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The Chola Mystery of the Lost King
We often think of the Chola Empire as a monolith of stone and sea power, defined by the towering gopurams of Thanjavur and the naval victories of Rajendra Chola I. But history is rarely so clean. This episode uncovers the enigmatic reign of Kulothunga Chola II, a ruler who sat on the throne during a period of intense internal fracture and external pressure from the rising Pandya and Hoysala powers. We explore how he attempted to hold the empire together through religious patronage rather than military conquest, commissioning massive temple endowments that reveal a court struggling with…
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