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The Chola Decline: Why the Greatest South Indian Empire Collapsed
The Chola Empire dominated South India and the Indian Ocean for over four centuries. But by the late 13th century, it crumbled. This episode explores the final act: the rise of the Pandya kingdom under Jatavarman Sundara Pandya, the fatal Chola civil war between Rajaraja III and Rajendra III, the Hoysala intervention, and the slow erosion of the empire's naval trade networks. We discuss how the Kaveri delta's agricultural output could no longer sustain the military, how the Pandya's patronage of the pearl fisheries and Sri Lankan trade shifted the economic center south, and how…
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