during my last visit i motivated Archealogy students at egmore to compile entire cholas inscriptions area wise aviliable so far.
Mr.ramjee, Mr.Annamalai of Arialur allready started their work. if PS Group want to support them , i am gald to give their phone numbers to them sir.
Dr.Vasanthi,Dr.MaximGandhi,Dr.Sampath,,Dr.Vasanthi kalyani,Dr.Srikumar(all from State Achalogy),Dr.Sunderajan (museum),Dr.Mageswaran,Mr.Pandurangan of Tholudur, senthil natarajan of nagarkovil,Muthusamy (Tharangampadi),Dr.Arangasami(Gopi),palladam manikkam , Dr.Thangamani (Karur),Dr.Thiagarjan (Ariyalur),R.Balakrishanan IAS,Poet Arivumathi,Dr.padmanaban (Nagarkovil),Dr.vedachalam(Madurai),Dr.Tulasi Brinda(Krishnagiri) Dr.B.Venkatraman IAS,Palankasu sreenivasan (Thiruchi),S.ramachandran,Veeraragavan(Villupuram),Venkatesan (Villianur-Pondicheery) and anbushiva (Tanjore university)are contacted for this work.
Actually this work started by me as a part of kalinga tamil relations (Choda ganga Dynasty)Period started from 950 to 1430 AD.
Need suggestions for more contact persons in this regard. allready having detail members list of tamilnadu archalogical soceity , Tamilnadu History congress,INTACH in this regard
The Medieval Cholas were a very powerful Tamil ruling dynasty of Tamil Nadu, who conquered vast territories in the Indian mainland, and 'near overseas' in the west and south of India, and 'far overseas' in South-East Asia at the time of their supreme power and greatness around A.D.1025.
The first Prime Minister of India - Late Hon'Jawarhalal Nehru had clearly acknowledged the - greatness of the Medieval Cholas in Indian History - and has stated in his book titled "Glimpses of India" that - Cholas were the only royal dynasty in the Indian History who crossed seas and conquered "far distant lands".
Measuring their greatness achieved in all fields, a non-Tamil Historian correctly and justifiably referred to them in his book titled 'Currents of South-East Asian History' as "....kings of World stature...".
For those who wish to know briefly on the Medieval Cholas of Tamil Nadu, I append below some informations which I trust will be of much interest to them.
The Cholas {Cholar} of the Medieval Period (A.D.848 - A.D.1279)
(1) Vijayalya Cholan : A.D.848-881- His parentage is still not clear from evidences. Capital city - Palaiyarai and later at Thanjavur
(2) Athiththa Cholan : A.D.871-907 - Son of (1) Capital city - Thanjavur
(3) Paranthaha Cholan - 1 : A.D.907-955 - Son of (2) Capital city - Thanjavur Seaport city - Nagapattinam Over Seas War Expedition to - Sri Lanka
(4) Kandarathiththa Cholan : A.D.950-957 - Second Son of (3) Capital city - Thanjavur Seaport city - Nagapattinam
(5) Arinchchaya Cholan : A.D.956-957 - Third Son of (3) Capital city - Thanjavur Seaport city - Nagapattinam
(6) Paranthaha Cholan - 2 (Sundera Cholan) : A.D.957-970 - Son of (5) Capital city - Thanjavur Seaport city - Nagapattinam Overseas War expedition to Sri Lanka
(7) Uththama Cholan : A.D.973-985 - Son of (4) Capital city - Thanjavur Sea city - Nagapattinam
(8) Rajaraja Cholan - 1 : A.D.985-1014 - Son of (6) Capital city - Thanjavur Sea-port City - Nagapattinam Over Seas War Expeditions to - Sri Lanka & Maldive Islands. Over Seas Political Relations with - China
(9) Rajendra Cholan - 1: A.D.1012-1044 - Son of (8) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
Mainland War Expeditions up to - River Ganges in north India including present Bangaladesh.
