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Are the later Cholas a 'robber dynasty'? - Appar Swamigal
Hi I really appreciate the indepth thought you have given to this appar episode. makes it all the more interesting for me as I am writing a book about the pallavas now. i think sambandar was born after the " casting into the sea episode" …

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who constructed alambarai fort in marakkanam coast?
Dear Gandhi babu the group trip organised on last august 15th went to this site. some groups of our members have independently visited this site earlier too. some lovely visuals of this site appear frequently in movies the best being in " thiru…

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Are the later Cholas a 'robber dynasty'? - An Apology and Clarifications
> 2. Why is this important? - it gave stability to the lives of the ordinary people and allowed culture and arts to flourish. Most of the Nayanmars lived in the Pallava age, majority of Savite hymns (all of moovar thevaram) and Diya Prabandam wa…

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trip to thanjavur
Hi Prabu chennai to thanjavur there are many temple of hostoric nature on the way you nrrd to tske s right before villupuram into the kumbakonam road. we have panaya puram at 2 km, thiruvathigai at panrutti, gkc after meen surutti lovely temples at…

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Are the later Cholas a 'robber dynasty'?
> > Can I acuse the following on Later Cholas: > > 5. They did not make any attempt to know about the fire and cannon technology developing in turk/kabul. even muslim invasion of 1314 of madurai did not use cannons. they may have used…

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Are the later Cholas a 'robber dynasty'? -please substantiate
> Your emailkicks up a major controversy adding a quirky twist to the well established historical facts about medieval and later Cholas. why call it a contreversy. doesnt it give us an opportunity to discuss the cholas firstly kalki had an…

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about my native vriddhachalam
repost Re: N A M E S - Chozha way :: Krishnan Iraman .. (1) dear Meena thiru muthu kundram ( vridachalam)means old this hill was formed before and vanished before the rest the rock bed below the temple is given as evidence. however the name old is…

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about my native vriddhachalam
Hi we had a full thread about vridachalam in the archives in fact in PS there is a reference to it with periya pazhuvettaraiyar I remember venketesh

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bookfair 2010
No Vk The Avenue press is not even participating this time. other pressing work of course our books will be available in more than 10 stalls venketesh

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Pillayarpatti, who built it?
Hi veera pandiyan moved south propably to tenkasi sundara pandiyan was also given some territory. a new king parakrama mostly sundara pandya's son was crowned as a compromise candidate. after a brief time the chera king baskara kulasekaran wh…

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ANKOOR WATT CAMBODIA - POWER POINT PROGM BY DR; NAGASWAMY
HI attended Dr. Nagaswamy's power point presentation some photos were stunning but then he too falls in the all too familiar trap of etymological similarities between cultures so much like our chola pass for example he terms angkor wat name…

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Early Ganapathy worship
> Dear Venkat > > I am from Karaikudi ... Dear Shankar thats wonderful both I and palaniappan vairam of "karka nirka'blog hail from nearby devakottai. venketesh

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Early Ganapathy worship

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Meaning of Alexander
Hi what a co incidence? thiruparamkundram hill a skanda temple is also called sikander malai for completely different reasons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruparankundram venketesh

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Meaning of Alexander
Hi http://murugan.org/research/gopalapillai.htm as early as 1937 there seems to have been research going on is deeply absorbed into islamic and christian as well as other mythologies. indeed a charecter mentioned in quran is often identified as al…

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book fair 2010
why dont we have a ps meet on one of the saturdays on the book fair. when it was held in mountroad arts our group members used to spend an afternoon there browsing venketesh

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What book do you suggest to buy?
'dalai lama' by group member muruganandam vikadan press should be ready i hope

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chennai trivia
yale university in USA having produced 5 US presidents, the co founder of Time magazine, several nobel, pulitzer and pritzker( best architect) laureates. this university has a connection with chennai. from yale's website Yale University's…

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Books
Hi Maloo there is indeed a river called tiber renamed during the building of washington. and I loved the time when he says an ancient ceremony that still happens today on the day of sun god ra where people bow before an ancient tool of torture and p…

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Books
Hi dan brown tickles your brain if you are a trivia hunter. in the passing he mentions that the founding fathers of USA wanted to name their capital as rome and the river potamac a tiber. the next thing i knew was i kept the novel down and started…

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Books
HI Maloo i too find dan brown stereotyped but am amazed by the trivia he offers. he offers so much rare info on washington, both city and the president in this book how the main buildings of your capital were all started on the same auspicious ti…

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Books
> Waiting to hear other people's book stories. > > Malathi Hi Maloo am half way thro dan browns THE LOST SYMBOL . had to wait for a month before i got used to my reading glasses' dropped umberto eco's The Mysterious Fl…

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Why Manickavasagar is not part of 63 nayanmars?
Dear Shanker i first would like to compliment you on your logic it brims with clarity. ellam korvaiyaai irukku. 1. Till Sekkizhar's time of Periyapuranam, There is no mention of Manickavasagar. true. can somebody tell us when thiruvilaiyad…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Hi it was malik kafur the general of allaudin khilji who made it easy for northern invadrs. he came like a lightning in 1311. people could not beleive somebody could come from so far away and attack and hence the defeat, but many would not know tha…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
dear Kathie bundelkand rajputs in english fiction. captian nemo of 20 000 leauges under the sea was mentioned by verne as a prince of bundelkand in a sequel HE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND of course, captain nemo suddenly becomes the son of tipu sultan'…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
After the death of Raja Swarup Singh he renewed the demand for the arrears of revenue with his son Raja De Singh. This lead to a battle between the two, which unfortunately ended in the death of the young and valiant Rajput, Desingh on 3 October 171…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Kathie He must have been a chandela rajput from bundelkand shall get back to you. venketesh

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Hi Kathie chennai itself was mughal territory. arcot nawab came up in aurangazebs time gingee had its fascination for all. vijaynagar, bijapur, mughals, marattas and perhaps even the only rajput territory in tamilnadu.raja jaisingh( a popular ico…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
> The first Mohal king whoseen the sea was Humayun. Dear Shankaran know which sea? it was caspian sea in central asia venketesh >

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
> > > Chola empire was 3.6 Million Sq Km which was not including the sea and ocean. So if sea and ocean counts then it was larger than Mughal empire. > > Chola empire had a naval force and Mughals didn't. > >]] at the …

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