History of India: ancient and medieval / Early medieval south India and the Deccan
Imperial Cholas: rulers and expansion
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Vijayalaya (850, Thanjavur), Aditya I, Parantaka I (Takkolam defeat by Rashtrakutas)
- Rajaraja I (Brihadisvara, Sri Lanka, navy) and Rajendra I (Gangaikondacholapuram, Srivijaya expedition, Kadaram)
- Kulottunga I, Chola-Chalukya union, decline before Pandyas and Hoysalas
- Chola maritime links with Srivijaya, China and the Arab world; merchant guilds Manigramam and Ainnurruvar