Chola dynasty

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Tamil dynasty dynasty royal house

The Chola dynasty was a powerful South Indian Tamil royal lineage that ruled a vast maritime empire across southern India and Southeast Asia, renowned for its military conquests, temple architecture, and patronage of art and literature.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Chola dynasty canonical	40
Chola Empire	8
Chola period	8
Chola kingdom	3
Chola	2
Cholas	2
Early Cholas	2
Chola Empire (later phase)	1
Chola Kingdom	1
Chola Nadu	1
Chola navy	1
Early Chola dynasty	1
Imperial Cholas	1
Later Cholas	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tamil dynasty ⓘ dynasty ⓘ royal house ⓘ
administrativeDivision	kurram ⓘ mandalam ⓘ nadu ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ surface form: Dravidian architecture
capital	Gangaikonda Cholapuram ⓘ Tanjore ⓘ surface form: Thanjavur
coinage	copper coins ⓘ gold coins ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
economicBase	agriculture ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
endTime	13th century CE ⓘ
ethnicIdentity	Tamil ⓘ
expandedTo	Maldives ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Sri Vijaya territories in Southeast Asia ⓘ
knownFor	maritime empire ⓘ military conquests ⓘ patronage of art ⓘ patronage of literature ⓘ temple architecture ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
majorTemple	Airavatesvara Temple ⓘ surface form: Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ surface form: Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur Gangaikonda Cholapuram ⓘ surface form: Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple
navalPower	Bay of Bengal ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ
notableInscriptionLanguage	Sanskrit ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
notableRuler	Aditya I ⓘ Kulothunga I ⓘ Kulothunga II ⓘ Kulothunga III ⓘ Parantaka I ⓘ Rajadhiraja I ⓘ Rajaraja I ⓘ Rajaraja II ⓘ Rajaraja III ⓘ Rajendra I ⓘ Rajendra III ⓘ Vijayalaya Chola ⓘ
patronized	Shaivism ⓘ Tamil literature ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ bronze sculpture ⓘ
predecessor	Muttaraiyar dynasty ⓘ Pallava dynasty ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
startTime	c. 9th century CE ⓘ
successor	Hoysalas ⓘ surface form: Hoysala Empire Pandya dynasty ⓘ
UNESCOHeritage	Great Living Chola Temples ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Srivijaya Empire → interactedWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

South India → historicalDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Trichinopoly → wasUnderRuleOf → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Tanjore → historicalRegion → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola Nadu

Tanjore → wasCapitalOf → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Tanjore → historicalEra → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola period

Tanjore → wasRuledBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Tamil people → historicalKingdom → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Tiruchirappalli → wasRuledBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Cholas

Tiruchirappalli → wasRuledBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Later Cholas

Nataraja sculptures → associatedWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Nataraja sculptures → developedDuring → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola period

India–Southeast Asia → involvedPolity → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram → associatedDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Kanchipuram → historicalDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Tirumurai → compiledIn → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola period

Tirumurai → associatedDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Chidambaram → historicalEra → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola period

Chidambaram → wasPatronizedBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 → hasParticipant → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola Empire

Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 → belligerent → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola Empire

Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 → used → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola navy

Dravidian temple architecture → historicalPeriod → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Tamil culture → hasHistoricalDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Great Living Chola Temples → builtBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Great Living Chola Temples → associatedDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Cholas

Chera dynasty → contemporaryWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Pandya dynasty → rival → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Hindu temple architecture → hasStyle → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola

Eastern Chalukya dynasty → dynasticMarriageWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Eastern Chalukya dynasty → mergedInto → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola Empire

Eastern Chalukya dynasty → followedBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Eastern Chalukya dynasty → alliedWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval → historicalPatronageBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Brihadeeswarar Temple → builtByDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Brihadeeswarar Temple → associatedWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola Empire

Southeastern India → hasHistoricalEmpire → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Annamalaiyar Temple → historicalDynastyPatron → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Perur Pateeswarar Temple → builtBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cholas

Perur Pateeswarar Temple → historicalEra → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola period

Perur Pateeswarar Temple → associatedWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Puranānūru → associatedWithDynasties → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola

Pattinappālai → associatedDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Cholas

ancient Tamilakam → majorDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

subject surface form: Ancient Tamilakam

Madhavi → associatedWith → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola kingdom

Tamilakam → majorDynasty → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Kovalan → kingdomOfOrigin → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola kingdom

Pallava dynasty → followedBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ

Kaveripattinam → locatedInKingdom → Chola dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chola kingdom

Kaveripattinam → governedBy → Chola dynasty ⓘ