Deccan Dynasties and Sangam Dynasty Quiz

During his rule, Rajaraja I, the father of Rajendra, annexed the Kingdom of Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka. From Rajarata, Chola attacks were undertaken into Rohana. Rajendra claimed to have fully dominated the island by the end of his fifth year.

The Pallavas were the Satvahan's feudatories, who dominated the southern regions of India for about 500 years. During Mahendravarman's reign, they managed to expand their sphere of influence from Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu.

There were typically eight or nine provinces (mandalam) that made up the Chola kingdom. Each mandalam was split into valanadus (or districts). These were further split into communities of villages known as kurram, nadu, or kottam.

In 947, Raja Raja Chola was born. Arulmozhivarman was his birth name. He was Parantaka Chola II's third child.

Narasimhavarman I reigned South India as the Pallava dynasty's ruler from 630 and 668 CE. He shared his father Mahendravarman I's passion of art and completed the work began by Mahendravarman in Mamallapuram.

During the Pala dynasty, Nalanda produced the sculptors Dhiman and his son Bithpal. During the post-classical era, the Bengal-born Pala Empire ruled across the Indian subcontinent as an imperial force.

From the third to the ninth centuries CE, the Pallava rulers controlled Mahabalipuram from Kanchipuram, their administrative centre. They utilised the port to conduct trade and diplomatic missions to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.

One of the few independent kingdoms that emerged following the fall of the Gupta Empire was the Vardhana or Pushyabhuti dynasty. The Vardhana dynasty was started by Pushyabhuti family member and Thanesar king Prabhakar Vardhana.

They held power starting in the middle of the sixth century. After the passing of Pulakesin II, their greatest ruler, in 642 AD, they began to fall. Following Pulakesin II's passing in the Eastern Deccan, the Eastern Chalukyas with their capital at Vengi soon rose to power. Till the eleventh century, they reigned.

Vijayalaya established the Chola Empire. By fighting the Pallavas, he seized control of the Tanjore kingdom in the eighth century, which helped the powerful Cholas ascend to power. Tanjore was therefore designated as the founding capital of the famous Chola Empire.

The inscriptions provide information on Chola administration. Gifts and donations made to brahmanas and temples are documented. They provide us with information on temple development or the installation of new god images.

Many parts of South India were governed by the powerful kingdoms of the Chalukyas and Pallavas. The Chalukyas had their capital at the Raichur Doab, which was situated between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers, while the Pallavas had theirs at Kanchipuram in the Kaveri Delta.

The Sangam literature, which is the earliest known literature from South India and has been referred to historically as "the poetry of the noble people," is ancient Tamil literature. Sangam refers to associations in literary terms.

Rajaraja Chola ruled over peninsular South India, part of what is now Sri Lanka, and the Maldives islands.

Ravikirti is credited with writing the Aihole inscription. He served as King Pulakesin II's court poet. The inscription may be located near Aihole in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Rajendra Chola I succeeded Rajaraja Chola I as the Chola ruler of South India in 1014 CE. Because he conquered the kingdoms close to the Ganga and established Gangaikonda Cholapuram as a new capital, he was given the name Gangaikondachola.

Mir Qamar-ud-Din Siddiqi, Viceroy of the Deccan (administrator of six Mughal governorates) under the Mughal emperors from 1713 to 1721, formed the dynasty.

The Southeast Asian Peninsula, which includes lower Burma and the Malay Peninsula, was popularly referred to as Suvarnabhumi (the "land of gold").

When Harsha attempted to extend his kingdom towards the southern peninsula of India, Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty destroyed him at the Battle of Narmada.

The Silappatikaram, the earliest Tamil epic, serves as a foundation for the Manimekalai's characters. In 30 cantos, it tells the tale of Manimekalai, the beautiful daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi. In terms of subject matter, writing style, and propaganda in the two epics, the Manimekalai is the antithesis of the Silappadikaram.