The Chola Empire At Its Peak | The World 1000 Years Ago

[@euroschmau]

I was fortunate to travel the length of Tamil Nadu, seeing all the great temples along the way. The three Great Chola temples are extraordinary architectural marvels, of such majesty that they can rival medieval French cathedrals. Aside from these royal medieval temple complexes, there are several ancient temples that are old as the oldest myths and legends of South India. Most prominent of these are the temple at Srirangam and the famous Madurai Temple. People have been worshipping at these sites for time immemorial, and the inner sanctums are truly unique spaces to visit. A trip across South India is a must for travelers seeking to gain knowledge of lesser-known great civilizations.

[@dnesh3021]

Thanks for this video brother. As a proud Tamil, I'm really grateful Chola empire existed and flourished. Watching from Malaysia.

[@studiumhistoriae]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's important to me that people learn about all different cultures and peoples in history, not just the ones they are most familiar with. I hope my pronunciations weren't too bad!

[@manjunathmnm]

​@@studiumhistoriaeVery detailed description.. I wonder from which country you are from as a South Indian..

[@studiumhistoriae]

@@manjunathmnm I myself am from Canada. I don't have any connections to India, just a desire to learn about and share knowledge about the whole world.

[@Eelamtruth]

You need to go learn some grammar and Lankan history. Tamil is a language and that too a Lankan one, NOT a nationality.

[@FromPlanetZX]

it's Chola Kingdom/Empire not civilization.

[@perambu3441]

Rajahnate of Cebu : The Last Chola(Tamil Nadu, India) Chola Expedition Philippines: In the 14th century,Sri Lumay, a descendant of the Tamil king Raja Raja Chola, was sent to Cebu (Philippines) to prepare a base for the expeditionary forces of the Sumatra Cholas (Indonesia), but instead he established the Rajahanate of Cebu on the island. In April 27, 1521 in the "Battle of Mactan" chieftain "Lapu-Lapu(Cilapulapu)" and his warriors defeated Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and delayed the Spanish occupation. The Rajahnate itself folded in 1565 when the last King, Sri Tupas or Felipe Tupas, cousin of Rajah Humabon was defeated by another Spanish navigator, Miguel López de Legazpi’s soldiers in April 27, 1565 and subsequently signed the Treaty of Cebu, heralding the end of the Great Cholas, one of the longest ruling dynasties in the world(200BC - 1565AD).

[@bdoon51]

Magellan no tiiene a ejercito

[@bdoon51]

Mi hermana chola

[@Low_fee.6937]

There was no cholas in 14 th century. The dynasty went extinct in 1200s

[@perambu3441]

@@Low_fee.6937 Cholas dynasty is one of the longest ruling dynasties in the world ruled between 200BC to 1565AD(1765 years). It started during the reign of Manu Needhi Chola(Ellalan, Elara) in the 2nd century BC Tamil Nadu and ended during the reign of Sri Lumay Chola a descendants of Raja Raja Chola period in the 15th century AD Philippines.

[@theicon2132]

​@@perambu3441 Even before ellalan There were ilamchetcenni, karikalan, musukundan, kulakottan, thunji erintha thoditot sembian etc...

[@Indispania]

Great video! India is a fascinating country with a fascinating history

[@debodatta7398]

7:45 no credible source for slavery in pre-islamic India exists especially in South India. They were lower castes but they were still not slaves and had their own families, houses and temples. Calling them slaves would be like calling Medieval serfs slaves though even Serfdom is more brutal a practice than any practiced in Tamil Nadu.

[@karanmungra5630]

serfdom or casteism are types of slavery, where you can't ever dream of getting anything more than your masters (zamindaar or your lords) allow you to have. Especially considering neither of them were allowed to buy any lands, and can only marry with the permission of their masters. So you see their life were no better than slaves, they lived for their masters pleasures and nothing more.

[@ashugowda5284]

Very good compilation on Cholas... Thanks... You can also explore and present more on the Hoysalas and Vijayanagara Empire of South India which had a huge influence in the region in the growth of finearts and literature

[@vijayvijay4123]

Cholas conquered almost the entire South East Asia and defeated Indian kings of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Bengal,Orissa, Karnataka Andhra Pradesh . No Indian dynasty can be compared to them Jai Hind 🙏🏼

[@vanisridhar5509]

@@vijayvijay4123 Bro every kings are important for the culture that we have today. So we no need to compare anyone. Indian kings fought with each other. But they had marriage relationship too.

[@anirudh177]

@@vijayvijay4123 No they did not, they controlled parts of sumatra and Java, some Malay peninsula, Pegu etc, they vere raids and ekpeditions to other parts of southeast asia though.

[@vijayvijay4123]

@@anirudh177 how do you explain Angkor wat? Where do you think Muay Thai originated from? Even the traditional Thai dance of the ladies looks like classical Indian dances

[@anirudh177]

@@vijayvijay4123 Angkor Wat has nothing to do with the Cholas lmao, the Khmer Empire of Cambodia built them, they were never conquered by the Cholas. Muay Thai originates from Bokator, which developed as a mix of local fighting styles and Indian musti-yuddha. Not sure how any of this proves that the Cholas conquered all of Southeast Asia? This is cultural stuff, not politics or war stuff 🤨. The Cholas never bothered to attack mainland South East Asia because they didn't have any incentive or motive to do so, why should they waste resources to invade the mainland? And the Khmer Empire was an ally of the Cholas, why would they conquer a friendly kingdom? Cholas conquered only Sumatra and Java, putting Sumatra under direct control and Java and other ports and coastal areas of Islands in SE Asia under vassal kings.

