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A New History of the Cholas

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Sam Dalrymple
Jan 19, 2025
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The Temple of Rajendra Chola (image by Anirudh Kanisetti)

Although well known in India today, the Chola Empire remarkably unknown in Europe or the US. That is surprising because they created one of the craziest empires in world history.

To begin with, they were one of the few South Indian Empires to really go global, expanding their influence beyond the…

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