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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Another way to slice and dice this subject is to conclude the vast territories were possible because Mughals had 4 great Emperors and Cholas had only 2 great Emperors.

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Language: Hindi was not a unifying language. In fact over a period of centuries different dialects were combine to make the present Hindi. So thousands of years back, a person from Punjab area would have tough time understanding a person from Orissa…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Dear SPS: Thanks for catching it. I just got lazy to write the word "almost" and qualify the words "entire sub-continent". I agree the southern most portions were never under control of the invaders.

Comment by intellisurfer November 2009 permalink
Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Dear SPS: Am I correct in my understanding that the supporting Chieftans/Kings were responsible for the rise and fall of Chola Empire? If yes, did the Mughals follow a different ruling model? Why were the Mughals able to control larger land mass for…

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Dear SPS: Thanks. I found one more link that has some info about that period. Though does not touch upon my interest area. http://www.corporatesquare.com/15_aug/millennium_pages/1000.htm

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Venkatesh: Thanks. But why did they not keep marching past Central India into the Northern Plains; and importantly hold those regions for a long time? Where Rajaraja Chola and Rajendra Chola flash in the pans? Like in every Empire, one or two people…

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ASI team unearths valuable inscriptions near Karur
Am I correct in stating that we don't seem to dig up much between 1st Century AD to say 9th Century AD? If true, why is it so?

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Hyder Ali's invasion of Tanjore
Did not Darymple harbor a soft heart for the Mugals?

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Earthernware for preserving body discovered
Wow, is that for real? Did people really put alive people into such urns? It reminds me of the story where a person, with his young son, takes his old ailing father to the forest for burial. The young son asks the father if he should be doing the sa…

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Hyder Ali's invasion of Tanjore
What are those numbers?

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Hyder Ali's invasion of Tanjore
Venketesh: Have you read the book "Empire's First Soldiers" by DP Ramachandran? A fascinating work.

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Times of India - Aryan-Dravidian divide a myth: Study
A good discussion about the AIT & DNA can be found here: http://www.india-forum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1849&pid=101515&st=210&#entry101515

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Dharma
Well I was answering your points patiently with interest and dignity. We had differing opinions, that is not a big issue. I descended to one-liners after your caustic words. If sly or sarcastic remarks are addressed at me, I can dish some of them my…

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Dharma
The more you write, the more stereotypes you present. Khuda Afeez. GRS

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Dharma
Generation gap A? :-))))))))) ha haaa ha. What did you think my age was? I hope just because I talk about Dharma it doesn't mean I am old.

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Dharma
Your words are caustic & below the belt. I just said you were not getting what I was saying. That in no way implies I am a know-it-all or that you were/are dull. I personally take it as a lack of articulation on my part to convince you or to ma…

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Dharma
Dear Malathi: I see our conversations are not going anywhere and my views (in no way original) on Dharma is lost on you. So I am stopping here, lest the other members get frustrated at us two :-). If you want, we can take this conversation offline (…

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Dharma
Dear Sundar: I once knew a Pakistani co-worker. He talked to me what appeared in Hindi, but it was Urudu. And I had always talked to him in Hindi. In the land of milk and honey, for some reason there was a sense of "oneness" - he hung out …

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Malik Kafur
Dear Mr.SPS, I did a search in this Yahoo groups, and could not find those discussions. Any pointers please? Thanks in advance.

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Dharma
Feeling comfortable is different. For example even if I have the best Hyderabad biryani or romali roti, my tongue earns for a good thayir sadham + vaddu maanga. Because I grew up with that. I do related to some things that you have, for example if o…

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Malik Kafur
Is that addressed to me? I am not Venkat :-) I did not understand the first statement. Question kekarthakku minale, I did google and read Wikipedia. But Wikipedia can be edited by people with agenda. So ingairkkara periyavanga kitta kaettu terijukk…

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Malik Kafur
Dear SPS & others, I read that Malik Kafur had some success because of Sundara Pandyan wanted to extract revenge from Veera Pandyan. How much of this is true?

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Dharma
It is going in two parallel lines, because you don't want them to meet :-)))) My point is we have the concept of Dharma, and after freedom we chose to not go by it but adopted a totally Western mode of government. So we cut our strings in the …

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Dharma
Dharma is not just righteousness. It has so many definitions and meanings. It stands for nature, intrinsic quality, civil and moral law, justice, virtue, merit, duty and morality. It is also used in the sense of uholder or supporter or sustainer of …

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Churchill
Obviously in any large population one would find a variety of people. Looking at history one can assume that the virulent would be in a minority. The mass would be either scared of the virulent few or would have been tamed by the virulent using prop…

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my dinner invitations
Food and eating habits form one basis of our culture. There was an introduction by a new member who did his education in Architecture. It was illuminating to read how architectures are related to the land and culture. Different cultures have differ…

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Churchillal l
Our existence can be sliced and diced in variety of layers. You are picking up layers where there are differences. As one goes up the layer (think abstraction), there is a whole lot more common about us. There is a lot common between a tamilian anda…

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my dinner invitations
I hate to disagree once again :-) .My interaction with Westerners and looking at the consumption numbers don't sound encouraging. Processed food is higher on the list too. There are enough Western families that eat out or bring dinners from out…

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Churchill
To begin with, i.e. at the time of independence from British, Jammu & Kashmir was never part of the Union. So one could have not booted it out. Pakistan and other powers would never have kept quiet even if there was no Jammu & Kashmir. It i…

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Churchill
I disagree. Yes we were not a country on the lines of Westphalian Sovereignty - the current system of states and governments are considered to be modeled after that. But none of the European countries were on those lines until the Westphalian Peace …

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