As people have been asking, my main source was the academic essay collection, "From Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa." I highly recommend it for anyone interested in learning about the Chola Empire administration, culture, and the circumstances surrounding their Southeast Asia invasion. Enjoy! For more history tidbits, be sure to check out my instagram too: instagram.com/oddcompasshistory/
@@blackpearl5834 Hey black pink, I mentioned this in another comment -- it's just a cartoon-y look that I went with to make it interesting. The belly on a monarch is meant to symbolize his substantial wealth and power -- and to do so in a fun way. It is not meant to be a 1:1 depiction of Rajendra Chola in reality. I can't change the thumbnail at this stage to make him skinnier, either, as I use the same character model in the video. I appreciate your interest though. I hope you enjoyed the video regardless!
@@OddCompass I would suggest you to study ponniyin selvan - a historical drama novel written based on history and with mixed in drama, fiction by kalki, it unravels how rajendra chola ascended his throne after conquering Sri Lanka. Will guarantee you a once in a lifetime experience.
The Chola empire was extra-ordinary. Its a shame CBSE had huge chapters about the Mughals but only two paragraphs about the Cholas. I was fascinated by the Chola kingdom exploits ever since I learnt that countries like Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia have been influenced by Hinduism and that they follow most of Indian epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata as a part of their heritage. I wondered how the countries so far would know about India... Of course it was the Chola Dynasty who did that.
Indeed, though interestingly it was not just due to Chola influence! The Pallavas, Kalinga, and Bengalis had an enormous influence on SE Asian culture before the Cholas. Interesting stuff!
To be honest the North political dominance in Centre trying to hide the braveness achievement of south people.. even the ancient Archeology Like haraapa Here Kizhadi And Arichemdu exist but they not show any interest in discovering those history..
@@OddCompass bro you should made a video on Ancient video on Archeology of Tamil ... KIZHADI is being in news down south with 6th phase of research going on.. And Arichemdu history where Rome made trade...
The Southern and Northeast Kings are almost erased from the History of India. At least these days we see about the Southern Kings in videos like these, but Northeast Kings are completely missing
No bro king chola is known by all archeological department members because tamil culture was the oldest one and he was the saviour of that so he was well known by all😀🔥😇
This is such an underrated video!! There’s barely any educational content on the chola kings and their impact on the maritime Silk Road, sea trade and naval technology. Thank you so much for covering this. Even our history textbooks focus more on the northern kingdoms and ignore the history of my people. Feeling strangely validated.
Much appreciated! I’m happy to have contributed in some small part to presenting this fascinating and often neglected period in history. The Cholas definitely deserve to be talked about more. I find their cultural and economic impact perhaps even more interesting than their military impact.
Easy answer to this is ' last one to colonise were British they brainwash ALL WITH FALSE EDUCATION SYSTEM you guys still following LOL, so the thought of retaliation won't even b there, same with Maories n same with aboriginals ' it's good this american voice hv done good research not sounding bias so that's a good sign on the other hand if u keen must have a look to Mr Rajeev Malhotra ' books on breaking India forces'
Our education system also barely focus on odisha, bengal, northeast India. Hell even they barely focus many northern kingdom. They mostly focus of Delhi sultanate,Mughal, British and coldwars.
The Cholas were also master builders, constructing temples that rivaled anything else built during that time; indeed as impressive as Europe's great Gothic cathedrals. If anyone visits India, yeah sure check out the Taj Mahal and all, but head to Tamil country to see some of the best of Hindu architecture India has to offer! The "Three Great Chola Temples" are an absolute must see.
Ponniyin selvan was in process. But it only cover raja raja cholan. Rajendra cholan was equivalent to his father raja raja cholan. People should also know about him.
I'm a Malaysian of Tamil descent. The influence of the Cholas in the culture of Malaysia is evident, but this part of history has been actively erased from the history books. May the truth resurface someday!
Bro india la yum ithe nilamai dan, gov is totally erasing tamils history in sri lanka too Nammuku oru nadu illa, keka yaarum illa Namma history mattum aliga paduthu😭
Bhumi putra (native malaysians) should be muslims,that what Malaysian constitution says, Imagine a constitution forcing people to accept one religion or your citizenship will be snatched. And they say malasiya is a modern muslim society, imagine muslims world's gaga if India does same and make native Indians should be hindu rule. Double standards.
@@TharsyanJaderuby someone tell that to malaysian goverment, Funfact: before islam hinduism was dominated in east asia, islam was spread by Indian traders not arabs in east asia. So basically Indians gave up our religion, accepted someone else's and then spread it everywhere.
Aj a Indian I know south Indian kingdoms like cholas, pandyas and pallavas are very neglected…they deserve so much more. They deserve a mention among mauryans, guptas and mughals.
Thanks for the very informative video. The History of the Tamils/South india is severely under represented in Indian curriculum, even in my own state of Tamil Nadu.
You're welcome! I agree that the history of the south is underrepresented and have taken it upon myself to explore more of its history in further videos. Hope you enjoy my channel!
They are one of the most important rulers of South India who supported and saved the Hinduism and spread in East Asia .....Thamizh vazhga Thamizh Kudi Vazhga Vazhga....!!!!!
I'm a random African American/ Puerto Rican and I find this as one of the most intriguing time period all time! I never even learned the basics of this in school..
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Greetings from the Philippines. I'm sort of aware of the Hindu influence in the Philippines but I've just learned that it's more than due to trade. I hope to grab on more detailed Pre-Spanish Philippine History, and South East Asia :)
Well the original name of the Philippines is a sanskrit name just like any other place in south east asia .i dont know if Filipinos are aware of that but the name was maharlika means " a man of wealth or knowledge or qualities "
Spain saved Filipinas from having to bow to a cube five times a day, and gave you chocolate. :-) The Brunei Empire was destroyed by the Spanish. Samurais were beaten at Cagayán by Spaniards. There's a lot of Spanish history not covered either because the Black Legends keeps my people down. The biggest empire ever was Spanish as I can explain.
@@byron-ih2ge "Hail Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!" sing the British, showing they admit that seas count in imperial extent. The British Empire had to share every ocean in the world with the French and others. So the Brits ruled less waves than Iberia since the Iberian Union meant that the Spanish Emperor Felipe II shared no ocean with any competent rival save for three seas with Turks: the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Only hypocrites count British or Mongol wastelands but not Spanish seas with more resources. The Mongol Empire drowned in the Spanish lake, the Pacific Ocean. Earth is more water than land so Spain had the biggest empire in history.
Being from northern part of india and also being a history buff, i am so amazed by the cholas, i named my nephew RAJENDRA but really saddened by the omission of such great rulers from our history books.
out of topic but indian's name i guess mostly from Chola are still using by indonesia. i have coworker named Rajendra and high school friend Rahendra. both are indonesian 😂. indonesian name mostly influence india ( arabian and dutch) name regardless their religion. i heard our hindus temple influenced by tamil /kalingga culture ( sorry i am not knowledgeable about india detail region).
@@karthickgouthamr8277 Are they English subtitled? Where do I find them? I love Asian historical movies. I have watched Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Thai movies. I would love to see some Tamil or Indian ones.
