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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
i think even now the sizes of the countries are computed with the populations venketesh

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
> > But then how did Alexander travel so far? He would have had communication barrier too right? the factor of human resourses come into play. a person like alexander is orn once in a couple of millineiums one small example alexanders thr…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
> I use the word almost because, there is one school of historians who believe Mughals were already on the decline when East India Company came to India. While another school of historians believe Britishers transplanted Mughals from the power. …

Comment by abhivencat November 2009 permalink
Downfall of Chola Dynasty
> Guess it should be with all the dynasties. Taking Mugals, you could see the > alternate kings were very powerful. > > Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shajahan, Aurangazeeb... - here too the > exception is Akbar and Jehangir. In Ma…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Why were the Mughals able to control larger land mass for a longer time than say Chola or Vijayangar Empire? Hi larger yes but not longer cholas ruled for a 100 years more than the mughals cholas 848- 1279- in varying strengths- 431 years mu…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Hi strong kings are always followed by weak kings. the rare exceptions include rrc and rjc so perhaps it was a flash in the pan venketesh

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
But why did they not keep marching past Central India into the Northern Plains; and importantly hold those regions for a long time? hi grs sure rajendra might have gone up north. but no records of continued rule seem to exist. the cholas too we…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Hi like the mughals the last chola kings had extremely long reigns. might be lethargy. we have a comparitive picture somewhere in the old mails the other factor was koperunchikan who held the entire chola court captive for a couple of years. the c…

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inspiring contemporary tamils
> i just thought who are the most inspiring people (tamils) in my current life.i mention 10 of them. > 1.sudha ragunathan(music) Hi thats a nice list and nice to find sudha ji on the top of the list i should note here with thanks the help re…

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Pass on this information - Very useful stuff
> Any GOOD heart person can print this material & handover to some Poor people...... better still buy the books for they are hevily subsidised. now power points can be done to help students. this method in vouge for cbse for 5-6 yrs ven…

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RRC's Pallippadai Temple in Thanjavur
I think we saw the pillar in our ps group visit. it was in the basement of the museum.

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CNBC Lufthansa-All for the one moment
Hi Rahul thats rather modest of you. but then the very name of your company " kalki technologies" signifies your agenda. to do a lot of things and a lot of new things there are many in the group who feel one ness with kalki and his heroe…

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rajendrachola :: queens & offspring
HI Sps overlapping names between wives of different kings may mean the same families gave daughters to the kings. i think both rrc and rjc took wives from pazhuvur and kodumbalur. venketesh

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CNBC Lufthansa-All for the one moment
puthu wife'u puthu pukalu puthu foreign tripu kalakura rahul venketesh

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rajendrachola
queen illapaa queenssssss i am also curious. sps, how many wives did rrc and rjc have. venketesh

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1030 India
rjc meeting ghazni is highly remote- the reason being logistics. venketesh

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1030 India
for that we need to know how much south ghazni cam in. whether he progressed beyond somnath ghazni was also the first ruler to use the title 'sultan' for himself venketesh

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1030 India
ghazni and ghori were raiders. slave dynasty, khiljis and tuklaks followed but as rulers. during time of khiljis came the first southern invasion and under the tuklaks the second. both were raiding trips. however the tugluk invasion they left beh…

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REG: Pugal Cholar
> Hi > > We did have some long threads regarding the 63 > like kalki we too are quite interested in them. > > kalki used a few of them in his books. > > we have appar,mangayarkarasi, nedumaran,siruthondar, appearing in his…

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Deepavali passions
Hi kathie so you are a PGW fan too. its so telling on is capacities when a person from india like me can totally visulise his prewar colonial and feudal england. infact visualise it so well that we can laugh our heads off. a man to whom humor was …

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new historical novel THANJAVURU RAANI BY KO. SETHURAMAN
Dear Sundar kothamangalam subbu's punnaivanathu poonguil also delas with the same period doesnt it? that was republished by ananda vikadan last year. venketesh > Dear All > > Thanjavuru raani written by Ko. Sethuraman is available …

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Deepavali passions
> Yes, Venketesh, Â it is a comic novel with a great message. I love PGW's dry sense of humor. i could find a lot of repetitions from "damsel in distress" Sujatha's Pirivom, Santhippom is a good reference to the subject.…

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Deepavali passions
Hi Incidentally i watched the movie aananda tandavam a take off from sujatha's pirivom santhipom which focusses a lot on life of nris in america. also reading JILL THE RECKLESS by pg wodehouse, about an girl who goes to usa from england perhap…

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is this true?
HI the nagarathar community is divided as nine parts called kovils they are actually 9 sub clans. each having it own temple. nagarathars have also build hundreds of temples all over south east asia. in each temple the first mariyathai is given to t…

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Ponniyin Selvan animation movie trailor
Hi Shiv the cartoon is being produced by a member of this group and was first screened in the ps function on aug 15 venketesh

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Columbus, his journey and destination [1 Attachment]
Hi columbus day is celebrated on oct 21st. however columbus did not discover america. there were millions living there already but even if you take it as finding a land it was erikson for whom also a day is marked in american calender. Leif Eri…

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Pandya Fort in Madurai
> Nedunalvaadai gives an exquisite write up of the fort and palace of Pandian Nedunceliyan of the 2 century BC. madurai was supposed to be lotus shaped. any references? >

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Pandya Fort in Madurai
Hi 2 issues here madurai fort must have been rebuilt by the sultanate, the nayaks and we here reports of it during yusuf khan's period.thats as close as 250 years. i remember seeing a 150 year old map of madurai which showed a moat. venketesh

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What was kulotunga III capital city
in a very non regal capacity.....

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2000 members
Hi Sampath I think thiru would have a sort of data for it. when we sent mails for the PS Event some 400-500 members had bouncing e mails.meaning that their emails were not active or their boxes were full venketesh

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