[@TriBgarage]

Another very interesting video, keep them up.

[@raghuls1515]

👑Cholas in a nutshell during their peak in 11th century They were the Greatest empire of its time Had the Greatest emperors of its time Posses Largest gdp of its time Had the Most powerful navy of its time Has Greatest architecture of its time. 🌊The kings of indian ocean🌊 Raja Raja chola the great was one of the greatest ruler ever. Rajendra chola the great was one of the greatest commander ever.

[@albertgallanosa8600]

Probably also the Cholas influence on Indonesia , Malaysia and the Philippines were tributary States when the created their Sri-Vijay’s and Madjapahit empire’s , India had more influence on that region back then than China

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@raghuls1515]

@@tiadanama4512 😂 to get access to song goods u guys wrote something that never happened & result is srivijaya ended by cholas in 1025 ce..kulothunga chola embassy to china clearly states srivijaya was a vassal of cholas..

[@tiadanama4512]

@@raghuls1515 Nope. Chinese sources only made it clear that chola under puppet king kulothunga was a vassal of srivijaya. Noboru Karashima : Song huiyao was the most important source material which gave information to the compiler of Songshi, and in its lidai chaogong section, which records the arrival of envoys from foreign countries, the status of Di-hua-jia-luo is described as fanwang, a foreign king or ruler of Zhu-nian, thus distinguishing him from the king of Zhu-nian. Rajendra I, in contrast, is described as the king of Zhu-nian in the same section

[@raghuls1515]

@@tiadanama4512 throughout the history only india influence south east asia not vice versa..so it is very clear from the repeated embassies of cholas to china..from the multiple expedition of cholas to surpass the rebellion in south east asia to the khmers relations with the cholas..the srivijayan king was captured and prisoned ..clearly says that srivijaya played a useless role in sending wrong info to the song court about the cholas ..cholas dominated the indian ocean region for nearly a century..

[@karikalan8830]

Always Cholas gets spotlight.! Talk about Pandyas, Cheras too, Pandyas were empires even 1000 year before Cholas.

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@karikalan8830]

@@tiadanama4512 why are you replying the same to everyone, this has nothing to do with my comment still Sri vijaya was under Chola influence too

[@tiadanama4512]

@@karikalan8830 how about showing solid evidence of your so called chola influence?

[@NarasimhaDiyasena]

Pandya is good. Strong relations with the Sinhalese Kingdoms, resulting in a diffusion occurring of Tamil Hindu-Buddhism. Pandyans did a lot of pioneering in that area. I believe the Pandyans were the correct zenith for the Tamils- confined to their own land for the most part and focusing on themselves. No Rabban Dynasty financed Chola Empire being used as a Pitbull to reshape the world like the the Rothschilds would later do with Britian and now America.

[@SmilingBackgammon-tz3rb]

sinhalese spotted aka telungan.as usual telungans do not have original identity.

[@Ironized_07]

வெறிமலர்த் தீர்த்தத் தெறிபுனற் கங்கையும் அலைகடல் நடுவுட் பலகலஞ் செலுத்திச் சங்கிராம விசையோத் துங்க வர்ம னாகிய கடாரம் கொண்டான்! ராஜகேசரி வர்மனான பேரரசன் ராஜ ராஜ சோழனின் மகன்! மும்முடிச் சோழனின் களிறு! கோப்பரகேசரி மாமன்னன் ராஜேந்திர சோழன் 💪⚔️🔥 RAJENDRA THE GREAT

[@_natureisgod]

India not only British and mughals..... Its 5000 year's history ❤💪🇮🇳

[@Ak-qq2le]

And definitely not Aryans and other iranic people.😂

[@Worldcitizen7777]

​@@Ak-qq2leno its of Aryans you are african migrant

[@sandyqbg]

@_natureisgod Or just Guptas and Mauryas either, who also get a lot of attention for how ancient they are and how limited the source material on them is. It is good to see that South and North East Indian states like the Cholas, Chalukyas, Ahoms, Rashtrakutas, Pandyas and Vijayanagar get attention. Even the Bahmanis and the Deccan sultanates also get scant attention, despite being contemporary to the Mughals. The problem is that the general narrative is that the history and culture of the Indo Gangetic plain is the history and culture of India.

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@aum-nama-sivaya]

It is way older than 5000. Aryans are not people. ARYA is a Sanskrit word for "noble" person such as Kings.

[@mreddy5437]

Having come fro this part of India and visited those magnificent temples still standing 1000 years later, i can say that there is a lot more to be learnt about all the three empires of south india ( Chera, Chola and Pandya) i am happy to see such a well researched view of cholas in this short video. I hope you can do something on Pandya considered to be the longest reigning empire in history. Great job ❤

[@jinkiskhan1967]

very well presented, hope your channel grows because a lot of the pop history channels present sources authoritatively

[@arvindtca3063]

Nice inteoduction to the Cholas... a lot of the modern impression about the Cholas is due to the Tamil Author Kalki's Novel Ponni yin Selvan ( Son of the Golden River) about the early years of Raja Raja and the murder of his elder brother...

[@qboxer]

Great video on an otherwise obscure topic for most Occidentals. Cheers.

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@theeye5844]

@@tiadanama4512 no way a dog faced malays attacked chola. It might be in your dream. It's the Cholas that attacked and punished and disciplined the malays.

