Consider the following pairs of Chola titles and rulers: 1. Mummudi Chola : Rajaraja I 2. Kadaram Kondan : Kulottunga I 3. Sungam Tavirtta Cholan : Kulottunga I Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1 and 3 only. Pairs 1 and 3 are correct. Rajaraja I took the title Mummudi Chola, the three-crowned Chola. Kulottunga I was called Sungam Tavirtta Cholan because he abolished tolls. Pair 2 is wrong. Kadaram Kondan was Rajendra I's title, after his navy took Kadaram in 1025. Read more: AncHist0136 — The Chola Empire: Rise, Administration, Culture and Decline.

In the middle of the ninth century, Vijayalaya captured the Kaveri delta from which family?

The Muttaraiyar. Vijayalaya took the Kaveri delta from the Muttaraiyar, a minor chiefly family. The Muttaraiyar served the Pallava kings of Kanchipuram, so the Pallavas were their overlords, not the direct losers. Vijayalaya then built the town of Thanjavur. Read more: AncHist0136 — The Chola Empire: Rise, Administration, Culture and Decline.

Arrange the following events of Chola history in chronological order: 1. Battle of Takkolam 2. Rajendra I's naval raid on Srivijaya 3. Completion of the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur 4. Capture of Rajaraja III by the Kadava chief Kopperunchinga Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1-3-2-4. The order is 1-3-2-4. The Rashtrakutas beat the Cholas at Takkolam in 948-949. Rajaraja I's Thanjavur temple was finished in 1010. Rajendra I raided Srivijaya in 1025. Kopperunchinga captured Rajaraja III around 1231. Read more: AncHist0136 — The Chola Empire: Rise, Administration, Culture and Decline.

The Chola empire came to an end around 1279, when its last ruler, Rajendra III, was defeated by which dynasty?

The Pandyas. The Pandyas ended Chola rule. Around 1279, Maravarman Kulasekara Pandya I defeated Rajendra III, and the Hoysalas too. No Chola inscriptions are found after 1279. The Hoysalas had earlier helped the Cholas, and a Kadava chief once held a Chola king captive. Read more: AncHist0136 — The Chola Empire: Rise, Administration, Culture and Decline.

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Consider the following statements about the Uttaramerur inscriptions: 1. They belong to the reign of the Chola king Parantaka I. 2. Members of the sabha’s committees had to be between 25 and 60 years of age. 3. Names of eligible people were written on palm-leaf tickets and drawn from a pot by a young boy. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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