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Assess the contribution of Cholas in the expansion of Indian culture outside India.
- UPSC 2011
- Early Medieval India, 750-1200
Chola contact with the world beyond the subcontinent moved along two entangled tracks — a single dramatic act of naval conquest against Srivijaya, and a much longer, quieter current of trade, diplomacy and artistic exchange — and it is the second, cumulative track, more than the raid itself, that best explains how deeply Indian cultural…
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- The Srivijaya Expedition: Intensifying an Existing Process
- Two-Way Diplomatic-Cultural Contact: The Nagapattinam Vihara
- Artistic and Architectural Diffusion
- Linguistic and Institutional Legacies
- Maritime Trade Networks and China
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