Home Region: Southern India (South Asia)

Chola Empire

849 CE 1280 CE

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EQ 2020 in_chola_emp / InChol*

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1070 CE 1255 CE Polonnaruwa (sl_polonnaruva) [None]

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General Description

This polity was founded in the mid-ninth century CE, when members of the Chola dynasty, centred in the fertile Kaveri delta of Tamil Nadu, began a series of territorial conquests. At their peak in the eleventh century, they ruled over large parts of southern India and north-central Sri Lanka.^[1]

[1]: (Mahalakshmi 2016: 1), Mahalakshmi, Rakesh. 2016. ‘Chola (Cola) Empire’. In The Encyclopedia of Empire, edited by John M. MacKenzie, 1st ed., 1–7. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe366. Zotero ID: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/ET6Z69AC.

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Polity Succession

Language

1 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

Hierarchical Complexity

Professions

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

Transport Infrastructure

Special-purpose Sites

Information / Writing System

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

Information / Money

Information / Postal System

Information / Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

19 Power Transition

Instability Events

27 Instability Event

General Variables

Identity and Location Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	44 P	849 CE 1280 CE
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Alternative Name	Imperial Cholas	849 CE 1280 CE
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Temporal Bounds Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Duration	[849 CE ➜ 1280 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Succeeding Entity 1070 CE 1255 CE	Polonnaruwa (sl_polonnaruva) [None]
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Language Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Dravidian	849 CE 1280 CE
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Language	Tamil	849 CE 1280 CE
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Religion Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Hierarchical Complexity Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Professions Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Bureaucracy Characteristics Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Law Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Absent Inferred	849 CE 1280 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Transport Infrastructure Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Special-purpose Sites Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Information / Writing System Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Information / Money Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Information / Postal System Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Information / Measurement System Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Military use of Metals Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Projectiles Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Handheld weapons Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Animals used in warfare Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Armor Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Naval technology Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Absent Inferred	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	849 CE 1280 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Absent Inferred	849 CE 1280 CE
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Human Sacrifice Chola Empire (in_chola_emp)

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