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Who founded the Chola Empire of the medieval period in 848 CE?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chola king defeated the Pallavas and Pandyas in the early 10th century and took Tondaimandalam?Read the answer and worked solution →In which battle did Parantaka I defeat the Rashtrakutas?Read the answer and worked solution →The heartland of the Cholas was the fertile valley of which river?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cholas ruled all of peninsular India south of which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Which new capital did Rajendra Chola I build to celebrate his northern victories?Read the answer and worked solution →Which famous temple was built in the era of Rajaraja I?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajendra I's invasion weakened which Southeast Asian kingdom?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Rajendra Chola launch naval raids on the ports of Srivijaya?Read the answer and worked solution →Who ascended the Chola throne in 1070 and began the Later Chola line?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chola prince was assassinated in a civil disturbance in 1070?Read the answer and worked solution →Which empire absorbed the Cholas, who ceased to exist by 1279?Read the answer and worked solution →How is the Imperial Chola era described for Tamil culture?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two dynasties displaced the Kalabhras in the 6th century?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two Early Chola kings are prominent in Sangam literature?Read the answer and worked solution →Which town was the oldest capital of the Early Cholas?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chola port did the geographer Ptolemy call Khaberis?Read the answer and worked solution →The river Kaveri is also known by what name, meaning golden?Read the answer and worked solution →Which modern town was known in Chola times as Kudanthai?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Ashoka's edicts present the Cholas' relation to the Mauryan empire?Read the answer and worked solution →Who arranged the Shaivite canon into eleven books near the end of the 10th century?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the Tamil grammar text called Virasoliyam?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajaraja Chola's daughter married which Eastern Chalukya prince?Read the answer and worked solution →Manyakheta, the Rashtrakuta capital, is today known as which place?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rashtrakuta ruler defeated the Badami Chalukya king Kirtivarman II in 753?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rashtrakuta king commissioned the monolithic Kailasanath Temple at Ellora?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rashtrakuta ruler was crowned although he was the third son of Dhruva?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Arabic text Silsilat al-Tawarikh (851) call the Rashtrakutas?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Rashtrakutas, who ruled a Rashtra, or province?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the Rashtrakuta Chief Minister called?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who founded the Chola Empire of the medieval period in 848 CE?

  1. Vijayalaya
  2. Aditya I
  3. Parantaka I
  4. Rajaraja I
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Correct answer: A. Vijayalaya

1. The imperial line of Cholas began in 848 CE. 2. Aditya I, Parantaka I and Rajaraja I were later rulers who expanded it. 3. So the founder was Vijayalaya. _Source: Wikipedia, Chola dynasty, Imperial Cholas_

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Which Chola king defeated the Pallavas and Pandyas in the early 10th century and took Tondaimandalam?

  1. Rajendra I
  2. Aditya I
  3. Kulothunga I
  4. Vikrama Chola
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Correct answer: B. Aditya I

1. Aditya I was the second king of the imperial line. 2. He defeated the Pallava and Pandyan dynasties and captured Tondaimandalam and Kongu Nadu. 3. Rajendra I, Kulothunga I and Vikrama Chola ruled much later. _Source: Wikipedia, Chola dynasty, Imperial Cholas_

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In which battle did Parantaka I defeat the Rashtrakutas?

  1. Tarain
  2. Monghyr
  3. Vallala
  4. Vingavalli
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Correct answer: C. Vallala

1. Parantaka I was the son of Aditya I. 2. He defeated the Rashtrakuta dynasty at Vallala. 3. Tarain and Monghyr belong to northern wars and Vingavalli to a Rashtrakuta victory. _Source: Wikipedia, Chola dynasty, Imperial Cholas_

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