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Chola Empire's Tamil Inscriptions in Khmer Angkor
We uncovered something astonishing in the archives: Tamil inscriptions from the Chola period, carved directly into the walls of Angkor Wat and 11th-century Khmer temples. In this episode, we trace how Tamil merchant guilds — the Ayyavole and Nanadesi — left their marks in Sanskrit and Tamil alongside Khmer royal edicts. We explore the famous Takuapa inscription on the Isthmus of Kra, the Phanom-Surin stone with its Tamil brazier, and the Khuan Lukpad ring. We ask what these stones reveal about daily life in the Chola diaspora: marriage alliances, temple patronage, and the quiet integration of…
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