeeded his father...
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    The Early Cholas were a Tamil kingdom of the Chola Dynasty - pre and post Sangam period (600 BCE–300 CE). It was one of the three main kingdoms of Tamilakam...
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    Aditya I (redirect from Athiththa Chola)
    Aditya Chola I, the son of Vijayalaya Chola, was the Chola king who laid the foundation of the Chola Empire with the conquest of the Pallava Kingdom and the...
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    Indo-Greek art Art of Mathura Mauryan art Kushan art Hoysala architecture Vijayanagara architecture Greco-Buddhist art Chola art and architecture Pallava art and...
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    related to Architecture of Tamil Nadu. List of temples in Tamil Nadu Architecture of India Chola Architecture Pallava Architecture Architecture of Chennai...
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    Madhurantaka, was a Chola Emperor who ruled from 970 CE to 985 CE in present-day Tamil Nadu, India. According to Tiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra Chola, Madhurantaka...
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    Rajaditya Chola (fl. mid-10th century AD) was a Chola prince, son of king Parantaka I (r. 907–955) and a Chera princess ( Ko Kizhan Adigal), known for...
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    Living Chola Temples. (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) at Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Kumbakonam were built by the Cholas between the 10th and 12th...
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  • Ilamchetchenni (category Chola kings)
    was an early Tamil king of the Chola dynasty during the Sangam period. He was a great warrior and ruled the Chola kingdom with Uraiyur as the capital...
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    The Medieval Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I led an Chola Expedition of the Ganges between 1019 and 1021. The expedition traversed the states of Vengi...
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    Rajendra I (redirect from Rajendra Chola)
    the Ganges'), and Kadaram Kondan (Middle Tamil: Kaṭāram Koṇṭāṉ; lit. 'Conqueror of Kedah'), was a Chola Emperor who reigned from 1014 and 1044 CE. He was...
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    a Chola Emperor from 1133 CE to 1150 CE. He succeeded Vikrama Chola to the throne in 1135 CE. Vikrama Chola made Kulothunga his heir apparent and coregent...
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