You know there's a saying in Tamil, 'யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர்'('yaathum oore yavarum kelir') written which means, 'every place is our place, all people are our kin'. It portrays the hospitality and fraternity of Tamils ❤️
@@ravikrishnamurthy5766 Indians are rich in hospitality. But, it's especially a term said in Tamil language, by a Tamil poet. So, I said it accordingly. Also, there is another saying in Tamil. 'தமிழன் என்றோர் இனமுண்டு, தனியே அவனுக்கோர் குணமுண்டு' (Tamilan endror inamundu, thaniye avanukor gunamundu) which translates to, 'There's a community called Tamils, they possess a unique trait' and that trait is usually, hospitality and fraternity ❤️
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Those a lot of people know about them , Indian government has almost vanished our kings from our history book , great Ashoka , rajput kings , gupta from North and chola , Chera and many more from south are compressed into some paragraphs in NCERT.@@retired-s5h
@@srisaiadarshd.r8590 yeah man kannadigas stand with it... I like Tamil Nadu and south india coz we stand against hindi language imposition and even if I love north of india too I feel many respected south indian stars and people are almost unknown and south indian history and languages is mostly ignored :-(
@@aadarshraghuwanshi7022 decisive? South Indians bashing north Indians in every comment section and even when we appreciate you still you are bashing. Respect is both way. Crub your hatred. Twàt
Yes , the Indian History would be incomplete without the narratives from South and East . It was Bharatvarsh History from modrn days Afganistan to Bali Islands.
My parent were tamil teachers so I know about this. It is weird that I know more about Indian history than most Indians despite being from Sri Lanka and growing up in Germany. You guys need to update your history books.
Being a tamizhan, we were always told about the stories of great Tamil kings and their bravery. But I have never read such a detailed work in my textbook. And this is the first time I'm seeing a RUclips video about chola kingdom that's detailed and informative coming from a non tamizhan . Thank you so much for this video.
Check out India in my realistic maps for Age of Empires 2 including: the world, Eurasia, Pacific Ocean (where in the west I have most of Asia including most of the north of the Indian Ocean plus the Persian Gulf). The other day I played as India using Persians to represent Indians due to the game's limited selection, and I had a lot of trade with Persia but they betrayed me, so I unleashed my war elephants. Later, Cambodia attacked so I had a large army in the east to defend India. When I was consolidating my conquest of Persian lands, I saw China invade Tibet, and knew I would be next, so I entered Tibet and war with China began, and it was epic.
@@raj18447 That setting would be great too. Because that was time when canonically Europeans came to India and could've brought the Apple of Eden. As in archives Gandhi ji had Apple of Eden.
Assassin's Creed's plot is actually to show the kings and rulers as the bad guys or the Templar, while the assassin tries to defeat him in order to get the artifact. So if the game took plac here, the protagonist will be a guy who travels around the city alone trying to eliminate each targets. Assassin's Creed:Origins were somewhat similar to what I say, but it was welcomed, but my only concern is that if the Kings were shown as Templars or the bad guy, there would be a sort of backlash.
Great video, I am from south India, but the CBSE history textbook that we had between 6-8th std covered less than half a page on Chola kingdom. I think it's pretty small when you consider their kingdom spanned for at least 1500 years from the records. This video had at least 10 times more information, Thanks!
Sad part! after independence northern powers deleted the southern history, just to govern has one nation. They didn’t want another independence from Tamil speaking land after the partition of Pakistan.
it’s also the case with every other empire and kingdom in India, they have dedicated a year to all kingdoms like the chola, maurya, pandava, saurashtra and ahom sometimes almost removing the gupta and ahom empire but they have dedicated 2 years to Mughal rule and delhi sultanate and 2 years to Gandhi led freedom movement removing radical fighters like chandrashekhar azad, bhagat singh, subhash chandra bose and etc. We aren’t taught about our real history that may help Indians regain their value in the world but we still study the british manipulated Indian history removing real and powerful empires both by military might and economic strength, we aren’t even taught about how much we contributed in the economic sector of the world and how the hell those island people destroyed our cash flow.
Until today, the waters off the south of Sumatra and Java are still known to be very rough and treacherous even not in the monsoon season. Only a few specialized vessels are allowed to sail there It was normal and senseful to think that the Chola's massive undertaking would have been impossible. But as it turns out, they did just that. Incredible
@@adithya.k0010cola kalah perang dgn Singasari PD abad 12 Masehi , dan tak ada catatan sejarah dan prasasti kalau cola sampai kejawa , budaya dan Hindu di bawa pedagang asal India ke Jawa
I'm sorry to break up the party here but these ridiculous chola claims could not be independently verified and therefore can only be dimissed as sheer fantasy. All chinese records only point to chola having been under srivijayan rule throughout the puppet king Kulotunga's reign. Apparently the only raids between these two polities were carried out by srivijaya upon chola
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by one Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489
I'm a Tamizhan here. You could have just went with just the history of Cholas but you went beyond and gave the actual facts about trade guilds and that's mighty impressive. That's the ultimate driving force of Tamil country until it existed and ruled by Tamizh people. Even the greatest epic Silapathikaram known as the first epic to revolve around commoners than kings will show you lot about rich Tamizh guilds controlling things even during 2nd century. Simply masters of seas and with this unquenchable thirst for rich and unwavering boldness who knows what are all the new lands they would have visited and taken those facts to their graves without leaving for the next gens. It is a commonly accepted idea atleast in Tamil Nadu that they were not only traders but wanderers and explorers of the seas. Countless ancient Tamizh poems been written about wives showcasing their agony and love waiting for months and months for her husband to come back from trade and war journeys.
@@Dr-ch6nn Kurunthokai poems can be the best place to start. www.google.com/amp/s/dakshinapatha.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/ku%25E1%25B9%259Funtokai-ancient-love-poetry-from-the-tamil-country/amp/ And there are ainkurunooru, agananooru, etc etc Tamil is literally is an ocean of ancient literature.
Indian history is not only about the invader. The Cholas, Pandyas, Cheras, Chalukya, Hoysala and so many others including the North Eastern side have never been given their dues in terms of plain acknowledgement, let alone recognition.. We keep hearing about the Rajputs and Mughals and Marathas and all. About time that our curricula had a more wide ranging all rounded content encompassing the huge and distinct cultures and achievements we have in Indian History.
@@ajayshetty6521 Well Mughals are also a part of Indian history. Just because they originated somewhere else doesn't make them irrelevant. I wish our textbooks gave equal importance to Cholas, Cheras, Pandyas, Mughals, Marathas and Rajputs. I don't want one to go down and other to go up.
Ashoka captured most of India...But, He can't even touch southern kingdoms...The Three Crowns...Chera, Chola, Pandya...Unnoticed kingdoms of India...Feeling sad for that...
He may got scared after his father's loss with ilan Chet chenni(great karikalan's father),also during ashoka period karikalan was the king,no one can even imagine going war with him .
அலை மா கடல் அணி மாளிகை ரதமே , அவை ஏறிடும் விடதமே உனது அதிகாரம் நிறுவுவாய்... கொலை வாளிணை எடடா மிகு கொடியோற் செயல் அறவே... குகை வாழ் ஒரு புலியே அதன் குணம் மேவிய தமிழா.....
*I love thamizh people( I'm not a thamizhan, I'm a malayali) and ancient moovanther culture❤ Love from pandya vamsha sri padmanabha dasa perumal dynasty (travancore,kerala)* 🙏
@@OddCompass there are salute poems for the chola kings after rajaraja 1 clearly telling on the countries or the kingdoms they conquered. You may refer that as well. It known as meykeerthi.