[@wanderer9593]

First of all: Thank you for taking interest. India is very diverse and should be discussed in details, in parts. I see nearly all foreigners mention our history as Indian history and that lead them back just till British or mughal empire. This is our history. It is diversed than entire Europe; geographically, ethnically, culturally and yet united in all aspects. Shame is our school text books also mention this part of history as "ancient history" and winded it up in 2-3 pages. Just take an example of Chola dynasty.. they ruled for around 1500 years. (Yeah. Not 150 like Britishers) . It's not a joke and surely not to ignore. Temples they built 1000 years ago are still standing tall and worshipping is practiced in them. There are many more who contributed to this Indian land and should be studied. Thank you again. ❤

[@manuelgegundez6154]

Great video, found it by searching info about the cholas, great job and you got a new suscriber

[@perambu3441]

It is not enough to use merchant ships to wage war on a country. Over 1,000 warships and more than a million soldiers, the Chola navy established supremacy over the Bay of Bengal, earning it the ancient moniker ‘Chola Lake.’ Notably, women were also part of their naval forces, actively participating in battles. The Chola navy comprised four primary divisions: Dharani, akin to modern destroyers; Lula, comparable to small warships; Vajra, capable of swift attacks like modern warships; and Thirisdai, formidable warships armed with devastating weapons.

[@GowthamV07]

nice

[@karanmungra5630]

yeah go on and make your own history for your own happiness

[@rolloxra670]

Having India united today would be the equivalent of having Europe united as a single country

[@Anshulhe]

But India was United like under Mauryas, guptas, mughals, nandas and despite being many kingdoms their is sense of civilisation of Hindu culture, Sanskrit and history

[@dv9239]

​@@Anshulhethere is a sense of civilization in Europe too since the Roman times

[@Anshulhe]

@@dv9239 Not true Roman Empire was not following same religion and culture, they're very different, one is civilized like greeks and Rome and others are barbarians like UK, France and Germany. In fact barbarians are considered as slaves by Romans. Only after Roman colonisation west Europe got civilisation and it's not all of Europe only west and south Europe.

[@dv9239]

@@Anshulhe After Rome adopted Christianity Every empire even after the fall of Roman Empire wanted to be the successor Like the holy Roman Empire in German lands and the eastern Roman Empire

[@raghuls1515]

​@@Anshulhe no empire had fully conquered india

[@ShilpaNav]

வாழ்க தமிழ் 🔥

[@venkatspeaks2121]

It is a well compiled video. Congratulations to you . Descendant of the Cholas feom Thanjavur.

[@anandawijesinghe6298]

Parts of Northern SL was indeed invaded and occupied by Tamils for very brief periods of time. Furthermore, the Chola kingdom itself was invaded and occupied by Sri Lankan Sinhalese kings for brief periods of time. Nevertheless, neither the Sinhalese in South India, nor the Tamils in Sri Lanka, succeded in establishing long standing kingdoms in the each other's territory, or changing the ethnic or religious composition in a substantial and permanent way. Sri Lanka's largely Sinhalese Buddhist people have a long independent history. They are descended from Indo-Aryan peoples of North India and speak the Sinhala language, which is derived from Sanskrit/Prakrit and is closely related to modern Hindi. In contrast, Tamils are Hindu Dravidians from South India. Over 2,000 years, Sinhalese have allied themselves with other Dravidian peoples (eg. people of Kerala and Pandya) and other South East Asians to defend themselves against the Cholas.

[@Lord.Dakshinamurthy]

👁️🔱

[@VolcardoReviewer]

No Sinhalese dog ruled Tamil Nadu. And the only reason the Chola’s couldn’t hold onto Sri Lanka longer was because the Pandyas (a South Tamil Nadu Tamil Kingdom) allied with the Sinhalese and so the Chola’s couldn’t fight a two pronged war for that long.

[@akash-dk-01]

@@VolcardoReviewer agreed, cholas will destroyed the Sinhalese if pandiyas not joined in the alliance.

[@rajdmohan]

Go First worry about having an economy that guarantees you a dignified living rather than passively degrading others in a content that is not related to you.

[@abhinayfinearts]

Thank you for this video.

[@studiumhistoriae]

Thank you for watching!

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@theeye5844]

@@tiadanama4512 no way a dog faced malays attacked chola. It might be in your dream. It's the Cholas that attacked and punished and disciplined the malays.

[@subramaniansankarakumaran8697]

In anticipation of unbiased historical narrative I am eagerly looking forward more videos that delve into the intricate history of Southern India 👍

[@asokt4931]

One comment I do have and I have seen this a lot is India as a country or concept or identity came out in the 20th century. There were considerable efforts India took to built this identity of one nation and one people. The framing of the subcontinent’s history by defining as ancient India may not appropriately capture the regions diversity and civilization. But this is simply a trend I have seen. Thank you for the video!

[@ashok755]

Concise presentation! One minor comment. "Ch" in Chola is pronounced like the "Ch" in the word change, not the "ch" as in the word chagrin. Thanks again!

[@marjanbakunin]

Ojala vuelvas con mas historias sobre India (El imperio Mogol!). También seria una maravilla un video sobre el Sudeste Asiático. El reino Khmer!

[@thedominion6643]

South India in this period was much more tolerant of Buddhism than the north. Tamil monks like Bodhisena helped propagate Buddhism in countries as far east as Japan.

[@phoenixj1299]

Wrong. First of all Buddhism was spread by North Indian Ashoka, Kushanas etc.

[@ChannaJayawardhana-h1o]

​@@phoenixj1299yes, if south indians respected buddhism that much why they constantly destroyed buddhist structures in sri lanka..

