Chola coins catalog with values
Empire of Chola
The earliest mention of the Chola
principality in the valley of the Indian river Kaveri dates back
to the reign of King Ashoka, i.e. to the 3rd century BC.
Besides Chola, there were two other major Tamil states in
southern Hindustan - Pallava and Pandya. All three dynasties
were related by blood, but each of these ruling houses dreamed
of total victory over their rivals. A particularly fierce
struggle for power over the Tamil south erupted in the ninth
century. A long and bloody war broke out between the Pallava and
Pandya states. The Chola ruler Vijayalaya was considered a
vassal of the Pallava prince, but he decided to take advantage
of the fortunate circumstances and declared Chola independence.
He made the city of Thanjavur, captured from the Pallavas, the
new capital of his state. And while the Pallavas and Pandyas
continued to kill each other, he made plans to capture the
entire south of Hindustan, including the island of Sri Lanka. He
never managed to do it, but partly his dream was realized by his
son Aditya, an excellent strategist, who in 897 became the sole
ruler of all Tamil southern India, and his son Parantaka
conquered Sri Lanka.
The Chola empire became an empire in 985, when the state
included not only Tamil lands. King Raja-raja I came to power in
Chola and expanded his possessions in the northeast by capturing
Kalinga. He also managed to capture the entire Malabar coast
including the Maldives and Laccadive Islands.
Under his son Rajendra, Chola armies reached as far north as the
Ganges, captured Odisha and Bengal, and the maharaja established
a new capital with the unpronounceable name
Gangaikondacholapuram, which translates as "the city of the
Chola who conquered the Ganges".
The officially recognized date of the fall of the Cholas is
1279, when the remnants of the empire were absorbed into the
kingdom of Pandya. Under the last maharajas, the Chola lands
were shaken by natural disasters causing widespread famine as
well as riots. From the beginning of the 13th century,
rebellions were waged for one purpose - to throw off the power
of the Cholas, who were no longer considered "Great Cholas" by
anyone, because, indeed, they were not direct descendants of
Vijayalai. The last Chola emperor is considered to be Rajendra
III, as no coronation after 1279 is known, nor the existence of
the Chola Empire itself. The Chola Empire is succeeded by the
Pandya Empire.
Raja Raja Cholan I (985-1014)
dirham no date
copper
Value - 5-8 USD
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