Over Seas War Expeditions to - Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Laccadive Islands (west of Kerala), Nicobar Islands (present Andaman & Nicobar Islands), lower Burma, lower Thailand, many regions in Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra of Indonesia & Laos onbehlf of the Cambodian king.
Over Seas Political Relations with - Cambodia, & China.
(10) Rajadhiraja Cholan - 1: A.D.1018-1054 - Eldest Son of (9) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam Over Seas War Expeditions to - Sri Lanka
(11) Rajendra Chola - 2 : A.D.1051-1063 - Second Son of (9) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam Over Seas War Expeditions to - Sri Lanka
(12) Virarajendra Cholan : A.D.1063-1070 - Son of (9) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
Over Seas War Expeditions to - Sri Lanka. Expedition to lower Burma, Kedah region in Malaysia, some regions in Sumatra & Java of Indonesia, and the region of Taoist China near Canton lead by his nephew Kulothunga (14) "during his youthfull days on behalf of his uncle (the mother's brother) Virarajendra Chola".
(13) Athirajendra Cholan : A.D.1067-1070 - Son of (12) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
(14) Kulothunga Cholan - 1 : A.D.1070-1120 - Son of the Sister of (10), (11), & (12) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam Over Seas War Expeditions to - Sri Lanka.
(15) Vikkrama Cholan : A.D.1118-1135 - Son of (14) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
(16) Kulothunga Cholan - 2 : A.D.1133-1150 - Son of (15) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
(17) Rajaraja Cholan - 2 : A.D.1146-1163 - Son of (16) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram later at Palaiyarai renamed as Rajarajapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
(18) Rajadiraja Cholan - 2 : A.D.1163-1178 - Grand Son of (15)& a cousin brother of (17) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam Over Seas War Expeditions to - Sri Lanka
(19) Kulothunga Cholan - 3 : A.D.1178-1218 - Son of (17) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
(20) Rajaraja Cholan - 3 : A.D.1216-1256 - Son of (19) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
(21) Rajendra Cholan - 3 : A.D.1246-1279 - Son of (20) Capital city - Gangaikonda Cholapuram Sea-port City - Nagapattinam
also check this ebook..pages 53 n 54, mention of the king of myanmar, anawratha supporting king vijayabahu of srilanka financially to fight the cholas...
the lowly postman in the british ndia had sucha protection you know. if you obstruct him you were obstructing the emperors job assaulting a postman was treated as treason. both kalki and tagore used the postman or postmaster charecters. subconciously they were the link to the outside world- the umblical cord.
kalki had more to like postmen. when kalkis father dies they were nearly on the stage of penury. it was a neighbour ayyasaamy iyer who served as the village postman who helped the family. ayyasamy also brought into kalki the love of books and helped the young fatherless boy realise that with writing he could assume a giant like proportion( kalki was very dimunitive in size) it was also ayyasamy who nicknamed the boy agasthiyar which kalki used as a pen name later. a charecter resembling ayyasamy comes in the short story vishamarunthu.
venketesh
these are posts of > virarajendra in the hub mentioned earlier.. > > check below on evolution of myanmar script.. > > http://www.myanmarnlp.net.mm/doc/ 1994_history_of_myanmar_alphabet.pdf > > also check this ebook..pages 53 n 54, mention of the king of > myanmar, anawratha supporting king vijayabahu of srilanka > financially to fight the cholas... > > http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bud-myanmar.pdf > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sivaram Kannan"
Only AthiRajendra 's period of kingship was little doubt - and during his period he has made Kanchipuram as alternative capital because of Chalukya's influence over him. KNS says he might have ruled for some months.Pazhayaarai was called as 'Mudikonda Cholapuram during his time.
Even Kulottunga-1 too during his initial period of Kingship, Kanchipuram was second capital, as he wanted a central point.
Vikraman too had alternative capitals at Thillai and Pazhayaarai. He stayed more in Thillai.
Very good starting for compiling Chola History. Dhivakar