[@hemanthathirumaran7654]

@@ChannaJayawardhana-h1o Not all of them. Also don't forget that a lot of the so-called Sinhalese Buddhists including a lot of Sinhalese Kings are in fact descendants of South Indians. The Kotte Kingdom for example was founded by the Alagakkonara family who were of South Indian Tamil descent. There has been a deliberate attempt by present day Sinhalese historians to portray themselves as descendants of North Indians despite their customs and cuisines showing more similarity with South Indians.

[@ChannaJayawardhana-h1o]

@@hemanthathirumaran7654 there is no doubt that sinhalese r north indian decendents.. u r confused about the origin and later influence.. after 1500 years the first mixed sinhalese royal was born and after that mixed or south indian decendents ruled the country but as sinhalese.. but in that too pure royal families existed.. many tamil nationalists forgot about this past so they constantly make false origins of sinhalese.. Because of these mixing last kingdoms of sinhalese got many south indians customs like south indian governing systems and names.. these are not some recent dishes like appam or puttu which were introduced to lanka by indian tamils or malayalese who came to work here in British era.. Sinhalese r originally aryan and still do carry some aryan fetures but with different amounts.. up country sinhalese who r from the interior of the country looks north indian due to less or no mixing while low country or the coastal sinhalese looks almost tamil.. this is because south indians mixing with southern sinhalese in colonial era mainly.. this is the recent why some studies have shown how modern indian tamil dna is in sinhalese.. if they r tamils by origin then why modern indian tamil dna in em..?

[@e_jskeg9229]

Oh so tolerant that not much buddhist survived after that 😂😂.

[@mithankumarbs672]

Kannada rulers outside Karnataka Outside of Karnataka, Kannadiga rulers throughout India cultivated a fragmented regional culture. Historians such as D.C. Sarkar as far back as 1959 have bemoaned the inexcusable ignorance of the Kannadigas in this regard.' The Badami Chalukyas who were established in the Sixth century have not only occupied an important place in the history of India but they spread all over India, there has been no study about the 'Kannadiga culture' which was expanded by many Kannada royal families including them (*There is ample evidence to prove that, for several centuries from the foundation of the Chalukya House of Badami in the sixth century A.D., the Kannadigas were not merely one of the most important peoples on the stage of Indian history, but they actually spread over wide areas of India. However, neither the characteristics of the Kannadiga culture nor its impact on the areas outside Karnataka have so far been studied. The world of scholars will be grateful to the Karnatak University if it is successful in initiating studies in this interesting subject."). Kannada dynasties that ruled outside India are as follows: Kalinga East Ganga (5th century), the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi in Andhra (6th century) (probably also the Kadambars of Kalinga), the Palas of Bengal and Bihar (8th century AD) are mentioned in records of Karnatas (Karnataka soldiers). Matrimonial relationship between Palars and Rashtrakutas. This may be due to the fact that the soldiers of Bengal (11th century) were of Karnataka origin. And the Sena dynasty called "Karnata" as a result of the conquest of Eastern India by Somesvara, the first Chalukya, and his son Vikramaditya, the sixth. The progenitor of that dynasty is called Samanta Sena (c. 1050) in his records as 'Dakshinatya', his grandson Vijayasena (c. 1095) as 'Brahmakshatriya' or 'Karnata Kshatriya'. His descendant was Ballala Sena (12th century AD). They were Kshatriyas of the lunar lineage. (The "Karnatars" of Nepal are of Sura lineage). His son wanted to bow to the Turkish Muslims. A mound called "Ballal Deeb" is recorded near the Sena capital Nabodwipa (Navadwipa) (Ballal-Kannada personal name. deeb=mound). *Rashtrakuta dynasties are seen in many parts of India. The Rashtrakutas of Karnataka (8-10 centuries) conquered up to Kanyakumari and attacked Ceylon as well. Their jurisdiction included the entire South Western part of present day Maharashtra. Chaulukkaras of Gujarat (10th-13th c.) Originally Chalukkas of Karnataka Chaulukkaras of Gujarat (12th c.) or Queen Nayaki Devi of the Solankis was the daughter of the Kannada ruler Kadamba Permadeva of Gove. (Permanadi was the daughter son of Vikramaditya, ruler of Goa), defeated Ghori Mahmud, who had invaded her Chaulukya kingdom as a widow, in 1178, and received the title of "conqueror of youth" from Prithviraja Chauhan of Delhi. Among them is the name "Barappa". Even today there are people with the surname "Solanki" in Gujarati. (The word 'Solanki' is a cognate of the word 'Chalukya'.) The Yadavas of Devagiri were Kannada rulers. Rashtrakutas of Manpura 499-7 CE), Rashtrakutas of Birar (7 CE), Rashtrakutas of Orissa (11-12 CE) were Kannadigas. Rashtrakutas ruled Madhya Pradesh (760-865). Rashtrakutas of Kanoji are the same (11-12 CE). In their 12-13th century inscriptions, during the reign of Lakhan Pala, a Gauda Shaivaguru named "Ishanashiva" built a Shiva temple at "Sinhapalli" in Haryana (palli-palli. This is a Dravidian word. Rathodas (Rashads) ruled in Rajasthan. ) Rashtrakutare 13-14th centuries) Karnataka is the origin of the system of indicating the administrative divisions by the number of villages in Hestikundi, Dhanop, Malavas (see also the Karnataka kings of Banavasi 12000). It is significant that the administrative units were indicated by the number of villages, 'Gramapati' was the revenue collector of one village, 'Dashagramika' was the revenue collector of ten villages, 'Sahasra gramapati' was the revenue officer of a thousand villages. (Sinha : Mithila under the Karnatas, P. 136-7.) The islands were also influenced by Karnataka. The Brahmi script at the head of the inscriptions there is a script of the Kadambara period. The influence of Karnataka is the reason why the year "Saka" is indicated in seven eighth-century records of Indo-Chinese Indonesia. (The Pallavas did not use the 'Saka' year: the Badami Chalukyas used it from the 6th century onwards. It was the Karnataka influence that introduced the decimal system numbers there. (I am grateful to DC Sarkar's article for the above information). Even the Senas who ruled in Himachal Pradesh (12-13 AD) were of Sena lineage from Bengal (meaning their origin was Karnataka). Lakshmana Sena of Bengal was the last Hindu ruler of that region. His descendant Rupsen went to Punjab and ruled there; His son Birsena went to Suket in Himachal Pradesh (1233 AD) and built a kingdom there. It was merged with India after India's independence. Raja Ashokpal Sen, Thikka Umeshwar Singh, the descendants of those Sens, are still living in the palace of the town called Mandi. Needless to say, he is originally from Karnataka.' Literature, sculpture, astronomy and medical sciences developed during his time as a worshiper of 'Kalika'. If Vijnaesvara's "Mitakshara", a valid legal text in pre-modern India, was composed during the Kalyana Chalukyas, Jeemutavahana's "Daya Bhaga" popular in Bengal dates back to the Senas: needless to say, both dynasties belong to Karnataka. famous Poet Jayadeva (kriti-Sanskrit "Gita Govinda") court poet of Lakshmanasena (c. 1200), Mahishasura Mardini of Bengal or Durga (Kali) originally from Chamundi of Karnataka; Maybe that can't be right. Outside Karnataka the Kannadigas also ruled northern Bihar and Nepal: they were the "Karnataka" kings of Mithila who were called "Karnatakas" in their records. I have solved that deficiency to some extent by working on the "Karnata" dynasty of Mithila who ruled North Bihar and Nepal." It has come to my experience that there are many advantages for Kannadigas themselves in undertaking the study of Kannada rulers abroad. This article kannada rulers outside karnataka is an extract from Dr. M. Chindanada Murthy s book karnataka- Nepal Samskrititka sambandha.

