> > To the speculations that the SAME LANDS were removed from Thanjai to GKC > grants... we have to make sure whether same lands or Lands from Same > villages.. !! > > rgds / sps > > dear sps
A careful study of the inscription reveals that most of the lands and proceeds recorded in this inscriptions are also recorded in the Tanjavur inscriptions of Rajaraja as gifts to the great temple of Tanjavur. It is strange that most of the lands gifted to Tanjavur temple by Rajaraja should have been transferred to the temple of Gangaikondacholapuram by his son within twenty five years of the original gift.
If RJC has such a disregard to RRC and Tanjai, he would not built GKC lesser height than Tanjai. I think keeping the height of GKC below Tanjai RJC makes a point.
> in 1012 AD he makes RRC - YUVARAJA from Madhandanayakkan.. !! > This is because of the BITTER EXPERIENCE of declaring Adithakarikalan as Yuvaraja by Sundara in very early stage.
Hmm, Rjc made Rajadhiraja as co regent in 1018 ! and co ruled till 1044 !!
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uraiyur must have been a purely symbolic conquest. the cholas had long since stopped ruling from there ever since pallava times. or uraiyur being in the buffer area between GKC and madurai battles must have been fought there
Sorry to budge into unknown area If you read sections on history of cholas by n k sastry and tennatu porkalangal by. K n appathuri on RRC meikeerthy They give extensive interpretaitons on " kalamaruthu"
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On the same note, can someone come up with a reasonable explanation as to why - we do not have a single inscription of Rajendra in GKC? While the entire big temple is covered with those of him and his father - yes we do have Rjc inscriptions in the big temple - some cases the son inscribing on behalf of his father - but why he did not leave even one in ` his' temple
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What about the gopuram? I'm sure that the gopuram of the main temple in the capital city would have been completed; do we have any idea when it was demolished?
the author of this aricle notifies the inscriptions of Rajendraruling years3,6,10 and 19, available at BIG TEMPLE. The status of the inscriptions, is notmentioned whetherthey areRoyal orders or not.
i think this shows that Rjcneverignore Thanjai.
when I read the details about Somnath temple of Gujarat, i could notice some similarities between somnath and Big temple.
At somnath,acharya'swere aboutthousand more in number. the Dancers about Hundreds.Villagesgranted to thetemple aboutten thousand... around that time before its destruction By Ghazni, it was a people accumulating place at festive occasions, about lakhs in number.
Its comparably same in the deatails of Big temple.
After the destruction of Somnath,there was No,High Standard Temple Comparable with, Both Somnath and Big temple, until the Somnath re-built.
It could be said that, because of the unavailability of Somnath, the people ofnorthern zones may look at Big temple for their Pilgrimage or Templel visits.
so that, there is a possiblity of people crowded at Thanjai.
somnath was under the sway of Northern chalukyas, their capital was anahilwara.they possesed this city, even the Somnath was very prosperous.its notable, thatthe kings dont want to disturb thevisitors of Somnath.
I would like to say, the same thing was done by Rjc, by moving his Capital to GKC.
The royal People's movements,may disturb the peoplewhowere comefor Big Temple visit.
I feel, these are considerable with the Capital Shifting to Gkc.