seshadrigokul

Karikaalan and Chola pass ( Nepal )
Dear Rajendra cholan What an excellent link ! Yet to read it completely, but it looks like an excellent compilation ! Thanks a lot for the same. On himalayan expetition and Tamil king's association with North (like "Perun chotrudhiyan&qu…

Comment by seshadrigokul October 2004 permalink
Kallanai
> My understanding is there were no Meikeerthi or Seppedukkal...So all > we have is poetic scriptures what do they say....? The sangam literature Pattinappaalai sung by uruthirang kannanar was solely sung in priase of Karikaal chola. It has n…

Comment by seshadrigokul September 2004 permalink
Musukunda chakravarthy

Comment by seshadrigokul September 2004 permalink
Was India really Aryanized????
> Another interesting fact is, meikeerthi of Rajaraja was written by > himself.Not by others. Hi Kamal Never knew this man ! Great - how do we come to know this ? But the grammer to write a meikeerthi existed even before rajaraja I believe.

Comment by seshadrigokul September 2004 permalink
Kallanai
> Veerapandiyan constructed a dam across Kollidam river. Kamal, Any idea who is this veerapandiyan and what is the age of the inscription at lalgudi ? There are several veerapandiyas in the pandiyan history

Comment by seshadrigokul September 2004 permalink
Dynasties that never lost a war--more proof
The name priya_vaishnava is very interesting:-)). The article was also interesting - but things did not happen that way. Each dynasty had to witness unbelievable rises and falls. I'll just quote 2 examples : * Towards the end of parantaka I rei…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
http://www.varalaaru.com/
> Ramarukku 'ANil' uthavina maathiri ennal aana uthaviyum seyya > kaathirukkiREn. Mikka nandri vijay. All of your contributions will be certainly necessary at all points of time. For now, please forward the website details to people…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
please konjam PandiyarkaL pathiyum .... .
In most cases, we find that outermost shell of the core sanctum sanctorum alone existed in olden days. I am not sure about Madurai, but I know very well about Srirangam and Thirumala temples - both of which are referenced in Silappadhikaram. Pallav…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
A very very basic doubt
> Amazing how much my own theories of Pallava history have undergone > changes.:-) I'm now likely to consider Rajasimhan in a much better > light:-) Not only that - you will be stunned if you visit badami / aihole / patthadakkal (karn…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
Infant Arumozhi
> Your quiries have been discussed in "TAMIL NATTU VARALARU CHOZHA > PERUVENDAR KALAM" published by Tamil development corporation. Thanks for the inputs. Pl let me know what the book says about Rajaraja's birth and lifetime and…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
Infant Arumozhi
Dear SB / GR Summary of infant arumozhi discussions : * Thiruvalangadu plates state that vanavan mahadevi took the funeral pyre leaving an infant behind - no reference to who this infant is. Sadasiva pandarathar quotes the exact lines but does not…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
Vallathu Vandhiyathevan
Hi Pavi > Still haven't given up on the Thiruvalangadu theory, have you?:-))) Yes :-)) Still haunting me... That puts so many things in place - the ascendence of uttama, why RR took so many years to come to throne, what was the reason for…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
Vallathu Vandhiyathevan
Dear all I got a glimpse of vandhiyathevan's past yesterday while reading kudanthai's book. The rashtrakuta king Krishna III has been referred to as "Vallavaraiyar" in one of the Aditya / Parantaka inscriptions. Hence it is like…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2004 permalink
mahabharat
> Any specific references please? > R Some references available in Dr.Kalaikkovan's "Chozhar kaala adar kalai" book.

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mahabharat

Comment by seshadrigokul July 2004 permalink
Nagore buddha vihara
> I need one clarification. The article given in Outlook says that the bodh vihara described in Ponniyinselvan was destroyed recently (just couple of centuries back) by jesuits. Is this true? Atleast the one in Nagai - the choolamani vihara of P…

Comment by seshadrigokul July 2004 permalink
Are Imperial Cholas outsiders ?
> Do we have a clear idea of how things were evolved between the times of the colas of the cankam age and the imperial colas? No full account. No proper research has been done in this direction. Focus has been mostly on periods that have thrown …

