CHOLA

chōˈlə, S Indian dynasty, whose kingdom was in what is now Tamil Nadu. Its chief capitals were at Kanchi (Kanchipuram) and Thanjavur (Tanjore). The Chola kingdom was one of the three of ancient Tamil tradition, but the dynasty had been virtually submerged for centuries when at the end of the 9th cent. a.d. it rose again. Under the famous rulers Rajaraja I (reigned 985–1014) and Rajendra I (reigned 1014–42) Chola power reached its zenith. The former conquered Kerala and occupied N Sri Lanka; the latter completed the conquest of Sri Lanka, invaded Bengal, and sent out a great naval expedition that occupied parts of Myanmar, Malaya, and Sumatra. For 300 years the Chola kingdom supported a flourishing social and economic life, marked by a flowering of Hindu culture. Its greatest architectural monument is an 11th-century temple at Tanjore, which was dedicated to Shiva in celebration of a military victory. By the 13th cent. the kingdom was in decline, and the dynasty ended in 1279.

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books on: Chola  - 303 results

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Wedding Dress across Cultures
Book by Helen Bradley Foster, Donald Clay Johnson; Berg, 2003
Subjects: Wedding Costume--Cross-Cultural Studies
...bride and godmother are arrayed in full Chola skirt and blouse, with Indian backcloths...very unattractive Parsons, 1945: 57 . Chola or cholo in northern Ecuador in the 1940s...whites at the top of the social hierarchy. Chola/o designated an indigenous person who...
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The Cambridge Shorter History of India
Book by J. Allan, T. Wolseley Haig, H. H. Dodwell; Cambridge University Press, 1934
Subjects: India--History
...and with his murder in 1074 the direct Chola line seems to have become extinct. The...was a grandson through his mother of the Chola, Rijendra Gangraikonda; indeed he was three-quarters Chola by blood, for his grandmother also had...
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The Embodiment of Bhakti
Book by Karen Pechilis Prentiss; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Bhakti--History, Bhakti--In literature, Hindu literature--History and criticism
...A List of the Tamil Inscriptions of the Chola Dynasty," Journal of Asian and African...Subbarayalu, Political Geography of the Chola Country Madras: State Department of Archaeology...113, 115 . 12. Balasubrahmanyam, Early Chola Art: Part One , 146-170. Balasubrahmanyam...
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Indians of the Andes: Aymaras and Quechuas
Book by Harold Osborne; Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952
Subjects: Aymara Indians, Indians Of South America--Bolivia, Indians Of South America--Peru, Quechua Indians
...of the most distinctive adjuncts of the chola costume, was introduced about 1925. The...cord of llama wool about a foot long. A chola whose plaits have been cut by a jealous...silk shawl in place of the blanket. A chola in gala array is a very proudly adorned...
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The Political Economy of Craft Production: Crafting Empire in South India, C. 1350-1650
Book by Carla M. Sinopoli; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Artisans--India--Hamp?I--History, Hamp?I (India)--Economic Conditions, Industries--India--Hamp?I--History, Vijayanagar (Empire)
...state to their south, uprisings within Chola territories, and conflicts at the imperial...from the Vi- jayanagara core area, the Chola polity was the largest of the pre-Vijayanagara...intensification. The upland peripheries of the Chola heartland, in northern Tamil Nadu and...
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Chera, Chola, Pandya: Using Archaeological Evidence to Identify the Tamil Kingdoms of Early Historic South India
Journal article by Shinu A. Abraham; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 42, 2003
Subjects: Archaeology--Research, Kerala, India--History, Kerala, India--Research, Kerala, India--Social aspects, Tamil Nadu, India--History, Tamil Nadu, India--Research, Tamil Nadu, India--Social aspects, Tamils--History, Tamils--Research
Chera, Chola, Pandya: using archaeological evidence...three principal Tamil polities, the Chera, Chola, and Pandya. The term occurs often enough...southern border of his empire: the Choda (Chola), Pandya, Satiyaputra, Keralaputras...
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Prevention of Recurrent Postpartum Depression - a Reasonable Option?
Journal article by A. Olmer, H. Biadsi, A. Chola, Y. Dagan, L. Elishar, D. Keidar, V. Mironov; The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, Vol. 48, 2011
Prevention of Recurrent Postpartum Depression - a Reasonable Option? by A. Olmer , H. Biadsi , A. Chola , Y. Dagan , L. Elishar , D. Keidar , V. Mironov CLINICAL DILEMMA: "A 27-year-old woman is in the 32nd week of her second...
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Shiva Nataraja: Shifting Meanings of an Icon
Journal article by Padma Kaimal; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 81, 1999
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Art, Symbolism
...have not enjoyed such fame. The ambitious Chola dynastys interest in Nataraja from the...however, familiar only to specialists in Chola history, that association cannot explain...Nataraja came to function as an emblem of the Chola dynasty as early as the fourth quarter...
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The Medieval Tamil-Language Inscriptions in Southeast Asia and China
Journal article by Jan Wisseman Christie; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998
Subjects: India--History, Inscriptions--Analysis, Southeast Asia--History, Tamils--Languages
...after the turn of the millennium, under Chola rule, with the effective creation of vertical...taxes on behalf of the state.(8) Under Chola rule merchant associations appear to have...local variant. The slow decline of the Chola state had already begun before the end...
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Maize-Beer, Gossip, and Slander: Female Tavern Proprietors and Urban, Ethnic Cultural Elaboration in Bolivia, 1870-1930
Journal article by Gina Hames; Journal of Social History, Vol. 37, 2003
Subjects: Bars (Drinking establishments)--History, Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects, Bars, saloons, etc., Bars, saloons, etc.--History, Bars, saloons, etc.--Social aspects, Bolivia--History, Bolivia--Social aspects, Business owners--Demographic aspects, Business owners--History, Business owners--Social aspects, Gossip, Gossip--History, Gossip--Social aspects, Women, Women--Social aspects
...identity as an Indian to an identity as a chola, if they so chose. (3) The pollera...jealousy of other women in their ethnically chola neighborhood in Sucre. The Serranos had...Sucre. By 1900 they were all living in the chola neighborhood near the cemetery where several...
