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Kulothunga's Gahadavala War: Chola Last Stand in the North
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the final northern campaign of the Chola Empire under Kulothunga I. After covering decades of Chola military and administrative history, they turn to a little-known but revealing conflict: the war against the Gahadavala king Govindachandra in the early 12th century. Using the Kamauli copper plates and inscriptions from Varanasi, they reconstruct a campaign that pushed Chola armies to the Ganges-Yamuna doab, only to end in a negotiated peace. They examine Kulothunga's strategic aims — reviving his grandfather Rajendra's northern glory — and why…
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