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The power and the prestige the Cholas had among political powers in South, Southeast, and East Asia at its peak is evident in their expeditions to the Ganges, naval raids on cities of the Srivijaya Empire on the island of Sumatra, and their repeated embassies to China. [3] The Chola fleet represented the peak of ancient Indian maritime capacity ...
At its height, it ruled over the Chola Empire, an expansive maritime empire. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka of the Maurya Empire. The Chola empire was at its peak and achieved imperialism under the Medieval Cholas in the mid-9th century CE.
English: This map shows the greatest extent of the Chola empire during 1030 under Rajendra Chola I: territories are shown in blue, and subordinates and areas of influence are shown in pink. The map is corrected to show are of influence and direct control in Sri Lanka. Correction was based on the work of Spencer, G. (1976).
The map is corrected to show areas of influence and direct control in Sri Lanka. Correction was based on the work of Spencer, G. (1976). The Politics of Plunder: The Cholas in Eleventh-Century Ceylon.
The Chola period was what you'd get if the Renaissance had happened in south India 300 years before its time. It is not a coincidence that Chola bronzes - especially Nataraja bronzes - can be ...
German Empire (4) – Europe, South America, [map] Asia, [map] Africa [map] Guna people (2) – North America, South America (the Guna people were living in what is now Northern Colombia and the Darién Province of Panama , including the Darién Gap (the border between North and South America), at the time of the Spanish invasion in the early ...
The Chola Empire at its greatest extent, during the reign of Rajendra Chola I in 1030 CE Section of Tabula Peutingeriana, the Roman map from 300 CE, depicting South Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka (Insula Taprobane) Names, routes and locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE) The Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu ...
At its height, it controlled 25% of the world’s landmass — geographically, the largest empire ever — and 412 million subjects or 23% of the world’s population.