the imperial Cholas (c. 850 CE – 1250 CE) in South India was an age of continuous improvement and refinement of Chola art and architecture. They utilised...

time. The Chola tradition of art spread, and influenced the architecture and art of Southeast Asia. Vijayalaya, a descendant of the Early Cholas, restablished...

Criterion (i): The three Chola temples of Southern India represent an outstanding creative achievement in the architectural conception of the pure form...

Pallava art and architecture represent an early stage of Dravidian art and architecture which blossomed to its fullest extent under the Chola Dynasty...

Arinjaya Chola was a ruler of the Chola kingdom. He was the third son of Parantaka I and the younger brother of Gandaraditya Chola, whom he is thought...

Vijayalaya Chola (r. 847 – 871 CE; Tamil: விசயாலய சோழன், romanized: Vicayālaya Cōḻaṉ) was a descendant of the Early Cholas, who revived the Chola dynasty and founded...

art Art of Mathura Gupta art Mauryan art Kushan art Sundari painting Hoysala architecture Vijayanagara architecture Greco-Buddhist art Chola art and architecture...

The Chola dynasty (Tamil: [t͡ʃoːɻɐr]) was a Tamil dynasty originating from southern India. At its height, it ruled over the Chola Empire, an expansive...

Vijayanagara Architecture style. Vijayanagara architecture is a vibrant combination of the Chalukya, Hoysala, Rashtrakuta, Pallava, Pandya and Chola styles...

exemplar of Tamil architecture. It is also called Dakshina Meru (Meru of the South). Built by Chola emperor Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE, the temple...