Ancient IndiaLuzac & Company, 1911 - 451 pagini |
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Ahavamalla Alvar Alvārs appears ascendency assembly Banavase battle Bellala Betad Bijapur Bijjala Brahman Buddhist capital century A. D. Ceylon Chama Raja Chera chief Chikka Deva Raja Chola country Chola empire conquest contemporary Dalaway defeated Dekhan Dēva disciple district dominions dynasty eastern Chalukya emperor Epic Epigraphist's Report father frontier Gajabahu Ganga Gangavāḍi head-quarters Hoysala inscriptions invasion Jain kalams Kalingam Kanchi Kantirava Narasa Kapilar Karikala Kavery Killi king kingdom Kongu Koppam Krishna Raja Kulottunga land latter Madura mentioned Mysore Nathamuni Nayaka Nolambavāḍi Palace History Pallava Pandya patron period poem poet prince province Puhar Raja Wodeyar Rājarāja Rajendra Rajendra Chola Rāmānuja Rashtrakutas Raya referred reign revenue royal rule ruler Śaiva Sangam Senguṭṭuvan Śiva Sōmēsvara South India southern Srirangam Srirangapatna succeeded successor Tamil literature Tanjore temple territory throne tion Tirumangai Alvar Tungabhadra usurpation Vaishnava Vengi viceroy viceroyalty victory Vikrama Vikramaditya village Vira Vīrarājēndra Vishnu Vishnuvardhana Wilks younger brother
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Pagina 22 - all poor or helpless patients suffering from all kinds of infirmities. They are well taken care of, and a doctor attends them ; food and medicine being supplied according to their wants. Thus they are made quite comfortable, and when they are well, they may go away...
Pagina 186 - Woodiarpolliem talook there is an embankment sixteen miles long running north and south, provided with several substantial sluices and of great strength, which in former times must have formed one of the largest reservoirs in India. This huge tank or lake was filled partly by a channel from the Coleroon river, upwards of 60 miles in length, which enters it at its southern end, and partly by a smaller channel from the Vellaur, which entered it on the north.
Pagina xiii - Kulottunga in AD 1118. It is clear from the details on record that the administration of the kingdom was ' highly systematized
Pagina 72 - If the wind called Hippalus be blowing, Muziris, the nearest mart of India, can be reached in forty days. It is not a desirable place of call, pirates being in the neighbourhood who occupy a place called Nitrias, and besides it is not well supplied with wares for traffic.
Pagina 187 - Colcroon annicut was built, the structure was dismantled of a large part of the splendid granite sculptures which adorned it, and the enclosing wall was almost wholly destroyed, in order to obtain materials for the work. The poor people did their utmost to prevent this destruction and spoliation of the venerated edifice, by the servants of a Government, who could show no title to it; but of course without success, they were only punished for contempt. A promise was made indeed that a wall of...
Pagina 72 - India, considers that the coin finds lead to the following conclusions1: 1. There was hardly any commerce between Rome and India during the Consulate. 2. With Augustus began an intercourse which, enabling the Romans to obtain oriental luxuries during the early days of the empire, culminated about the time of Nero, who died AD 68.
Pagina 172 - If any one who is on the committees is found guilty of any offence, he shall be removed (at once). For appointing the committees after these have retired, the members of the committee for the " supervision of justice " in the twelve hamlets (of Uttaramallur) shall convene a meeting with the help of the arbitrator. The selection shall be by drawing pot-tickets according to this order which lays down the rules (thereof).
Pagina 134 - Shortly afterwards, however, the news reached him that his father-in-law was dead, and that the Chola kingdom was in a state of anarchy. He then proceeded at once to Kanchi the...
Pagina 73 - From the date of Caracalla it almost entirely ceased. 5. It revived again, though slightly, under the Byzantine emperors. He also infers that the trade under the early emperors was...
Pagina 175 - We learn that the lands under cultivation were carefully surveyed and holdings registered at least a century before the famous Domesday record of William the Conqueror.