[@rameshvenkat6907]

Great video. Thanks.

[@SJking-gk4go]

History of the mighty Cholas were hidden from the world and even the vedic culture (aryans) tried to convert South indians and their priests into complete vedic culture. Amazingly some tamil states managed to keep practicing their culture. Thanks 😊

[@FromPlanetZX]

Dravidian Goons are always easy to spot. No Evidence, Except for their Anna Durai statement.

[@சgத்]

Cholas are pure Vedic..The Thirumurai retrieved by Raja Raja praises Vedas..Raja Raja setup Vedic schools..His great Grandpa Parantaka l was a pure Vedist..wonder from where did you get all these shit stuffs...Sangam literature itself show Vedic influence in Tamil population 🤡

[@pratapbalakrishna3036]

Sorry, aryans are , were never there.

[@Shrey_Shrek]

Source: trust me bro

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@hahadarsh]

thanks for the video :)

[@syedmaricar9946]

Information about people in the south of India.

[@Parasuraman-ey4wo]

The great Raja Raja Cholan and his son Rajendra Cholan. The architecture of the Tanjore temple (Periya Kovil) has to be experienced to be believed. Raja Raja Cholan - mighty but kind to his people. This is hero in my book. Thousand years back. Look at the way kings behaved in other parts of the world. Really a golden age of Tamils and humanity. (Irony is it needed English archaeologists in the 19th century to discover this legacy. 👏 to them).

[@krishnaprashanth2478]

Plse do it for Pandyas

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@theeye5844]

@@tiadanama4512 no way a dog faced malays attacked chola. It might be in your dream. It's the Cholas that attacked and punished and disciplined the malays.

[@krishnasamynallasamy5614]

Cholas according to history wrtier "A history of south East Asia was conqueref by cholas and ,Malaya now malaysia cjolas edtablished Ganga negara and now the word negara a Tamil and sanskrit word is absorbed in bahasa malaysia or bahasa melaysia. This word has become a important and fundamental word to refer a country in bahasa melayu or B malaysia . Cholas also founded the bahasa malaysia, the nationall language of present malaysia.

[@Maaththi_Yosi]

Temples were used for Govt administration and storage of wealth which is comparable to modern days Banking system Cholans were the wealthiest emperors at that point of time In the world, they accommodated all worship and donated money and Lands They spread the temple (karttali) architecture and irrigation management across South East Asia and controlled the entire Indian Ocean sea trades Trade history: 1. Cholans were controlling the Indian Ocean trades 2. East Indian Company was controlling Indian Ocean trades 3. China is controlling Indian Ocean trades now Indian Ocean trades are strategic location historically

[@Alphapowermind]

2000 years ago, satavahanas much of South India and had left their imprint. No history books talk about this in classes. They had trade links with South East Asia as well as Rome. Amaravathi sculptures are very famous. They ruled for 200 years. Satavahanas coins were found. Talk them about also when u talk about South India, not just Cholas

[@deepasairam2609]

Excellent thank you so much from a tamilian. Pandiayas were older than cholas and were mightier than cholas but very older than them so not much we can get details abt them.