Fun fact Raja Raja cholan holds the record for largest man made lake in history, it stretches for about 16miles... Least known fact.. there's an stone scripture in that lake the lake's name is kavinadu yeari it says that who ever any person from any cast creed religion regardless if the lake ever gets clogged or something were to happen to its supply chain (the lakes were built as an reservoir for the surrounding farmers and people with many outlets) even after his death and 1000 years past whom so ever clears it will have the eternal gratitude of the king where it specifically describes that the King would place the feet of that person on his head and pledge is servitude.... A King who conquered fortitude of nations, whose army instilled fear in hearts of every nation, a vast empire with supply chain with 6 continents, whose naval fleet so vast it made the bay of Bengal look like a lake has described in the great literatures, all in all A King of Kings saying that he will worship the feet of a common man who helps his people by giving them water. Now to the people who read this you may disagree with me for my claims and may not believe me cuz as any human being i can lie but the pages and stones etched in history can't that scripture is still there that lake is still there and the legacy of this great king will live on.
As a Tamil Muslim from Sri Lanka, I am very happy to see a content like this. Every one uses talk about Aryan and mugal empires. You made us very proud
😍The Cholas! Own 60,000+ Elephants. Sometimes enemy says , whether Chola army is coming or the Earthquake is. Raja Rajan and Rajendiran this father son duo got succeeded in all their wars. ( One of the undefeatable marks in human history and even more kings are there in Tamil). Worlds first Granite temple by Raja Raja Cholan aka Arulmozhi varman. Thanks a lot my friend !💐💐💐
Its very nice to see Cholas explained through graphical imagery. Quite informative and interesting. I request you to make more videos about various other Tamil Kings/Kingdoms. Thanks
@@sadiqahmed4143 Pandiya kings were trading with China as well, there's a Hindu temple in Fujian provice, South China, Pandiya kings traded with Greece, Rome and Egypt, ships from Alexandria travelled to ports in Pandiya kingdom, then those commodities were taken to China by Pandiya ships, it's a facinating subject to learn about, Pandiya kingdom imported horses from Arabia during those period because we did not have horses in Tamil nadu.
If you got some time, you should learn about Manu Needhi Cholan also known as Ellalan. A tamil king under the banner of Cholan Empire, who ruled Sri Lanka.
Today I finally understand the meaning of the name Gangaikondacholapuram.. I used to be fascinated by this long city name in my history classes in high school
I am a Tamizhan and I feel so Good that someone like Odd Compass was patient enough to acquire all local Information about the Tamil History and Translated it to English so that People all over the world can know about them! As a Tamizhan, even I got most of the Information from Novels which were written by tamil authors after deep Research and Studying the tamil history. I was never formally introducted to this history through a study material or by anyone else other than my own parents. Thank you so much for your work I appreciate it very much!
i am Sri Lankan tamil and my caste is karaiyar , my community people used say that our ancestors were sea warriors in ancient time and after european colonial time we became fisherman and smugglers, the funny thing is i don't know swimming
15:17 Sri Rajahmura Lumaya, known in his shortened name Sri Lumay, was the first Rajah and the founder of the Indianized Rajahnate of Cebu. According to the epic Aginid, Bayok sa atong Tawarik,a Bisayan epic story, Sri Lumay was a half-Tamil and half Malay minor prince of the Chola dynasty in Sumatra. Sri Lumay was the grandfather of Rajah Humabon.He may be called a semi-legendary figure, since no other written records mentions about Sri Lumay, other than in oral traditions in the Visayan epic story of Anginid. According to Visayan folklore, Sri Lumay was a half-Tamil & half-Malay Chola King from somewhere in Sumatra, who settled in the Visayas, and had several sons. One of his sons was Sri Alho, who ruled a land known as Sialo which included the present-day towns of Carcar and Santander in the southern region of Cebu. Sri Ukob ruled a polity known as Nahalin in the north, which included the present-day towns of Consolación, Liloan, Compostela, Danao, Carmen and Bantayan. He died in battle, fighting with the Muslim Moro pirates known as magalos (literally "destroyers of peace") from Mindanao.The islands they were in were collectively known as Pulua Kang Dayang or Kangdaya (literally "[the islands] which belong to Daya").
India is so strategically located in the world, connecting Europe, Africa and West Asia to East Asia and Australia. No wonder there were so many attempts to invade and conquer this country. This strategic position is what we should have strengthened to dominate world trade after independence. Instead, we chose to look inward. What a lost opportunity. What a shame!
This is a great comment bro. Actually if I think about it personally, I feel its partly because of the capital being shifted to Delhi which is far away from the southern states. Kolkata was a great choice of Capital city situated around the coastal part of central India. Also the impact of Islamophobia throughout India could've been prevented if we had Kolkata instead of Delhi. Or we should've come up with a new idea having four head states of the country, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madras. All four with evenly distributed governing bodies.. Our country is big and hugely populated, having one governing body located at the top-end makes it concentrate more on the border issue alone, which is very important of course, but leaving the rest of the country weak interms of defence or maritime sovereignty.. Afterall that's Indian ocean we have below us, We could easily have a formidable maritime force, instead we're letting all the neighbouring smaller countries around us join hands with china to bully us.. Money is important but, proper strategy is the most important of all.. Throughout history we've seen smaller countries come out time and again to conquer the world and even succeed for the most part. We too have had successes through history in this regard, but in present we kinda look weak and are blindly following the western world.. Hmm sad... Taking some good habit from other countries is great, but literally following everything.? That's wrong.
Umm...what would they trade?First world had technologies to make this better than Indian factories are Brits left ruining the farm areas etc. US was the one in place of India and Indian ocean was replaced by Atlantic ocean
@@lakshaynegi82 for starters, building ports to aid trade from MEA to SEA via sea would have put india in a formidable position and catapulted the economy of the port cities. This is exactly what Singapore ended up doing in the 1970s .
Coolest fact for me was the Chola importation of Chinese and Arab ship builders. The world was really more globalized in the past than we often realize
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff." Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Why are we fighting now 😂 It's already over We should proud that these kings in India And our education system did blunder mistake not telling this how our marine was good Telling only sick stories of Akbar 😏
Exactly. Europeans were advancing in Tech only after industrial revolution. Before that the best metallurgy and other tech advancements belonged to India and China. And India had most tech like wootz steel. Even during war with colonies in India many Europeans got down from their horses and switch their swords with swords from Indian soldiers. It’s the invention of gun and their treachery which made them invade India or else they wouldn’t stand a chance.
I'm Spanish, and I never said that. Spaniards never said that. But Spain was the first to go around the world. Some wish Zheng He did, but that's wishful thinking. What I want to know is why Arabs didn't circumnavigate Africa. Why stop at Madagascar and thereabout?
because from the period of 1947 Congress were ruled india and the Education minister was Always muslim almost 40 years. Thats why we learned Akbar the Great king.
We tamilians are taught north indian and european history instead of ours. We dont know any major tamil history until we complete school and search it for ourself or study it in college. Hope videos like this revive our true identity.
The "bay of Bengal " was christened "chOzhamaNdalam" i.e. "chozA zone" which was corrupted and morphed into "coromandal" by the British. This is why the east coast of India is referred to as "Coromandel coast"
Chola Mandalam is the territory on land, not the bay of Bengal or Vangaalam. Part of the Vikrama Chola Mandalam was Bangalore or Bengaluru, which was earlier called as Vengaluru. Choromandal coast could have originated from the Telugu speaking people who pronounced Tamil zla as ra. So the British observed what was available to them.
