Hi Friends, My knowledge on Cholas is very very limited hence I wholly depend upon you for enlightenment over the topic. I have no idea of the characters mentioned in this mail, hence can't comment on this. Mr VKR's mail was very surprising hence I want to know if someone is going to contest against this or otherwise those statements can be taken true by people like me who do not have enough knowledge to judge those statements.
Can we stick to the relevant portions. Felt the comment about one community and brammadeyas were uncalled for here.
Replying to yours - the tamil portion stops with saying imprisoned - wheres the eng ones says enslaved. there is a big difference between a prisoner and a slave. While on that topic, the life of royal lady is not without its pit falls - and this is not something unique to cholas. Guess this was one of the reasons for them to opt for the horrors of Sati. While i say this not to support the cholas, but if you would go and read inscriptions of Kullotunga after him vanquishing Pandyas etc - and similarly what was done by Sundara pandya to Chola is also well documented. there are many thalai konda - literally among them.
On the subject of RJC's hottur campaign - this is not an inscription of his, but an inscription from the aggrieved side. So it has be discounted.
It was war and wars are always ugly as there can only be one victor but both sides loose many. So i dont see the reason for this hatred against one side alone.