The Story of India: South India
By Michael Wood
Last updated 2011-02-17
The Tanjore Temple built by the Cholan emperor, Rajaraja the Great
Tanjore Temple
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- The highest building in India when it was dedicated in 1010, the Great Temple of Tanjore, in Tamil Nadu, is a World Heritage Site today, but still a living temple.
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- It was the personal project of the Cholan emperor Rajaraja the Great. It was under his rule that the Cholans conquered the Maldives, the Andamans, and northern Sri Lanka. One of the most creative epochs of Indian culture and art, the Cholan period is often compared in artistic achievement to classical Greece.
Under Rajaraja's son, Rajendra, the Cholans even sent a naval expedition to occupy parts of Java, Sumatra and the Straits of Malacca to protect their trade routes to China.
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