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Raja Raja Chola

The King Who Built a Wonder

Raja Raja Chola expanded an empire, strengthened a kingdom of records, and brought many kinds of knowledge and labour together in the great temple at Thanjavur. This illustrated biography follows the evidence, celebrates the achievement, and asks what power leaves behind.

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Format: Free digital edition
Length: 40 pages
Languages: English
Reading age: 10–13 years

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01
A prince becomes a ruler
The uncertain early record, accession, government, and measurement.
02
An expanding empire
War, sea power, trade, diplomacy, and family networks.
03
Building Rajarajesvaram
Vision, architecture, engineering, arts, inscriptions, and consecration.
04
Evidence and legacy
Architecture explorer, map, timeline, glossary, sources, and reconstruction notes.

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