@Hari haran read clearly what I have written. More over Vijaynagar kingdom ruled Tamil Nadu and it is during their times most Telugus and Brahmins came over to Tamil Nadu. Most of these people who came over pretend to be Tamils and there are multiple waves of migration from Telugu land. Consequently their influence on the culture and tradition they impart. Tamil Nadu and Srilanka were and are being controlled these people till this day. From your Movie actors to every single politician are of these people from Vijayanagr times. Even the political bastards who talk too much about Tamil and its history are all from the same background. The pretend to be Tamil to establish control over the territory. Besides that most Telugus who came over to Tamil regions did not pronounce Tamil very well. Even though Telugu itself is distorted version of Tamil. They had difficulty with zha and pronounced as ra or da.
@Hari haran indo Aryan language originated in india. Tamil having a few sanskrit words does not make it of the origin of sanskrit. Sanakrit was created by the immigrants who came here, who took Tamil literature and translated it to a new language which was somewhere between what they spoke and Tamil. That is the origin of Sanskrit
@@unknown98512 when? Karnataka was under Tamil kings u idiot ur cholas never crossed our raichur region just because they didn't have balls to cross mighty chalukyas army 🤣 And tell me at any point of time of ur one tamil king aquiring 50% of karnataka land While i can give u 3 kannada kings name who aquired whole TN for 3timea
@@harrapanman621 The Tamil Trade Guilds had great influence in South East Asia and traded luxury goods, fragrant woods, weapons even gunpowder and several other goods that enriched the empire and made them prosperous beyond measure. They were the lifeblood of the Chola Empire. And since there were several Chola princes, if a contender to the Throne lost their support, it meant a rival may claim their resources and support. They had trade towns and ports under their control and had their own private armies to protect their own wealth. Did not the Iron Bank by advancing loans and for recovering them support different kings. They also had their own army, mercenaries and city!
Tamilnadu and Tamil people history has always been suppressed by all Central govt ruled so far. History of india starts down south, people will realise that sooner or later. But definitely time will tell the legacy of Tamizh's. வாழ்க தமிழ். வளர்க பாரதம்.
I appreciate that there is someone explaining Indian history with FACTS and ANIMATION. Few people learn the details of Indian history and it doesn't help that there is a lot of politics around it.
Thank you, that means a lot to me -- I spend many weeks just researching the topic and making sure to go in-depth with the academic research, not just what's available online. I'm glad that the effort is appreciated!
@@OddCompass You Have done some stunning work ❤️.... These are only can be seen in Tamil Arts and culture related book...very scarce data....even our Indian Education System hasn't give some Light on our south History....this Vedio means a lot for me as a people from South
What a great video! Even the tamil school curriculum doesn't explain the chola legacy this nicely. You have done an excellent work making this video. Keep it up!
Even when Mahatma Gandhi didn't go non violence, non cooperation and quit India movements British would have left India because of their economic burden I think so
The entire Rise of the Chola empire would be super cool in an Assassin's Creed style game, especially with the maritime elements they love right now. I know it will never happen, but still, this would be so good, even with the Chola being the bad guys who controlled by the Tamil Guilds.
That's quite interesting...makes me wonder how they conceived of the world geographically. I'm not sure, but if I had to hazard a guess, I'd assume they did not think of Asia as a singular continent. This is speculation, but perhaps the Arab world, East Africa, Europe, China, SE Asia, and the Indian subcontinent? Chola trade routes went to all those major regions.
@@OddCompass we tamil people will learn things from animal's. We Trade worldwide because of sea turtle's. We learn the path from sea turtles.. Sea turtle's are our sea friends in olden days...
Very well presented indeed! I can safely say that even Indian school students today hardly learn about these (and many more) empires and their influence & legacy in shaping the modern world as we know it now. The empire of Ahom (centered around modern day Assam) is another example. Oh and another thing is that when you say these Southern Indian empires/ tribes ‘began’ around 300 BCE, it has to be noted that these are mere assumptions based on extant literature, mostly from foreign (Roman/ Greek) sources. Their true beginnings would be likely much earlier, and surely would make for extremely interesting reading as well.
For some reason, our textbooks have something similar to the following: 60% for Mughals 20% for British A paragraph for the Sikhs 3 paragraphs for the Marathas A chapter for all of South India North East doesn't exist Honorary mention of Bengal (mostly for Calcutta and revolutionaries)
Always admired Southern India and its people and culture. Great community and now developed a lot in terms of IT. Lots of love from a Punjabi Sikh. Wish Punjab also gets to that point now at least in terms of IT infrastructure.
Well, never forget we south indians always love our sikh brothers for what they have done for this great nation... And we really admire sikhs.. And there is a huge sikh community here in south india and we live here peacefully.
@who are you1. arey piccha dhed😝 you know what ...! history in our books that approved by one family and one community that's the one half cooked 2. Maybe our historical books lost or burnt but if you ever visits the temples of India look at the walls those walls tells you the science , art , technology and lots of lots of stories of our ancestors. 3 . 2000 years of known history definitely not the our entire history , you know why cause homosapiens evolved 200000( 2 lak) years ago. So don't talk like a flat earther🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
@who are you ahhh ...! where are you from JNU or AMU , first tell me about this who do you like UPA or Communists, if you selects any one option from above trust me buddy go ****yourself
@@garud7560 yeah ? The cholas cheras and pandayas were in many ways kingdoms who were dominated by a merchant class , as they fell within an incredibly strategically important area of the spice trade , thus making them incredibly rich and powerful .
History books never mentioned the Chola, Pandiya, Pallava, Chera kings. Only concerned about the invaders in the North India rather than the native rulers of India. Shame on government.
Whats the reason why this southern Indian empires are being swept under the rug? They are truly underrated for how great they were during their golden age. Do they have this Indian identity before Gandhi?
I really appreciate you for doing this. I live in tamilnadu, down south of India . I'm currently doing my 12th grade now and I'm a history student (humanities) . In despite of having Indian history as our whole syllabus for this academic year south Indian history barely plays 10% of it . I left out to be wondered about the negotiation of South Indian history regardless of having such a strong and long lasting ruling period .so for an example chola dynasty ruled over 1500 YEARS ( one the long lasted dynasties in the world history) and I barely have a page about them in my syllabus but I have a chapter about Magadha and Mauryas and their ruling period is just over 200 YEARS!
Honestly I live in Delhi and I agree with you. But Northies are taught only about Mughals and Delhi Sultanate in history, not even Indian kingdoms from post Ashoka to Delhi Sultanate. And barely any mention of South Indian kingdoms and no mention of northeast kingdoms.
"Indian history" has a not-so-slight tendency to focus solely on the big players of the north and the west, completely ignoring rest of the country. In the central board's school curriculum, the mauryan empire, gupta empire, delhi sultanate, mughal empire all got entire chapters dedicated to them, discussing the achievements and actions of individual rulers, but the cholas and pallavas got clubbed into one chapter with Harshavardhan, and even in that the latter was the main focus.
@@violetta698 and only learned about mughals and little bit bout Rani Laxmi bai doesn't know about other at all although I'm an Indian 😂😂😂😂 our school never want us to learn bout these part of our history 😰😰🥴
@@violetta698 Bro, Gurjara Pratihara Empire, The Sisodia rulers of Mewar, Chalukyas, Chauhans and Karkotas only have few lines about themselves in the books. They protected the country from being Islamised for at least 600 years. The Battle of Rajasthan(738AD), Rajput allied forces of Mewar and Gurjara Pratihara(5000 soldiers) led by Bappa Rawal fought the Umayyad Caliphate forces(30,000 soldiers) and won. With that defeat the Arabs did not dare to move an inch towards India for a good 300 years due to the losses. And guess what? Not a single mention of Maharaja Bappa Rawal in NCERT.
I was never taught about this legendary martime war between the Chola and Srivijaya. They did it during monsoon. Goosebumps. Looks like they're erased from History for the crime of being Hindus.
