Author: Raghavan Srinivasan
Publisher: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9354582230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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When Rajaraja Chola ascended the throne, the land of Tamils entered upon centuries of grandeur. He left behind a stupendous legacy, which has not lost its sheen even after a thousand years. During his regime, we see powerful productive forces at work, newly liberated by the advances made in manufacturing and trade. Through interesting facts and riveting analyses, the reader can vividly experience the tumultuous developments of this perioud. It bring to life the social, political and economic underpinnings of that time - expansion of agriculture, rise of nagarams, maturing of self-governing corporate bodies, phenomenal increase in inland and overseas trade networks, and overall strengthening of the administrative and military apparatus, which would later bring South-east Asia under its influence. Equally important to the stability of the empire was the compelling iconography of Saivism, which this book presents in a sublime and engrossing style. Written by Raghavan Srinivasan, the author of Yugantar, this book recreates the history of a South Indian king and his imperial empire, in a form that would appeal to the academia and the wider public audience alike. "A rousing attempt at piecing together the lives and times of the Tamil country's most remarkable medieval personality, Rajaraja Chola, who despite the rich artistic legacy, plethora of inscriptions and maritime amnbtions, has remained an enigmatic figure." - SHARADA SRINIVASAM, Professor, School of Humanities, National Institute of Advanced Studies.
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Publisher: Amar Chitra Katha
ISBN: 8184822022
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Category : India, South
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Author: Diana Janet Joseph
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1946129240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 727
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Preethi lands in London on her very first on-site assignment – all set to embrace the new life, and to escape the demons of her past. But as her stars would demand, she comes face-to-face with the foes of her past, Vikram and Shiva, the very people she has been trying to run from. From then on starts the roller coaster ride, as the plot switches back and forth between the two months of her life in London, UK, and the four years of her glorious college days in Tirunelveli, India. A unique friendship, an intense romance and a complicated love triangle are sure to take the readers on an epic emotional journey.
Author: J. V. Jayakumar
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 9781647606930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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In the year 2030 AD, a black hole comes hurtling towards the Earth. Rajaraja Cholan, a former ruler of an ancient, powerful empire in India, learned of a prophecy that foretold the apocalypse. The prophecy declared that a black hole would come hurtling toward Earth at nearly the speed of light and that there was no hope for mankind to survive the event. Springing into action, the king declared that his son Rajendra Cholan would take the throne of the Chola Dynasty. He then enlisted the help of hundreds of the kingdom's most trusted people and undertook a 1000-year exile. During their exile, the king and his trusted subjects worked on building a spaceship beneath the Indian Ocean that could be the answer to the dynasty's survival of the fast-approaching black hole. With one millennium to prepare, the king and his men felt they must have a fighting chance at succeeding in their mission. Its the year 2030. The American president and other world leaders are meeting in the White House to rally their forces and the greatest minds in modern science searching for answers. Rajaraja, along with his most trusted advisor and guru Agasthiyar, makes their appearance in the war room to inform the contemporary world leaders of the provisions that have been created. As humanity prepares to flee Earth, a traitor attempts to kill Rajaraja. Unable to trust his friends, and with humanity's existence hanging in the balance, Rajaraja must stop the traitor before they can kill him and doom humanity to the black hole. Excellent blend of Tamil history and culture, Sci-fi, and end-of-the-world scenarios.
Author: Eugen Hultzsch
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Category : Inscriptions, Tamil
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Author: Hermann Kulke
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9812309373
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 363
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The expansion of the Cholas from their base in the Kaveri Delta saw this growing power subdue the kingdoms of southern India, as well as occupy Sri Lanka and the Maldives, by the early eleventh century. It was also during this period that the Cholas initiated links with Song China. Concurrently, the Southeast Asian polity of Sriwijaya had, through its Sumatran and Malayan ports, come to occupy a key position in East-West maritime trade, requiring engagement with both Song China to the north and the Chola kingdom to its west. The apparently friendly relations pursued were, however, to be disrupted in 1025 by Chola naval expeditions against fourteen key port cities in Southeast Asia. This volume examines the background, course and effects of these expeditions, as well as the regional context of the events. It brings to light many aspects of this key period in Asian history. Unprecedented in the degree of detail assigned to the story of the Chola expeditions, this volume is also unique in that it includes translations of the contemporary Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions relating to Southeast Asia and of the Song dynasty Chinese texts relating to the Chola Kingdom.
Author: Rukmini Varma
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1642493945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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The sharp eye of Neelakantan Bhattathiripad noted the young Ravi Varma tracing lines on the sand. His son was a strange child in his opinion but he refrained from voicing it. “What would this son of his become, the scion of this strange race,” he wondered? “Always, always drawing and sketching things — was there a future in this?” His wife, Umamba Bayi indulged him too much. All this fanciful sketching, it was a dreamer’s life, thought Neelakantan. From his father, Ravi Varma learned to discipline his thoughts, from his mother the pictorial rhythms of poetry and music, and from his uncle, Raja Raja Varma, the way to express it all in concrete visual form, as he was doing on the sand. As an artist who not only keeps alive Raja Ravi Varma’s legacy, but is also his direct descendant, Rukmini Varma is a remarkable source of stories, anecdotes, and the most fascinating details about this legendary Indian painter, viewing him not only as her ancestor but also as a creative force who opened a whole new chapter in India’s artistic tradition. Rukmini Varma o?ers to unravel the story of Ravi Varma and all that made him the person he was, from a perspective that is both new but also intimate and deeply personal - a combination that is especially inviting.” - Manu S. Pillai Author, The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore
Author: P. S. Sriraman
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Category : Art, Chola
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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"This work is a comprehensive photographic documentation of the murals of Chola period of the eleventh century discovered in the dim passage around the sanctum of the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur, Tamilnadu in 1931"--Provided by publisher.
Author: George Michell
Publisher: Marg Publications
ISBN: 9789380581019
Category : Architecture, Chola
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The book is a millennial commemorative volume on the Shiva Temple at Thanjavur, a world heritage site built by the Chola King, Rajaraja I.
