| We left as the sun was drifting into the western horizon and headed towards Chola country. |
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| Perhaps only those who have seen the untouched splendour of a Chola temple can truly comprehend the damage done to the temples of the north. |
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| On the list are 16 and 17th century Chola temples as well as an old dargah and a church. |
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| Christie's had an auction offering a number of Asian collectibles, including an important bronze group of Shiva and Parvati from the Chola dynasty. |
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| In AD 993, the invasion of Chola emperor Rajaraja I forced the then Sri Lankan ruler Mahinda V to flee to the southern part of Sri Lanka. |
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| Many of the surviving examples of the Hindu cultural influence found today throughout Southeast Asia are the result of the Chola expeditions. |
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| In all of these spheres, the Chola period marked the culmination of movements that had begun in an earlier age under the Pallavas. |
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| The Chola dynasty conquered southern India and successfully invaded parts of Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bengal in the 11th century. |
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| The Chola dynasty of medieval India was a dominant seapower in the Indian Ocean, an avid maritime trader and diplomatic entity with Song China. |
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| Rajaraja Chola I of the Chola Dynasty in South India built the world's first temple entirely of granite in the 11th century AD in Tanjore, India. |
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| The next invasion came immediately in 205 BC by a Chola king named Elara, who overthrew Asela and ruled the country for 44 years. |
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