[@BhavinTolia]

Imagine the voices of the people speaking the Chola name back then... 400yrs of Mughals loot & plunder, 200yrs of British plunder, has left a scar to the civilization. However big the empire/kingdom, be it any religion, they all drown in the winds. So, what do people still pursue? Do people pursue the building of Kingdoms, or do they pursue a spiritual path ?

[@gayatrijohnston]

Thank you so much

[@PiushDahal]

Check out Khas history from 11th and 12th centuries as well

[@ColoniaMurder20]

their influenced reach in the Philippines.. just look at royal families in the PH were Raja..

[@shreeraaman1667]

Are you referring to the Cebuano Kingdom?

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@Deveshi.A.]

Raja means king in Sanskrit

[@theeye5844]

@@tiadanama4512 no way a dog faced malays attacked chola. It might be in your dream. It's the Cholas that attacked and punished and disciplined the malays.

[@midfielderlounge2592]

Calm down bro no one listening to that shit ​@@tiadanama4512

[@පැරකුම්බා]

Hi, I think u did a good job, hope u will do more regarding this region.. I liked the fact that u used chola instead of south india, its the right thing to do.. Pls also use sinhala for sri lanka since the name "sri lanka" is a new term. The island was formerly known as ceylon(a western corruption of sinhala).. Furthermore, lookup on sinhalese history cuz there are quite a few historic literrary sources surviving there... even indian historians use sinhalese records to find out what happened in ancient india.... hope this info helps u to make more videos...

[@sds8028]

Once upon a time south india is called as Tamizhagam

[@manjunathmnm]

@@sds8028 Including Karnataka Andhra Kerala ?

[@sds8028]

@@manjunathmnm correct 💯

[@irondan007]

@@manjunathmnm Yes

[@Buffoon800]

​@@manjunathmnmNo, it wasn't

[@alamelue2988]

I am from this land. On behalf of all of us, a sincere thanks to you. Please do visit us.

[@studiumhistoriae]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I would love to visit some day

[@AndogaSpock]

In school my teachers used to pronounce Ch from Chola as Ch from chain

[@nikhithasharma]

you should read/watch Ponniven selviyan books and 1 &2 movie installments to get a more clear idea of The Chola Empire

[@tarun8420]

That's fiction

[@saisarvan.s.r9215]

Cholas are great but Pandyas were the lord ❤. Wish they got the recognition

[@shivasrinivasan80]

I respectfully disagree. The Chola Empire achieved far more than the Pandya Kingdom. They were active expansionist with great army but more pertinently a world class naval power. They built phenomenal architecture (in fact vast majority of temples, dams and agricultural infrastructure) was built by the Cholas. They set up a robust trade post through out South East Asia and to some extent Yemen and Djibouti. The Cholas created treaties with vassal states and detailed tax revenue system. The Pandyas outlasted the Cholas but did not outshine them.

[@darzhanacf8983]

The pandya Kings started the sangam age.

[@praveenb9048]

A company of merchants trading in the east Indies, complete with their own army and Navy. But headquartered in South India.

[@Olga-t4i]

VOIR ABSOLUMENT LES VIDÉOS DE PRAVEEN MOHAN 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

why is it even a single country given its diversity?

[@vaishalisaravanan2753]

Raja raja cholan name is Arulmozhi varman, Suryavaraman built the Ankor wat during the chola dynasty which was a vishnu temple. Tamil nadu was created only 1956 before that we were all one kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpPLqGB5rMqCf5Ysi=nbwJwHwRgrQ7RgLF even the name India was formed during british rule

[@asokt4931]

Also - here I thought we Tamils were really good at being diplomats in the ancient days!

[@RavitejaIITR]

Nice video! Please do a video on Pallavas & Vijayanagara, two of the most influential Telugu Empires

[@aakashboom]

It is said Greek fire or napalm was started by cholas

[@Low_fee.6937]

BS

[@aakashboom]

@@Low_fee.6937 if have brain then it's not bs

[@Low_fee.6937]

@@aakashboom cite the source of your information

[@sj_life_and_science]

Keen follower of the Cholas. Great objective analysis. Enjoyed the content and been to each of the temples and palace excavations you showed. Good job bro

[@BalaMurugan-i9l]

மாமன்னன் #ராஜராஜ சோழன் அவர்களின் புகழ் வணக்கம் 💛

[@alexanderchronos8694]

Tamils then: Hindu chads leaving their mark on history creating a famous heritage Tsmils now: we aren't himdu sarr, north and south india different sarr, we proud of history sarr, but remove surnames which show our heritage sarr

[@401kishor]

they are not hindus.

[@tarun8420]

Go back in time and ask Raja Raja if he's a Hindu. He will look at you in confusion

[@mebukuro2001]

I don't believe ancient or early medieval Tamils are Hindus except for the one from the higher class like kings, warriors and priests, even then they just adopted the culture that they were taught by the priests. I'm saying that because if you have been to Tamil nadu you might have seen small temples and shrines built for the local deity and if you ask the locals about the temple or about the deity presiding in that temple they'd say they are a reincarnation of so and so major god but if you dig a little deeper you'd find no connection to anything. And almost all families in Tamil nadu have a deity that they consider to be their family's protector and 9 out of 10 time it is one of those local deities from their home town and none of the major gods that appear in Hindu mythology. Finally as to why I don't believe the ancient or medieval Tamils are Hindus is the Tamil texts that you can find from that period. Famous texts like Silapathigarm or Manimegalai does not really speak about any aspect that is associated with Hindu mythology, granted Illago adigal, the guy who wrote the aforementioned text took up Jainism and became a monk, but wouldn't he have at least hinted at things that could have some kind of relation to Hinduism if he thought that Hinduism is the major religion of the Tamils whom this text is meant for? While it is easy to find songs and poems about Hindu gods and goddesses in the language it is equally easy to find works that are completely ambiguous as to which belief that they are based on. The ancient and medieval Tamils are very creative people they needed something to believe in they made up these deities, after all with archaeological evidence we Tamils have always been idol and elemental worshipers. When Hinduism started to spread people just found them more convenient because the religion has structure and most of us like things to be structured. That is how I believe Hinduism came to be the predominant religion of the late medieval and modern Tamils.