Comment by seshadrigokul July 2004 permalink
Are Imperial Cholas outsiders ?
Quite a lot of questions have been raised - but let me just post few of my insights. * There are very significant differences between sanga kala chola and later cholas. One of the most prominent one being the influence of sanskrit and associated c…

Comment by seshadrigokul July 2004 permalink
why rajendra cholan changed his capital?
Hi Suganya, Welcome to the group and happy to see your enthusiastic mails. But most of the stuff facts you have quoted as historic facts are incorrect and are nothing but imagination of writer vikraman. All such imaginations should align well with …

Comment by seshadrigokul July 2004 permalink
Chozhas :: Vanavanmadevi
> But one thing is for sure that Rajendra was almost 50 > yrs old when he became the king in 1014. Akilan and > Vikraman have confirmed this as per history in > 'Vengayin maindhan' and 'Nandhipurathu nayaki" > res…

Comment by seshadrigokul June 2004 permalink
Article on Rajarajan Pallipadai in Dinamani
> Gokul > Are you very busy...Waiying for Rajakesari > > sri Yes, tightly held up in office - but I'll bring it soon.

Comment by seshadrigokul June 2004 permalink
Chozhas :: Mentor & Leader
Not just the cholas, even pallavas, even the early tamil kings and the early tamil culture has never received its due respect and regard in the world history. A culture which supported evolution of Thirukkural, a land that generated greatest among …

Comment by seshadrigokul June 2004 permalink
Chozhas :: Vanavanmadevi
> 1. Rajaraja's PATTA MAHISHI - who shared UDANIRUKKAI - was indeed > Danthisakthi vidangi @ Olagamadevi and NOT Vanamadevi - mother of > Rajendra and both are different; This is slightly confusing. It has always been a practice in th…

Comment by seshadrigokul June 2004 permalink
Spectacular finds at Adhichannallur..
Thanks for the news, Mr.Arun. I have read that movements of human beings in this region - adichanallur etc - goes back by 1,00,000 years (Refer "Tholliyal in Tamizhakam" by Tamilnadu archaeological div). Humans have inhabited this place …

Comment by seshadrigokul May 2004 permalink
Rajakesari
I was wondering if anybody was bothered about this :-)) Thanks for asking. Next episode : Ready, but I am planning to include few photos and hence a delay. Other episodes will be delayed by atleast 2 weeks because of my forthcoming India trip. Sorr…

Comment by seshadrigokul May 2004 permalink
Mutharayas Vs Chozhas
> (1) In Sendalai, near Nemam (Thirukkattupalli) there is a > Sundareswarar temple in which there are Mutharayar's inscriptions > which give the geneology : > Perumbidugu --Elango Athiraiyan - Savaran Maaran. > > This also sh…

Comment by seshadrigokul May 2004 permalink
THE RELATIONS OF THE CHOLAS OF TAMIL NADU WITH THE SINHALAS OF SRI LANKA
Anbulla thiru srihari, Excellent and in depth information. Thanks for taking pains to refer all the original references. Yours cliam that it was sattan pazhili who was defeated by vijayalaya seems to be a very logical conclusion. I will discuss thi…

Comment by seshadrigokul April 2004 permalink
THE RELATIONS OF THE CHOLAS OF TAMIL NADU WITH THE SINHALAS OF SRI LANKA
Anbulla thiru.srihari, thiru.SB matrum nanbargalukku, I am unable to interact as much as I want to do, because of my current schedules. Mr.SB and Mr.Srihari are taking the group mails to new heights. Kudos to both. Mr.Srihari : The article on chol…

Comment by seshadrigokul April 2004 permalink
TAMIL NADU ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL VALUE SHOULD BE PRESERVED
> Have you noticed, Pandyas who destroyed the entire Chola Kingdom in > the 13th Century, contributed to Peruvudayar of Rajarajeswaram! There is more to it. Narasimhavarma Pallava who destroyed vatapi almost completely left even the tiniest …

Comment by seshadrigokul April 2004 permalink
HISTORICAL SURVEY ON MEDIEVAL CHOLAS AND THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE CHERAS
Killer article. The reason why it contains so many unknown facts is that this info has been gathered from a book written by keralite historian after analyzing all the kerala resources. Mr.Srihari had actually mentioned the name of this book in for…

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