Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 12 - Colas of Tanjavur: Phase II
This chapter describes Colas of Tanjavur: Phase II located on page 223 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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Temples in and around Madurantakam [by B. Mekala]
With the Kulottunga-Ill, the Chola empire began to crumble giving way to the rising Pandyas. The last phase of the Chola Empire was the reigns of Rajaraja-III (A. D. 1216 -1246) and Rajendran (A. D. 1246-1249)....
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history [by Suma Parappattoli]
All of them speak about the region as located in the southern region in the neighbourhood of Cola, Pandya, and Kerala. Further, all these references seem to have originated from a common source since they appear almost alike. (* 1) sargashca pratisargashca vamsho manvantarani ca vamshanucaritam ceti puranam pancalakshanam || This shows the stress laid for the historical facts in the Puranas. (* 2) But scholar like A. B....
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Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) [by R. Muthuraman]
Nilakanta Sastri, The Colas, Madras, 1955, p. 694. (* 27) S. R. Balasubramaniyam, Solar Kalaippani, Madras, 1966, p. 30 (* 28) G. Thangavelu, Indiya Kalai Varalaru, Book I, Chennai, 1976, pp. 482-493. (* 29) S. R. Balasubramaniyam, Middle Chola Temples, Haryana, 1975, pp. 1 and 240. (* 30) S. R. Balasubramaniyam, Later Chola Temples, Madras, 1979, p. 307. (* 31) A. R. E. , 70 of 1919....
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