Inscriptions are the writings on stone, metal or some materials as an important historical source. These are valuable historical evidence of the existence and activities of early kings and empires. They also provide detailed religious practises.

Epigraphy (Ancient Greek: ἐπιγραφή, “inscription”) is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.

types of the inscriptions in ancient Indian history Related: Sources of Ancient Indian History ?

• Ashokan Inscriptions.
• Junagarh Rock inscription.
• Mahrauli Inscription / Garuda Pillar.
• Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Prayag Prasasti)
• Nasik Inscription.
• Nanaghat Inscription.
• Mandsaur Inscription.
• Hathigumpha Inscription.

The inscriptions provide the following information about the Cholas. They tell us about the Chola administration. They record gifts and endowments to temples and brahmanas. They inform us about the construction of a temple or the setting up of a new image of the deity.

Answer. Explanation: Early Chola temples at the Bank of river Kaveri were smaller and brick made, in comparison to the colossus buildings of the Imperial Cholas. The temples of the Imperial Cholas are covered with exquisite well composed sculptures and frescoes.

There was central government, provincial government and local self-government including ‘ur’ – assembly of normal villages, ‘ Sabha’- assembly of Brahmins and ‘nagaram’ – the assembly of merchants. All this well distributed and managed system of administration became strong and effective.

Vijayalaya

An actual Chola girl would generally be a girlfriend or sister of a Mexican gangbanger – tough as nails but still feminine, with thin arched eyebrows (tattooed or pencilled on), dark brown lip liner, crunchy moussed or wet look hair in a high, tight ponytail and tonnes of gold jewellery.

Rajaraja I

Rajendra Chola I was a Chola emperor of South India who succeeded his father Rajaraja Chola I in 1014 CE. He assumed the title of Gangaikondachola because he conquered the kingdoms near Ganga and built a new capital city called Gangaikonda Cholapuram.

From 1216 the Hoysala kings obtained lands in the Chola country, former Chola feudatories threw off their allegiance, northern powers intervened, and the upheaval facilitated the Pandya conquest of the Chola country in 1257. The Chola dynasty ended in 1279.

Cholos, cholas and cholitas are used as informal slang terms in parts of the US, to refer to people of Mexican descent, who usually are low-income and “tough”, and may wear stereotypical clothes.

The Cholas are known to have benefitted from both piracy and foreign trade. Sometimes Chola seafaring led to outright plunder and conquest as far as Southeast Asia. They practiced naval trade monopoly that forced any trade vessels that passed through their waters to call on their ports or otherwise being plundered.

Srivijaya had religious, cultural and trade links with the Buddhist Pala of Bengal, as well as with the Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East. The kingdom ceased to exist in the 13th century due to various factors, including the expansion of the competitor Javanese Singhasari and Majapahit empires.

In 1025 AD, when Mahmud of Ghazni was invading India from the north, the Chola monarch of the Tamil lands, Rajendra Chola sent forth a naval armada to modern day Indonesia.