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  2. Chola Empire - Wikipedia

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    Under Rajaraja I and Rajendra I, the Chola Empire reach its Imperial state. [15] At its peak, the empire stretched from the northern parts of Sri Lanka northwards to the Godavari–Krishna river basin, up to the Konkan coast in Bhatkal, the entire Malabar Coast (the Chea country) in addition to Lakshadweep and the Maldives islands. Rajaraja ...

  3. Chola dynasty - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Middle kingdoms of India - Wikipedia

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    Chola Empire under Rajendra Chola c. 1030 CE. By the 9th century, under Rajaraja Chola and his son Rajendra Chola, the Cholas rose as a notable power in south Asia. The Chola Empire stretched as far as Bengal. At its peak, the empire spanned almost 3,600,000 km 2 (1,389,968 sq mi).

  5. Temples, treasures and trade: The astonishing legacy of India ...

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    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 ...

  6. Early Cholas - Wikipedia

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    Periplus is a work by an anonymous Alexandrian merchant, written in the time of Domitian (81–96 CE) and contains precious information of the Chola country. Writing half a century later, the geographer Ptolemy has more to tell us about the Chola country, its port and its inland cities. [8]

  7. History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    At its peak, the Chola Empire stretched from the island of Sri Lanka in the south to the Godavari basin in the north. [27] The kingdoms along the east coast of India up to the river Ganges acknowledged Chola suzerainty. [28] Chola navies invaded and conquered Srivijaya and Srivijaya was the largest empire in Maritime Southeast Asia. [29]

  8. Rajendra II - Wikipedia

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    When he acceded the throne, the Chola Empire was at its peak stretching from Southern India to Vengai to parts of Southeast Asia. Rajendra had maintained the territories of his predecessor. During his reign, the Chola Empire was prosperous and had a large influence in trade throughout the Indian Ocean.

  9. 11 Richest Empires in Ancient History - AOL

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    Roman Empire. In the time of antiquity, wealth was measured in the amount of land an empire controlled and the number of people it ruled. ... ruled 49.4 million subjects at its peak in 480 B.C ...