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Topic: Cholas

A medieval Malayan king beat Cholas at their game. Almost created a superpower

+TFP Anirudh Kanisetti -
Not all invasions went from India/Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia. The Malayan rulers of Tambralinga tried to establish an empire across the seas.

KCR’s upgraded sound system for national stage & king-size serving of ‘Chola’ bhature

Dishha Bagchi -
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How Cholas, Mings dominated Indian Ocean before INS Vikrant

Anirudh Kanisetti -
The idea of dominating the Indian Ocean is not new. Naval interactions between South India and Sri Lanka date back to the 11th century.

‘Indians never invaded’ is a myth. Guptas, Cholas, Lalitaditya Muktapida were conquerors

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Rashtrakutas raided the Himalayas, Tamil Nadu; the Cholas Bengal, Indonesia; Kashmiris Punjab, Afghanistan, and Xinjiang. Medieval Indians had a big appetite for conquests.

Chola period wasn’t golden age of Tamils. Modern obsession with their glory is misplaced

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan is another attempt to reclaim the medieval Chola dynasty as icons of muscular nationalism.

Indian history without the Deccan is like European history minus France

Anirudh Kanisetti -
In ‘Lords of the Deccan’, Anirudh Kanisetti writes that India was not about Gupta empire and Mughal rule only.
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