Awesome video! I hate how South/Southeast Asian history is hardly ever mentioned (despite being just as interesting and complex) as European/ American history in the US.
Thank you for this. It makes me a little sad that I need to learn about my heritage like this. But it makes me happy that I did. That's the problem with countries as diverse as India. When you have so much going on in so many different places, designing a syllabus that can do justice to all of it is hard. The thought that all this might one day be forgotten makes me a little uneasy. But for now, I'm glad that it lives on through you and your viewers. Once again, thanks.
Angkor-Wat Hindu Temple is the largest temple ever built it's one Gigantic Hindu monument inside & outside India thanks to Cholas, it's also the biggest tourists attraction in Cambodia last several decades
But, also there are many other Hindu Temples all around SE Asia & I believe these are definitely in Java, Sumatra, Bally,+ a ruin in Cebu, but also few in Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thai, etc (correct me if any wrong or better do specify. Where in what country etc info if u know/seen etc) I read of + seen of few clips & vlogs of above few Temples, but I also personally seen + visited few existing Temples in Malaysia & Singapore but I'm certain almost all of this last two nations are newer within the last many decades built by the newer South & North Indian expats living there, as British brought most as immigrants/ labours etc since late 1700 to mid 1900 period. But the very big mountain Murugan Temple near KL, Malaysia, is it also newer or very old Chola's time( some oldest ones affected by Islam arrival, to Malay, Sumatra etc, right ?
Angkor Wat was built by the Khmer Empire, not the Chola Empire. The people were ethnically Khmer, the same ethnic group that makes up 90 percent of Cambodia's population today. The inscriptions at Angkor are written in a language called _Old Khmer,_ which is part of the _Austroasiatic language family_ just like modern Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon (by contrast, Tamil is part of the Dravidian language family). Further yet, 11th century inscriptions tell us the people of Angkor called themselves "Sruk Khmer" which literally translates to "Khmer country." Yes, the Khmer alphabet is DERIVED from the Pallava script of India, but the Khmer alphabet is NOT the Pallava script itself. Calling Khmer inscriptions as "Tamil" just because the Khmer alphabet is derived from the Pallava script of India would be as wrong as calling English inscriptions as "Italian" just because the English alphabet is derived from the Latin script of Italy. And yes, Khmer kings had Indian names such as Suryavarman and Jayavarman, which come from Sanskrit. That's because ethnic Khmers ADOPTED Sanskrit names associated with Indian religions like Buddhism and Hinduism, the same way Indonesians and Pakistanis adopt Arabic names associated with Islam such as Abdul and Muhammad even though Indonesians and Pakistanis are not ethnically Arab. Similarly, Europeans adopt Hebrew/Semitic names associated with Christianity such as John, James, David, Adam, Isaac, and Michael, but that doesn't mean they're ethnically Hebrew. Jayavarman is also an Indian/Sanskrit name, but his ancient statue clearly has Khmer or Eastern Asian features. In fact, Khmer people TODAY have Sanskrit names such as Soriya/Sorya, Devi, Chan, and Bopha/Buppha, but that doesn't mean modern Khmer people are Indian. The point I'm making is that Angkor was a Khmer civilization, not Tamil or Chola. Scholars call this civilization the "Khmer Empire" for a reason, and it's because the people were Khmer, wrote Khmer, spoke Khmer, and called themselves Khmer in their own inscriptions.
Of course, the Chola Empire and the Khmer Empire were allies and had good relations. But it's important to point out that the Khmer Empire drew influence from India to create its own civilization with its own people, language, and culture distinct from India. Even Khmer architecture developed a unique style that can only be found in Cambodia/Southeast Asia, the same way German/Gothic architecture became its own unique style even though it drew influences from Romanesque architecture.
@@jcdenton1635I highly agree &I would further add that( which I mildly suspected for sometime & that now I know for very sure) there's an added twist of Tamil Nadu's another famous long dynasty 'the Pallavas' too, seem to have a very high influence on Khmer/ Cambodians (& Viet's too) for some good long spell( including usage of Varman names for many of their kings( SooriyaVarman etc).
Thank youuu so much for this video❤️ The cholas were also exceptional in architecture. If you come to Tamil Nadu, be sure to visit the temples they had build. Dharasuram, Brihadeeshwara temple and Gangaikonda Cholapuram are sure to leave you spellbound.
As people have been asking, my main source was the academic essay collection, "From Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa." I highly recommend it for anyone interested in learning about the Chola Empire administration, culture, and the circumstances surrounding their Southeast Asia invasion. Enjoy!
For more history tidbits, be sure to check out my instagram too: instagram.com/oddcompasshistory/
@youtuber Gang No problem!
@@OddCompass can u changd the thumbnail 、please！
cholas never look like that ,「belly」.
do u know how cholas look like？
please change it bro..
@@blackpearl5834 Hey black pink, I mentioned this in another comment -- it's just a cartoon-y look that I went with to make it interesting. The belly on a monarch is meant to symbolize his substantial wealth and power -- and to do so in a fun way. It is not meant to be a 1:1 depiction of Rajendra Chola in reality.
I can't change the thumbnail at this stage to make him skinnier, either, as I use the same character model in the video. I appreciate your interest though. I hope you enjoyed the video regardless!
@@OddCompass oh,
wealth！
yeah ,i enjoyed the video
.but i dont like😫that thumbnail ,,,,,.
@@OddCompass I would suggest you to study ponniyin selvan - a historical drama novel written based on history and with mixed in drama, fiction by kalki, it unravels how rajendra chola ascended his throne after conquering Sri Lanka. Will guarantee you a once in a lifetime experience.
The Chola empire was extra-ordinary. Its a shame CBSE had huge chapters about the Mughals but only two paragraphs about the Cholas. I was fascinated by the Chola kingdom exploits ever since I learnt that countries like Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia have been influenced by Hinduism and that they follow most of Indian epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata as a part of their heritage. I wondered how the countries so far would know about India... Of course it was the Chola Dynasty who did that.
Indeed, though interestingly it was not just due to Chola influence! The Pallavas, Kalinga, and Bengalis had an enormous influence on SE Asian culture before the Cholas. Interesting stuff!
To be honest the North political dominance in Centre trying to hide the braveness achievement of south people.. even the ancient Archeology Like haraapa Here Kizhadi And Arichemdu exist but they not show any interest in discovering those history..
@@OddCompass bro you should made a video on Ancient video on Archeology of Tamil ... KIZHADI is being in news down south with 6th phase of research going on.. And Arichemdu history where Rome made trade...
@@pvganeesh3337 always blaming the north indians,blame the ones who changed our history books not them.
History is written by people who cannot read or write a single word of Sanskrit or Tamil .. they are western educated Nehru mold
The Southern and Northeast Kings are almost erased from the History of India. At least these days we see about the Southern Kings in videos like these, but Northeast Kings are completely missing
Well some are aware of ahom dynasty but apart from this i dont think anyone heard any other kingdom
As a Tamiĺ i know that nagas and tamils are same natives of this land....❤🐅🏹🦈
There had been kingdoms in manipur,meghalaya,assam tripura......while Arunachal,nagaland n mizoram were tribal people......
No bro king chola is known by all archeological department members because tamil culture was the oldest one and he was the saviour of that so he was well known by all😀🔥😇
@@badshah7631 but the truth is they hide us(tamil) because most of archialogical officers are favoured for sanskrit not tamil...
