POINTS TO REMEMBER
It is said that the sage Agastya crossed the Vindhyas in the later Vedic age to aryanise the south. . The Cholas, Pandyas and Cheras or Ker......
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LITERATURE and RELIGION
LITERATURE Literary works in Sanskrit continued to be written. Some of these works had their counterparts ih Tamil, where the models of lit......
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SOCIETY
SOCIETY According to Romila Thapar, the centre of social and economic life at the time, particularly in the rural areas, was the temple. De......
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ECONOMY
ECONOMY During the early part of this period the village was economically self-suffici~nt and the tendency to hoard wealth was not a chara......
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LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT The autonomous villa~ councilor local self-government was the most importaJ characteristic of Chola administration.......
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CHOLA ADMINISTRATION
CHOLA ADMINISTRATION The dominant form of government under the Cholas was hereditary monarchy. The coronation was an important and impress......
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