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Ninety-eight per cent of the literature of the later Chola period (9th to 13th century C.E.) was religious. Buddhism, Jainism, Saivism and Vaishnavism were all supported by the Chola kings.
Rajaraja Chola's successor, Rajendra, built alliances with Tamil merchant corporations: ... These developments in urbanism and architecture were paralleled in art and literature.
Searching for traces of the ancient Chola dynasty. One of the world’s most remarkable—and little known—empires comes to life in south India with new heritage tours.
Chola Dynasty rulers, history, ... The early periods of Chola Dynasty saw the onset of Sangam Literature and Kantaman is known to be one of the most prominent rulers of this era.
Origin of the Chola Dynasty . The reign of the Cholas began in the 9 th century when they defeated the Pallavas to come into power. ... Literature was another crucial highlight of this period.
The author relies on references made to the Chola kings in Tamil Sangam literature such as Pattinappalai and Puranaanooru, brought to print by U.V. Swaminatha Ayyar.
CHENNAI: Literature from the Sangam and Chola periods are treated as the benchmark of Tamil literature, but there were towering poets even after the Chola period -- such as Irattaitar, Kaviraja ...
The Sangam literature reveals most of the information about early Cholas. Medieval Cholas. The Chola power was re-established in South India under Vijayalaya Chola from 850 AD onwards.
The female protagonist of Devi Yesodharan’s ‘Empire’ has a position she would never have got in the 11th Century Chola kingdom.