[@krishnasamynallasamy5614]

The cholas also left thr hindu culture in the indonesian, molucass and malaya where the traditional marshal and jumpi or mantras or the hindu incantayion are still being pracised by the malays and indonesians. It is even told that the Bugis sea wartiorx from molucass island are from the remnants of the cholas who marriex local women and setylrd in the Sea Islands which wrte occupied by the Cholas army. The cholad taught dhip building and groomed sea faters in the DeAdian islands . There are cholas cmonuments and artifacts in Se Asian countries but are neglected or renamed as local artifacts eg in malaysia.

[@RD-ij2sz]

11 th Century Europe was living primitive life . Under Cholas 11 story Gopuram with intricate carvings were built .

[@abramjones9091]

There were many financial developments in Europe during 11th century such as share investment and state bonds. No one ever had architecture as great as India though

[@gouthamkrishnan6718]

Not true highly developed greek and roman,southern european civilizations was there since ancient times.And by the time of 11th century almost all of Europe had christianity as state religion and had high civilization and culture.That's why they became huge superpowers in the world by the time of 17-18th centuries.

[@abramjones9091]

@@gouthamkrishnan6718 if Christianity causes high civilization Ethiopia would have settled Mars by now 😂

[@gouthamkrishnan6718]

@@abramjones9091 Sorry I didn't meant like that.What I said was there were much more ancient civilizations in Europe.By the time of 11th century europe had became christian

[@RD-ij2sz]

@@gouthamkrishnan6718 You are wrong . Europe progress started 15 th century onwards . Then is progressed rapidly during Industrial Revolution period of 18 century onwards . In India we were ahead of Europe till 12 /13 th Century. Then because of external aggression progress slowed down . Like Europe we did not have any Renesainc period . Again British Raj kept all industrial progress to nil. British took all raw material at very rates and took to Britain, used factories there to produce goods and send the same to India . This killed all local industry . Upto 13 th Century we were ahead .

[@skventhan7215]

WORLD.NO.1.CHOZHAR..433.YRS.CONTINUE.REIGN.IN.WORLD..PARTICULAR.OF.CHOZHA.HORSEFORCE.11LACS.TROOPS.ELEPHANT.TROOPS.9OTHOUSAND.FORCE...ARTGALLERR.1LACS.IN.ONE.OF.THE.NO.ONE.WORLD

[@pillainagam3919]

good

[@vanisridhar5509]

Bro, talk about rise of hinduism. Hinduism was a combination of six ways(saivam, vainavam, sakthism and other three) which was practised in India. Buddhism, Jainism was decreased and hinduism was raised as a combination of these six ways. Also talk about vellalar community bro. I think this community existed in various parts of india.

[@hariharasudhanramajayan245]

Which made up by modi😂😂😂. Hindu is English word brother. Ask sir Jones William. Who named india as 🇮🇳 india

[@ladywhite79]

Extremely grateful for your interest in Indian history, apart from butchering the pronounciation of the Tamil words and names. Great effort. 👍

[@lakneswarankrishnan7786]

A history book written by whon is more important. whom to trust.

[@rajanvaz]

Are you the Asianometry guy?

[@ismailbahamed1738]

as a thamizhian i thank u for the deep understanding of the Chozhas, Plz also research into the unproved yet belived fact that Thamizhians ruled all over India , Thamizhians followed Tortoise route thro' ocean streams and reached all over the world , even pharaohs have reln to Thamizhs , Plz watch videos of "Orissa Balu " for these facts

[@FromPlanetZX]

yeah yeah...a good dream

[@vanisridhar5509]

@@FromPlanetZX yes, thats true. Chola built Siva temple in all the lands they ruled 🔥🔥

[@arunramani1724]

I love the video my guy , you done us tamils proud.. But on 3:08 you told RajaRaja i annexed the Palavas but they annexed way before his reign by the early cholas , mainly by Aditha Chola I. But RajaRaja is mainly known for his conquest of lakshwadeep and the maldives , he also was also the founder of the chola navy and marines that were greatly used by his son Rajendra I for his pillage and influence in srivijaya of southeast Asia.

[@grgcharan]

I just saw this video. Nice video. But your pronunciation of the river Ganga is wrong. Ganges is the how the Britishers pronounced. It is pronounced as Guhng·Gaa locally. You are making the same mistake when you pronounce the name of Rajendra Chola's capital Gangaikonda Cholapuram. This is not a criticism. You wouldn't know this obviously until someone tells you. Otherwise I thouroughly loved the video.

[@SWAROOPSKNAIR]

That was great to watch. Thank you

[@JasonAbraham-u1n]

As a south indian growing up in texas....i thought we were all gangstas haha😊😊

[@Lushendira]

Tamilan 💥

[@lakneswarankrishnan7786]

He asked the water of gangess for build a tamle like his father bulided tanajavoor temple. But they insulted by not giving so he went all over there and captures the kingdom. and brought the water by the lost king. Rajandra chaozha is More powerfull king ever lived.