This is such an underrated video!! There’s barely any educational content on the chola kings and their impact on the maritime Silk Road, sea trade and naval technology. Thank you so much for covering this. Even our history textbooks focus more on the northern kingdoms and ignore the history of my people. Feeling strangely validated.
Much appreciated! I’m happy to have contributed in some small part to presenting this fascinating and often neglected period in history. The Cholas definitely deserve to be talked about more. I find their cultural and economic impact perhaps even more interesting than their military impact.
Even North Indians aren't talked much about here in Delhi NCR. It's only Mughals and the Brits.
Easy answer to this is ' last one to colonise were British they brainwash ALL WITH FALSE EDUCATION SYSTEM you guys still following LOL, so the thought of retaliation won't even b there, same with Maories n same with aboriginals ' it's good this american voice hv done good research not sounding bias so that's a good sign on the other hand if u keen must have a look to Mr Rajeev Malhotra ' books on breaking India forces'
@srinidhi. It’s all covered in Tamil subject if you had taken Tamil as your second language in school.
Our education system also barely focus on odisha, bengal, northeast India. Hell even they barely focus many northern kingdom. They mostly focus of Delhi sultanate,Mughal, British and coldwars.
The Cholas were also master builders, constructing temples that rivaled anything else built during that time; indeed as impressive as Europe's great Gothic cathedrals. If anyone visits India, yeah sure check out the Taj Mahal and all, but head to Tamil country to see some of the best of Hindu architecture India has to offer! The "Three Great Chola Temples" are an absolute must see.
Thanjai periya koivil, ganagai konda cholapuram. Kallanai
Brihadewswarar temple, Gangai konda cholapuram, Airavateshvara temple
@@JackSparrow-vh3sg bro pls don't tell it as BRAHADESHWAR temple. It's is thanjai periya kovil. And keep ur name propely. Sike!
@@fatpotato3512 தஞ்சை பெரிய கோவில். Pothuma bro
Oh. I was here before this blew up
I wish someone would make a Game of Thrones or Vikings styled series on this.😭
I feel you bro😭
Yes 😭❤️
@@K25251kv that's a movie tho
Ponniyin selvan was in process. But it only cover raja raja cholan. Rajendra cholan was equivalent to his father raja raja cholan. People should also know about him.
@Pakalu Papito yes you give him few million $
Lol. Bollywood busy making movies on Mughals and Marathas, completely ignoring cholas. I see high standard web series opportunity.
Cholas first Asian ocean Kings brother proud all indian
South indian directors have been making films on the cholas and pandyas for ages. It's just that no one appreciates them.
Simple South don't understand Bollywood and no economic importance for then why they make🤷♂️
@@akilakris7191 now mani ratnam has started pan indian project on cholas
@@venkatesh6803 it's good. Let people know that south India also has its fair share of brave kings and queens and only Mughals don't exist
I'm a Malaysian of Tamil descent. The influence of the Cholas in the culture of Malaysia is evident, but this part of history has been actively erased from the history books. May the truth resurface someday!
Bro india la yum ithe nilamai dan, gov is totally erasing tamils history in sri lanka too
Nammuku oru nadu illa, keka yaarum illa
Namma history mattum aliga paduthu😭
Bhumi putra (native malaysians) should be muslims,that what Malaysian constitution says,
Imagine a constitution forcing people to accept one religion or your citizenship will be snatched.
And they say malasiya is a modern muslim society, imagine muslims world's gaga if India does same and make native Indians should be hindu rule. Double standards.
@@Satvik_Insaan Even the word "Bhumi putra" originated from Indian Language, Sanskrit.
@@TharsyanJaderuby someone tell that to malaysian goverment,
Funfact: before islam hinduism was dominated in east asia, islam was spread by Indian traders not arabs in east asia. So basically Indians gave up our religion, accepted someone else's and then spread it everywhere.
Aj a Indian I know south Indian kingdoms like cholas, pandyas and pallavas are very neglected…they deserve so much more. They deserve a mention among mauryans, guptas and mughals.
தமிழர்கள் யாராவது இருக்கீங்களாப்பா 🥺🥺🥺
@Rahul S B What he wrote brother?
@@IITBombay2025_ he wrote "Is there any Tamil people here"
இருக்கோம் இருக்கோம்
நான் இருக்கன்
Yup
Thanks for the very informative video. The History of the Tamils/South india is severely under represented in Indian curriculum, even in my own state of Tamil Nadu.
You're welcome! I agree that the history of the south is underrepresented and have taken it upon myself to explore more of its history in further videos. Hope you enjoy my channel!
@@OddCompass Absolutely. Hope the almighty algorithm pick it up and your channel blows up.
They are one of the most important rulers of South India who supported and saved the Hinduism and spread in East Asia .....Thamizh vazhga Thamizh Kudi Vazhga Vazhga....!!!!!
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Let me tell about north east,odisha and bengal state history then.
I'm a random African American/ Puerto Rican and I find this as one of the most intriguing time period all time! I never even learned the basics of this in school..
Glad you find it fascinating -- welcome aboard!
Even in Africa they speak Tamil look it up :d
@@Tamilz not only in africa.korean similar with tamil. We have trade contacts with all types of people like arabs ,greeks and romans(mediterranean).
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff."
Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Greetings from the Philippines. I'm sort of aware of the Hindu influence in the Philippines but I've just learned that it's more than due to trade. I hope to grab on more detailed Pre-Spanish Philippine History, and South East Asia :)
Thanks for watching! Hopefully I can make more videos on that 👍🏽
Well the original name of the Philippines is a sanskrit name just like any other place in south east asia .i dont know if Filipinos are aware of that but the name was maharlika means " a man of wealth or knowledge or qualities "
Spain saved Filipinas from having to bow to a cube five times a day, and gave you chocolate. :-) The Brunei Empire was destroyed by the Spanish. Samurais were beaten at Cagayán by Spaniards. There's a lot of Spanish history not covered either because the Black Legends keeps my people down. The biggest empire ever was Spanish as I can explain.
@@scintillam_dei ya thats a very big favour
@@byron-ih2ge "Hail Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!" sing the British, showing they admit that seas count in imperial extent. The British Empire had to share every ocean in the world with the French and others. So the Brits ruled less waves than Iberia since the Iberian Union meant that the Spanish Emperor Felipe II shared no ocean with any competent rival save for three seas with Turks: the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Only hypocrites count British or Mongol wastelands but not Spanish seas with more resources. The Mongol Empire drowned in the Spanish lake, the Pacific Ocean. Earth is more water than land so Spain had the biggest empire in history.
Being from northern part of india and also being a history buff, i am so amazed by the cholas, i named my nephew RAJENDRA but really saddened by the omission of such great rulers from our history books.
I bet he hates that name
😂😂😂😂😂😂sure does. But he is still a child and children are ashamed of many insignificant things so, i am hopeful.
as an indian i think indian history should be taught in all classes around the world.
out of topic but indian's name i guess mostly from Chola are still using by indonesia. i have coworker named Rajendra and high school friend Rahendra. both are indonesian 😂. indonesian name mostly influence india ( arabian and dutch) name regardless their religion.
i heard our hindus temple influenced by tamil /kalingga culture ( sorry i am not knowledgeable about india detail region).
@@simsgazytech2013 our first president of India was Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Love & respect to my Tamil brothers from West Bengal ❤️
Same here to our Bengal Brothers
You are a descendant of the Paul dynnasty. Rajendra Chola king had defeated your ancestors.
Tell us the rest of the story. 🙏
How your ancestors got defeated ? 😮
Thanks bro I am tamil
@@coolfreaks68 bro that's not how you talk to somebody
Ambition, conquest, humbling, patience, betrayal, loyalty, wealth, destruction, etc.
