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The 11th – 12th centuries C.E. saw eventful progression in the cultural history of India. Discuss.
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- Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200
The two centuries between roughly 1000 and 1200 CE were not a quiet interlude between the classical age and the Sultanate but a period of intense cultural ferment in their own right. Regional kingdoms — Chola, Chalukya, Hoysala, Chandella, Gahadavala, Pala-Sena, Paramara — reached the summit of their artistic and literary patronage even as, toward…
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- Literary Efflorescence: Sanskrit Cosmopolitanism Meets Regional Voice
- Temple Architecture at Its Classical Peak
- Devotional and Philosophical Currents
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