[@jeyasingamjey6119]

Good video bro, I am proud of you for being interested in our culture and history.

[@Divorcedhousemaid666]

නම සව්ම්මියා සෙනරත් වයස ඩාසයයි මාසයයි... එච්චරයි...එක දවසක් කාම හිරේ ඉදලා නෑ...එක දවසක් නොහුකලා ඉදලා නෑ..එක දවසක් නොකෙලවලා ඉදලා නෑ...චෝල ගූ රැජිනි ගෙ වැදගත්කම ඒකයි...බඩහැල සුනිල් ගෙ මිනිපිරී ඉදං මං වෙනුවෙන් හඩ නගන්නෙ ඒකයි....දැං කොහොමද තිට.....දනවද....කානු මහත්තයා ලවා පිබව ගනිය

[@MegaPaan1984]

hey dog

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore Golgumbaz Deccan india

[@abilashananthula6966]

Bharat is one ❤.

[@msragulan2419]

Go on and on and on you are in right direction 🎉👏👏👏💥🖊️👍😎💯✍️⚓🗽🏹🎯

[@achintanandi5092]

Is it true that Chole Bhature is actually a cuisine from the Chola dynasty?

[@krishnamohan1065]

The cholas were undoubtedly one of ĝreatest kings in the world

[@avinashpoojary7897]

🇮🇳🙏❤️

[@bullygram]

A ruins of lost empire left me nothing

[@gowthamsaminathan9992]

Chola empire ❌ Merchant empire ✅.

[@jamesmk1841]

A good study of a part of the Chola history.

[@summa7545]

The part about not having a navy is not correct. They have an extensive classification of naval ships of different categories similar to modern day speed boats, destroyers, battle ships, transport ships etc.

[@Psyshodella]

Source?

[@lakneswarankrishnan7786]

At that periode Bramins were not higher potion in tamilnadu as you mentioned in the video. In other parts of india well. They even sent away who betrayed the county. And not bramin owned the temple that's happend after 1400-1500 vijayanagar kingdom came to south. the mantra changed in sankrit not in tamil. Bramin were replaced as priest. highly saw women turned as prositute. eventhough in tamilnadu was always opposed that but telugu kerala suffered a lot because they accepted sanskirt and the vedas. upper nad lower by birth system. In tamilnadu people belived asivigam. which contains shivam, science and vishnu based, pillair is the sithargal, murugan, indriran, ayyanaar = ayyapan, kottavai, amman,. later on they added stories and degrade tamil gods.

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore Golgumbaz

[@BBIsm-w2z]

The pronunciations are killing every Tamil watching these 😢 but thanks for the content

[@gubocomvi]

chola tiene digno significado

[@iambatman7218]

Lot of mis info in here. Title misleads from the content provided. There was no looting like how britishers did globally. Sri vijaya wasn’t a wealthy nation which was defeated to be looted. India was the richest country in the world during that time. The wars were fought by cholas to defeat srivijaya who joined forces with pirates in the silk line attacking traders. Sri Lankan king tried to kill Raja Raja Chola with their spies getting caught. That’s when Raja Raja Chola decided to end the Srilankan king by war and defeating him. You need to revise the words which have used in this video. It’s one of the greatest empire with loads of manpower for army. Cholas didn’t have to hire army people from Middle East which is again misleading. We only used their technicians to build our own ships.

[@sathesh4019]

There's always been looting in war, it didn't start with the British. Chola's own inscriptions mention taking slaves form Sri Lanka. It doesn't matter that India was rich, looting was an established way to pay for military campaigns

[@ChannaJayawardhana-h1o]

Don't justify it

[@Parasuraman-ey4wo]

True. War is cruel and the invaders are always almost bad to the defeated people.

[@ushraa]

We are not southindia. we have name Tamilnadu. Dont confuse our history and Title of cholos ruled kingdom of Tamilnadu.

[@mr.commenter7953]

Yes that's a state

[@Rams_Lounge]

Abbey hutiye even lands not in tamil nadu were ruled by cholas. So dont bring you dravidian sheet stock ideology here

[@ramsuryavamsam3641]

We are south Indians and tamilnadu is a tiny Part of it..

[@ushraa]

@@ramsuryavamsam3641Yes we are part of world We have 4000 years old history . our history is not tiny, we are big and large in our history . within 20 yrs who big and who is tiny and who will become internationlism in this earth. think before ink.

[@akash-dk-01]

@@ramsuryavamsam3641 Tamil Nadu is not tiny part of south India lol. It is bigger than srilanka, Israel and Singapore.

[@wojtekdutka348]

Excellent knowledge!

[@ericsmandrew3427]

Wrong info: They borrowed ships from merchant to bring army??? Arabs has written about the massive naval fleet.. research on that.

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

He was probably talking about merchants from Chola kingdom itself and shipped built in South India and used by South Indian merchants. And it is true that merchant ships where turned to military ships when needed. Arabs were the only ones who were merchants.

[@gayatrijohnston]

My ancestors come from the Chola

[@shelby_007-y9u]

south indian here

[@711zuni]

Been visiting this area since 1981 ! Always enjoy a good history lesson as I am going to many of the area’s magnificent temples Thank you

[@tiadanama4512]

Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489

[@jamesstevenson7725]

India was one civilization

[@Sticklemako]

You should contact Srikant talegiri if you want to specifically analyse languages and connection to culture of the deccan and south of it. Also while the tamils controlled the empire the kingdom was a multi linguistic, multi sect culture