The Chola dynasty was South India's greatest imperial power, whose bronze sculptures, Dravidian temple architecture at Thanjavur, and naval projection into Southeast Asia made them one of the most consequential dynasties in Asian history.
The Chola dynasty ended in 1279 CE when the last Chola king Rajendra Chola III was defeated by the Pandya king Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I, who had conquered Kannanur Kuppam in the same campaign; Chola territories were subsequently absorbed into the Pandya kingdom.
The atlas holds 7 border frames for Chola Dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 300 BC · 350 · 600 · 800 · 950 · 1050 · 1190.
Dehejia's Mellon Lectures on Chola sacred bronzes, an accessible window into the dynasty's art, temples and society from 855 to 1280.
By the foremost historian of the Cholas, this survey sets their imperial zenith, Dravidian architecture, and overseas naval projection in full South Indian context.
The most celebrated Tamil historical novel of the 20th century, dramatizing the rise of the Chola dynasty under Rajaraja Chola I; a direct, canonical era/place match.