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[edit] Choodamani Buddha Vikaram

Why not we mention about the Chudamani Buddha vikaram, Nagappatinnam Doctor Bruno 19:55, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Dorcto Bruno. The article mentions the Chudamani Vihara, but if you want to add more information, please add to the article. I couldn't find a lot on the Vihara. I don't think it exists anymore.

Thanks for your Kudos in my Talk page as well.

Venu62 22:07, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Life

[edit] Mother of Rajendra

As per Kalki, Rajendra's mother was not the queen who sat with Rajaraja on the throne (பட்டத்து அரசி Pattathu arasi) and that was some one else.

[edit] Panchavanmahadevi

As per Balakumaran, Panchavanmahadevi took some herbs and aborted her child and ensured that she does not get pregnant again.

While these are not "history" per se, I think that we can have a seperate section mentioning such facts also.

This is MY opinion and feedback invitedDoctor Bruno 14:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe we should take Kalki and Balakumaran's stories as evidence in an article about the historic Rajaraja. With due respect to these authors, their works are fiction without the need to provide any authentic evidence. I have based this article on K.A. Nilakanta Sastri's The Cholas which has been for the past seventy years the authoritative book on the Chola dynasty. This does not mention anything about Rajaraja's wife aborting or his daughter converting to Buddhism.
If we began to use Ponniyin Selvan and Udayar as references, where do we stop? What about Mandakini Devi and Sendan Amudhan, who is supposed to be the real Uththama Chola. What about Nandhini, who assassinated Aditya Karikala?
Parthi 20:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Does Balakumaran offer any proof for the supposed abortion by Panchavanmahadevi? if he doesn't then this claim is not a fact but fiction.
We can possible create a section for "Rajaraja Chola in popular fiction" and detail these items. It shouldn't confuse actual history with fiction. - Parthi 23:50, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


There is already such section. I added a remark about Kanthalur in the 'FICTION' SECTION (attributing the author) and it has been edited. What to doDoctor Bruno 14:20, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Great Man?

We have accounts of his army massacring civilians, raping women and slaughtering people

How is he a great man? He is as pathetic as some of the islamic invaders of India

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.121.167.203 (talk) 02:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

Of course he is great. There is no proof of your claims that his army was involved in raping women, killing children etc., Please understand that he was conqueror and when he fights war with neighbours there are bounds to be casualities. Please understand all kings during at that time was involved in wars with neighbours. So, as a king, he is bound to protect his boundaries. He was definitely a benevolent king but was a "lion" when enemies try to attack him.

You must be a kannadiga because history shows the rivalry between chalukyas and cholas. Definitely, kannada poets historians will try to potray negative image of the chola dynasty who is the opposing force for chalukyas. We cannot believe those claims outrightly.

[edit] Regiments in Tanjore Inscription

A number of regiments are mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions.

  • Perundanattu Anaiyatkal.
  • Pandita-Chola-Terinda-villigal.
  • Parivarameykappargal.
  • Palavagai-Parampadaigalilar.Doctor Bruno 18:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Evidence for Udhagai and kalinga war

meghamitra 12:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC) 1. What is the evidence of kalinga war and occupation 2. Malai nadu is udhagai show evidence

Lot of other references as well, which i will tall later. I want to edit out the said portions any objectins

Do not remove before somebody puts inline citations. The evidence is there in KANs work. Praveen 13:49, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Udhagai was found in 18th century by British and before that there are only toda tribes in ooty and sorrounded by badagas , how did he invade udhagai , I feel kan's work is book of untruth's. Naval expedition where is the evidence from kalinga or independent sources.meghamitra 07:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

First of all what you feel is irrelevant here. Regarding the neutral source for Rajaraja's Kalinga conquest, see my reference in the end of the line in article (By Vincent Arthur). BTW:Why don't you ask for neutral sources in hundreds of Kannada related articles where only one book from Kamat is used as 'reference'. Praveen 14:29, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
And which are those hundreds of Kannada related articles where only Kamat is used? First of all, there is "Kamat" and then there is "Kamath" - two different authors. And almost all articles which use either or both of these authors also use several other authors as reference. A quick look at DK's user page should suffice. On the other hand, an overwhelming number of tamil articles are lopsided in favour of KAN or worse, tamilnation.org. Not to mention that except for a handful, there are no inline citations for any of the rest. Even for the very tallest of claims! Sarvagnya 20:41, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
It is ridiculous to claim the Prof. KAN book is 'full of untruths'! His books have been in print for well over 70 years and are standard reading in a number of universities. What have you published Meghamitra? - Parthi talk/contribs 19:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Exactly venu , book of 70years old is used to justify outdated theories that are contradicted to new findingsmeghamitra 06:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Please articulate the 'new finding'. That will be more constructive than defacing the article. Thanks Parthi talk/contribs 05:05, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invasion of Lanka

Anuradhapura became the capital of Sri Lanka as early as the 4th century B.C.E. When Raja Raja Chola's invasion took place in 993 C.E., the city had served as the capital for 1400 years. The Sri Lankan prince Vijayabahu-I ended the Chola occupation in the year 1070 C.E. and continued to use Polonnaruva as his capital (just as his Chola predecessors), although he was crowned in Anuradhapura as the king of Sri Lanka.

There were many temples built by the Cholas in Polonnaruva of which the ruins can be seen to this day. A fairly large collection of bronze statues of Hindu deities discovered during excavations are on display at the National Museum, Colombo, as well as at the Archaeological Museum of Polonnaruva.

Rohana is one of the three ancient regional divisions of Sri Lanka. Its capital was Maagama, near present day Tissamaharama. In the early part of the second millennium C.E. the hill country of Sri Lanka was only sparsely populated. - - 124.43.197.87 02:28, 17 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Arul mozhi or Arun mozhi

Which among this is RajaRajaCholan I-The Great's birht name?

(talkArun1paladin (talk) 13:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC))