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CHOLA ADVENTURE Girls of India series

By Anu Kumar. London Puffin 2013 9780143332107

CHOLA DYNASTY

By NIL. Delhi Rudra Publishers 2015 9788193115589

LORDS OF EARTH AND SEA : History of the Chola Empire

By Anirudh Kanisetti. New Delhi Juggernaut Books 2025 , The great empire of the Cholas was unexpected. It sprouted out of the blue in the Kaveri floodplain around 850 CE. Till then, the region had for centuries been dotted by self-governing village assemblies. From here, the Cholas established a vast empire, the first – and only – time an empire based in coastal South India was the dominant power of the subcontinent: a perch usually occupied by the Deccan or northern India. The Cholas were as creative and imaginative as they were unexpected. They built stupendous temples – the tallest freestanding structures on earth after the pyramids of Egypt. Chola queens popularized new forms of gods and worship, such as the iconic Nataraja and the singing of Tamil poems to deities. And they were spectacularly daring, raiding not just the powerful Deccan and North India but also Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. For a dynasty that was so influential – and is so loved today – its actual historical achievements were surprisingly forgotten by the late nineteenth century, for they had faded into myth and legend. In this book, the award-winning historian Anirudh Kanisetti brings to life the world of the Cholas. Not just the world of kings and queens attended by generals and ‘service retinue’ women – but the stories of the ‘little people’, whose lives were buffeted by big events. What was life like on board a merchant vessel making its way from the Tamil coast to Southeast Asia and China? What kind of food was served at temples to devotees and to soldiers in times of war? What became of a landless peasant who murdered his brother in a fit of rage? Why did a noble woman commit sati holding a lemon over her head? Based on thousands of inscriptions and hundreds of secondary sources, this deeply researched book is not just a procession of dazzling kings and queens but also a portal that transports us to the peasant settlements of over a thousand years ago. In this book, Kanisetti crucially separates fact from fiction and tells us one of the most extraordinary stories in human history. 9789353455606

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CHOLA TIGERS : Avengers of Somnath

By Amish Tripathi. Haryana Harper Collins 2025 , The place will be of their choosing. The time will be of their choosing. But the Indians will have their vengeance. 1025 CE, India. Mahmud of Ghazni believes he has crushed the spirit of Bharat---the Shiva Linga at the Somnath temple lies shattered and thousands are dead. But among the ashes of destruction, an oath is taken. Five people---a Tamil warrior, a Gujarati merchant, a devotee of Lord Ayyappa, a scholar-emperor from Malwa, and the most powerful man on Earth, Emperor Rajendra Chola---resolve to undertake a perilous quest and strike at the heart of the invader's kingdom. From the grandeur of the Chola Empire to the shadows of Ghazni's bloodstained court, The Chola Tigers is the scintillating story of a fierce retaliation. A story of unity forged through pain, of courage born from despair, and of vengeance that becomes Dharma. 9789369896097

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CHALUKYA AND CHOLA KINGDOMS

By Manas Ojha. Greater Noida Edukeen Publisher 2022 , Chalukya and Chola Kingdoms by Manas Ojha is a historical study of the major medieval kingdoms of southern India, focusing on the Chalukya and Chola dynasties and their political, cultural, and economic developments. The book traces the historical span from early Iron Age southern polities to the rise and consolidation of the Chalukyas of Badami and the Cholas of Tamilakam, discussing their territorial expansions, administrative structures, trade, art, literature, and interactions with contemporaneous dynasties. It serves as a comprehensive resource for undergraduate history students and general readers interested in South Indian medieval history. 9789390379750

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