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"Electricidad": A Chicano Take on the Tragedy of "Electra"
Magazine article by Luis Alfaro; American Theatre, Vol. 23, February 2006
Subjects: Alfaro, Luis--Interviews, Dramatists--Interviews, Playwrights--Interviews
...the grandmother, who was the original chola and part of the first generation of the...the oldest daughter, an old-school chola, in grief, cannot break the cycle. AGAMENON...grandmother, a veterana, old-school chola, muy sexy this vieja. ORESTES (17...
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Lord of the Dance
Magazine article; Humanities, Vol. 23, November 2002
Subjects: Hinduism, History, India, Sculpture
...in southern India. The rulers were the Chola and their temples were the center of culture. "The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India" opens November...ruling power around 850, when Vijayalaya Chola captured the town of Tanjavur and established...
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Rush Hour for the Gods
Magazine article by William Dalrymple; The National Interest, May-June 2010
Subjects: Artisans--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Artisans--Family, Globalization--Influence, India--Economic aspects, India--Religious aspects, India--Social aspects, Indian culture, Indians (Asian people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Indians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...the twenty-third of a long hereditary line going back to the Chola bronze casters who had created some of the greatest masterpieces...His workshop was in Swamimalai, near Tanjore, from where the Chola dynasty once ruled the southern half of the subcontinent. There...
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Short and Sweet
Magazine article by Mary Fitzgerald; New Statesman, Vol. 138, October 26, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The United States of McSweeney's: Ten Years of Accidental Classics (Collection)--Book reviews
...recurring questions about identity and belonging, a long-standing staple of the US literary scene. K Kvashay Boyles "St Chola" takes the melting pot of a Los Angeles high school during the early days of the Iraq war and adds Shala, a young Indian girl...
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What Do We Deserve?
Magazine article by Namit Arora; The Humanist, Vol. 71, May-June 2011
Subjects: Distribution (Economics)--Analysis, Distribution of wealth--Analysis, Distributive justice--Analysis, Economic mobility--Personal narratives, Success--Economic aspects, Wealth--Analysis
...wizardry of Sergey Brin in the Internet age? A millennium ago, society valued other aptitudes, such as sculpting bronze in Chola India, equine archery on the Mongolian steppes, or reciting epigrammatic verse in Arabia. My own aptitude for science and...
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Curators Labor to Give Exhibits Life
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, August 18, 2001
...brings "The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes From South India" to the Sackler on Nov. 10, 2002. She chose the Chola dynasty temple bronzes because she considers...who could have curated an exhibition on Chola dynasty ritual bronzes from India. Mrs...
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India's Bronze Omnipotence; 'Sensuous, Sacred' at Sackler
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 9, 2002
...exhibit, "The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes From South India." It focuses...bronze casting during the south Indian Chola dynasty (9th-13th centuries). Yet...elevate and electrify the show. Icon of the Chola peoples, the god embodies the Indian cyclical...
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FAR EAST ON MALL; Sackler's ImaginAsia Teaches about Mysteries
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 15, 2002
...new exhibition, "The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes From South India." The Chola exhibit features 60 bronze sculptures created...activity guidebook to explore a special exhibition of Chola bronzes from south India. Learn how images are...
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Hindu Gods Are Heavenly ....
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 10, 2006
...Heavenly ..... Byline: MARK HUDSON Chola: Sacred Bronzes Of Southern India Royal...Concentrating on the medieval period when the Chola dynasty ruled southern India, this exhibition...For the anonymous bronze-casters of the Chola period, it was all in the posture; in...
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Medieval Hindu Art Goes on Show at RA
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 7, 2006
...A blockbuster exhibition devoted to the Chola dynasty of southern India showcases bronze...next 400 years. During their reigns, the Chola kings controlled much of southern India...spanned 18th century China and Persia. . Chola: Sacred Bronzes Of Southern India is on...
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encyclopedia articles on: Chola  - 14 results

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Chola
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHOLA cho l , S Indian dynasty, whose kingdom...Kanchipuram) and Thanjavur (Tanjore). The Chola kingdom was one of the three of ancient Tamil...1014) and Rajendra I (reigned 1014 42) Chola power reached its zenith. The former conquered...
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India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Tamil-speaking kingdoms of the south were the Pandya and Chola states, which maintained an overseas trade with the Roman Empire...of Bihar and Bengal, the Sen, the Ahoms of Assam, a later Chola empire at Tanjore, and a second Chalukya dynasty in the Deccan...
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Thanjavur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the greatest examples of Dravidian architecture, which dates to the 11th cent., when Thanjavur was capital of the Hindu Chola kingdom. The city passed under British rule in 1799. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Cuddapah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...for peanuts, cotton, and melons. Paint and varnish are manufactured, and barite is processed. The city was part of the Chola empire (11th 15th cent.). Muslims conquered it in 1565, and the British took control in 1800...
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Tirunelveli
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...trading center with motor workshops and manufactures in textiles, jewelry, and cigarettes, it was once an imperial city of the Chola kingdom (c.900 1200). St. Francis Xavier conducted missionary activity in the area (c.1545). It is also called Tinnevelly...
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