All the elements of a great tale.
Someone, please make the movie.
Agreed!
Watch Raja Raja Chozan and Aariyathil Oruvan Tamil movies based on Chozha dynasty
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@@karthickgouthamr8277 Are they English subtitled? Where do I find them?
I love Asian historical movies. I have watched Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Thai movies. I would love to see some Tamil or Indian ones.
@@craigkdillon subtitled versions are available....I guess you can download through telegram
You know there's a saying in Tamil, 'யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர்'('yaathum oore yavarum kelir') written which means, 'every place is our place, all people are our kin'. It portrays the hospitality and fraternity of Tamils ❤️
Beautiful saying!
@@OddCompass ❤️❤️
Your answer holds good for all Indians. Its called Indian hospitality not just Tamil..
@@ravikrishnamurthy5766 Indians are rich in hospitality. But, it's especially a term said in Tamil language, by a Tamil poet. So, I said it accordingly. Also, there is another saying in Tamil. 'தமிழன் என்றோர் இனமுண்டு, தனியே அவனுக்கோர் குணமுண்டு' (Tamilan endror inamundu, thaniye avanukor gunamundu) which translates to, 'There's a community called Tamils, they possess a unique trait' and that trait is usually, hospitality and fraternity ❤️
That's so beautiful! Similar to vasudev kutumbkam
I am a Delhiite & Punjabi, I love Raja Raja Chola & South Indian bravery. Kudos!!
Just you having known about them makes me happy.
ruclips.net/video/KEYyYt8SnZM/видео.html . Indian history
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff."
Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Those a lot of people know about them , Indian government has almost vanished our kings from our history book , great Ashoka , rajput kings , gupta from North and chola , Chera and many more from south are compressed into some paragraphs in NCERT.@@retired-s5h
Chola and Angkor empire best relationship
Indeed, they were very close -- both as trading partners and military allies.
@@OddCompass too bad Chola could not help defeat the Invading Thais from China in the 13th century.
@@AlexVanOstran of course u will find some flaws in everything related u india u dumb
Hahahaha! Well said my friend. Wishing the Khmers prosperity and the best that this world has to offer.
@@AlexVanOstran Because the Cholas were in a war as well genius. Try to learn history before barfing in the comment section
Wow! What a fascinating history. Love to Tamils from Gujarat!
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🙏🙏🙏 danyavadh.
Chola empire was never taught in ICSE board. I so needed a channel like this one. Very informative.
Yep they are busy in teaching massacre of mughals
Glad it was helpful!
@@roope.0823 they were busy teaching North Indian history you mean its the same with the cbse.
Yea icse history is inferiority complex machines.
no i was taught about them in 10th grade or 9th grade in icse, there was a whole chapter
Sometimes people say me Tamil is a just a language...but no one knows the history behind it...
Proud to be tamilan
Vaazhga Tamil
Well, most people certainly don't. The only way to make people aware is through movies, books, and things like that.
@@lepmuhangpa exactly...indian education don't teach us about our history
@@srisaiadarshd.r8590 yeah man kannadigas stand with it... I like Tamil Nadu and south india coz we stand against hindi language imposition and even if I love north of india too I feel many respected south indian stars and people are almost unknown and south indian history and languages is mostly ignored :-(
I just love my country. Nothing less nothing more.
@@adwaituthale9428 thats gud :-)
Proud of South India 🇮🇳
Love from North India(delhi)
I was taught about chalukyas cholas pandyas vijaynagar in 6th standard
Don't use these divisive words 'South India' and 'North India'
@@aadarshraghuwanshi7022 By ur stupid logic, even states are divisive.
No one tells this when ppl take about BIMARU. Don't know why🙄
@@aadarshraghuwanshi7022 decisive? South Indians bashing north Indians in every comment section and even when we appreciate you still you are bashing. Respect is both way. Crub your hatred. Twàt
one paragraph i am sure you are taught about south India
@@friendlyatheist9589 He's just trying to say both are one. Jeez!
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this video. Love from Tamil Nadu, India ❤️🙏.
Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoy the channel :)
Check out Tamil Nadu in my realistic maps for Age of Empires 2 like this one:
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South Indian history should be added in text books 📚
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Yes , the Indian History would be incomplete without the narratives from South and East . It was Bharatvarsh History from modrn days Afganistan to Bali Islands.
Modi will not allow that
Yes 🇵🇭🇮🇳🇮🇩
@@ok4405 😂actually he only one person who can do this
My parent were tamil teachers so I know about this. It is weird that I know more about Indian history than most Indians despite being from Sri Lanka and growing up in Germany. You guys need to update your history books.
yup. you are right... most ppl don't know about this
Are you srilanka Tamil?
Yes us Sri Lankan Tamils knows more then Indian Tamils knows about the history lol from Canada!!
@@Tamilz true from Canada
@Kubilay X Can we have a time machine we will Change history and make sure This history is different and even more glorious
Being a tamizhan, we were always told about the stories of great Tamil kings and their bravery. But I have never read such a detailed work in my textbook. And this is the first time I'm seeing a RUclips video about chola kingdom that's detailed and informative coming from a non tamizhan . Thank you so much for this video.
Check out India in my realistic maps for Age of Empires 2 including: the world, Eurasia, Pacific Ocean (where in the west I have most of Asia including most of the north of the Indian Ocean plus the Persian Gulf). The other day I played as India using Persians to represent Indians due to the game's limited selection, and I had a lot of trade with Persia but they betrayed me, so I unleashed my war elephants. Later, Cambodia attacked so I had a large army in the east to defend India. When I was consolidating my conquest of Persian lands, I saw China invade Tibet, and knew I would be next, so I entered Tibet and war with China began, and it was epic.
1500 years one of the longest ruling dynasty of the world.
Why are they not famous. We learn so little about them in our history book in school.
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As it's a southern kingdom it's supressed .
@@ok4405 suppressed by the ruling elite of this country who are the descendents of the mughals and other islamic sultanates.
@@L0gical-warri0rs007 Generally who ever comes to power in the north south will be ignored.
@@dwijgurram5490 I have watched this video.
wow there is not even a single indian youtuber who gave out these man, very informative, good job
Glad you liked it!
@@pathma9845 hey, thats not recognised one, it was built very later and have no background facts to back up
The might of Cholas was so striking that the Bay of Bengal was called "Chola lake" ❤️
Thankyou for sharing this many of the people were don't know about that
Pls don't tell "chola", say cholan.
That's an interesting fact, thank you!
@@fatpotato3512 that's the word in English bro stop your commanding nature
Super ma ❤️
We need Assassins Creed in this timeline. Imagine temples to discover, ships, navy combat.
My long time dream 🥰 to play Assassin's creed in ancient Tamil country story
lol
Well the next assassin's creed game will be in india when Britishers invaded us. Just saying based on leak sources
@@raj18447 That setting would be great too. Because that was time when canonically Europeans came to India and could've brought the Apple of Eden. As in archives Gandhi ji had Apple of Eden.
Assassin's Creed's plot is actually to show the kings and rulers as the bad guys or the Templar, while the assassin tries to defeat him in order to get the artifact.
So if the game took plac here, the protagonist will be a guy who travels around the city alone trying to eliminate each targets.
Assassin's Creed:Origins were somewhat similar to what I say, but it was welcomed, but my only concern is that if the Kings were shown as Templars or the bad guy, there would be a sort of backlash.
