Chola Temple-State Administration in South India (9th–13th centuries CE)

1. Vijayalaya Chola takes Thanjavur

   Jan 1, 850Labels: Vijayalaya Chola, Thanjavur

   • Britannica

2. Parantaka I issues Uttaramerur assembly rules

   Jan 1, 919Labels: Uttaramerur, Village assembly

   • Britannica
   • GKToday
   • Varnam

3. Rajaraja I begins Brihadisvara Temple project

   Jan 1, 1003Labels: Rajaraja I, Brihadisvara Temple

   • Britannica
   • GodsCollections

4. Brihadisvara Temple consecrated at Thanjavur

   Jan 1, 1010Labels: Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur

   • Britannica
   • Cornell Library

5. Brihadisvara inscriptions list temple personnel and wages

   Jan 1, 1011Labels: Brihadisvara inscriptions, Temple personnel

   • Brihadisvara WP

6. Rajendra I builds new capital at Gangaikonda Cholapuram

   Jan 1, 1025Labels: Rajendra I, Gangaikonda Cholapuram

   • GKC WP
   • GKC Temple WP

7. Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple completed

   Jan 1, 1035Labels: Gangaikonda Temple, Rajendra I

   • GKC Temple WP
   • GKC WP

8. Devadana land endowments recorded in Chola epigraphy

   Jan 1, 1050Labels: Devadana, Brahmadeya

   • Britannica
   • NCERT Extracts

9. Kulottunga I-era evidence of temple land boundary practice

   Jan 1, 1070Labels: Kulottunga I, Boundary stones

   • DT Next

10. Airavatesvara Temple completed at Darasuram

    Jan 1, 1166Labels: Airavatesvara Temple, Rajaraja II

    • Airavatesvara WP
    • UNESCO WHC

11. Late-13th-century decline of Chola capital complexes

    Jan 1, 1290Labels: Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Capital decline

    • GKC WP
    • GKC Temple WP

12. Great Living Chola Temples inscribed by UNESCO

    Jan 1, 1987Labels: Great Living, UNESCO

    • UNESCO WHC
    • GLCT WP

13. UNESCO listing expanded to include two more Chola temples

    Jan 1, 2004Labels: UNESCO listing, Gangaikonda Cholapuram

    • UNESCO WHC
    • GLCT WP