Great video, I am from south India, but the CBSE history textbook that we had between 6-8th std covered less than half a page on Chola kingdom. I think it's pretty small when you consider their kingdom spanned for at least 1500 years from the records. This video had at least 10 times more information, Thanks!
Thanks, and agreed -- they deserve to be covered much more in-depth!
yeah
That’s because our government want to make Hindi as answer for everything
Sad part! after independence northern powers deleted the southern history, just to govern has one nation. They didn’t want another independence from Tamil speaking land after the partition of Pakistan.
it’s also the case with every other empire and kingdom in India, they have dedicated a year to all kingdoms like the chola, maurya, pandava, saurashtra and ahom sometimes almost removing the gupta and ahom empire but they have dedicated 2 years to Mughal rule and delhi sultanate and 2 years to Gandhi led freedom movement removing radical fighters like chandrashekhar azad, bhagat singh, subhash chandra bose and etc. We aren’t taught about our real history that may help Indians regain their value in the world but we still study the british manipulated Indian history removing real and powerful empires both by military might and economic strength, we aren’t even taught about how much we contributed in the economic sector of the world and how the hell those island people destroyed our cash flow.
Until today, the waters off the south of Sumatra and Java are still known to be very rough and treacherous even not in the monsoon season. Only a few specialized vessels are allowed to sail there
It was normal and senseful to think that the Chola's massive undertaking would have been impossible. But as it turns out, they did just that. Incredible
Rightly said brother. Cholas are marvelous.
@@adithya.k0010cola kalah perang dgn Singasari PD abad 12 Masehi , dan tak ada catatan sejarah dan prasasti kalau cola sampai kejawa , budaya dan Hindu di bawa pedagang asal India ke Jawa
I'm sorry to break up the party here but these ridiculous chola claims could not be independently verified and therefore can only be dimissed as sheer fantasy. All chinese records only point to chola having been under srivijayan rule throughout the puppet king Kulotunga's reign. Apparently the only raids between these two polities were carried out by srivijaya upon chola
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by one Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff."
Source: Song Shi. Page 489
I'm a Tamizhan here. You could have just went with just the history of Cholas but you went beyond and gave the actual facts about trade guilds and that's mighty impressive. That's the ultimate driving force of Tamil country until it existed and ruled by Tamizh people. Even the greatest epic Silapathikaram known as the first epic to revolve around commoners than kings will show you lot about rich Tamizh guilds controlling things even during 2nd century. Simply masters of seas and with this unquenchable thirst for rich and unwavering boldness who knows what are all the new lands they would have visited and taken those facts to their graves without leaving for the next gens. It is a commonly accepted idea atleast in Tamil Nadu that they were not only traders but wanderers and explorers of the seas. Countless ancient Tamizh poems been written about wives showcasing their agony and love waiting for months and months for her husband to come back from trade and war journeys.
Thank you for the fascinating information and context!
Wow interesting. Where could i get much more info about those Tamil poems about love
@@Dr-ch6nn
Kurunthokai poems can be the best place to start.
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And there are ainkurunooru, agananooru, etc etc Tamil is literally is an ocean of ancient literature.
@@RaviShankar-et3xc thanks. Will follow through 🥰
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Indian history is not only about the invader. The Cholas, Pandyas, Cheras, Chalukya, Hoysala and so many others including the North Eastern side have never been given their dues in terms of plain acknowledgement, let alone recognition.. We keep hearing about the Rajputs and Mughals and Marathas and all. About time that our curricula had a more wide ranging all rounded content encompassing the huge and distinct cultures and achievements we have in Indian History.
Thank you! I agree completely.
Rajputs aur Maratha toh phir bhi isi desh ke the lekin Uzbekistan valo ko itna bhaav nahi dena chaiyee tha apne historians ko.
@@ajayshetty6521 Are you referring to the Mughals?
@@hittingyouoverthehead yes
@@ajayshetty6521 Well Mughals are also a part of Indian history. Just because they originated somewhere else doesn't make them irrelevant.
I wish our textbooks gave equal importance to Cholas, Cheras, Pandyas, Mughals, Marathas and Rajputs. I don't want one to go down and other to go up.
Ashoka captured most of India...But, He can't even touch southern kingdoms...The Three Crowns...Chera, Chola, Pandya...Unnoticed kingdoms of India...Feeling sad for that...
@xi jinping 😒😏 those guns
@xi jinping they were not stupid , as always they gave lands to “traders” this time traders were idiots 🚶🏽♂️🚶🏽♂️🚶🏽♂️
Being a thamizham we should correct these guys pronunciation. Its sozhan. Not cholan.
He may got scared after his father's loss with ilan Chet chenni(great karikalan's father),also during ashoka period karikalan was the king,no one can even imagine going war with him .
Yes true
Rajendra Chola was smarter than current leaders. A powerful Navy is needed for a country like India.
Back then india was very rich thats why we had such navy
It was tamil
tamil nadu was comparatively smaller
current democratic india
is a home to a lot kingdoms
And the Indian navy is getting stronger by the day look at how we have just got our own indigenous aircraft carrier
@@svn9482 Nothing to be proud of. The British, US, and Japanese had theirs 100 years ago
ராஜேந்திரர் வாழ்க !
Viva Rajendra!
I am nagaraja cholan MA, grandson of rajendra cholan, great grandson of raja raja cholan...
அலை மா கடல்
அணி மாளிகை
ரதமே , அவை ஏறிடும் விடதமே
உனது அதிகாரம் நிறுவுவாய்...
கொலை வாளிணை எடடா மிகு கொடியோற் செயல் அறவே...
குகை வாழ் ஒரு புலியே
அதன் குணம் மேவிய தமிழா.....
@@arvindan1983 are you kidding?
@@railfan6730 that was a dialogue by actor sathyaraj aka kattapa, from a political satire
*I love thamizh people( I'm not a thamizhan, I'm a malayali) and ancient moovanther culture❤ Love from pandya vamsha sri padmanabha dasa perumal dynasty (travancore,kerala)* 🙏
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Dear u are eith
Wow pandiyargal 💓
Nee enda blood da machane
❤️
He acquired the name " Kadaram kondan" . proud of my ancestors
Interesting factoid!
@@OddCompass there are salute poems for the chola kings after rajaraja 1 clearly telling on the countries or the kingdoms they conquered. You may refer that as well. It known as meykeerthi.
@@OddCompass kadaaram is malaysia. So kadaaram kondan Means someone who gets hold of malaysia
Kadaram is keda in Malaysia
@@vitaminprotein.4036 in Malaysia only 7% hindu tamil
Fun fact Raja Raja cholan holds the record for largest man made lake in history, it stretches for about 16miles... Least known fact.. there's an stone scripture in that lake the lake's name is kavinadu yeari it says that who ever any person from any cast creed religion regardless if the lake ever gets clogged or something were to happen to its supply chain (the lakes were built as an reservoir for the surrounding farmers and people with many outlets) even after his death and 1000 years past whom so ever clears it will have the eternal gratitude of the king where it specifically describes that the King would place the feet of that person on his head and pledge is servitude.... A King who conquered fortitude of nations, whose army instilled fear in hearts of every nation, a vast empire with supply chain with 6 continents, whose naval fleet so vast it made the bay of Bengal look like a lake has described in the great literatures, all in all A King of Kings saying that he will worship the feet of a common man who helps his people by giving them water.
Now to the people who read this you may disagree with me for my claims and may not believe me cuz as any human being i can lie but the pages and stones etched in history can't that scripture is still there that lake is still there and the legacy of this great king will live on.
Bro i got goosebumps while reading this 🔥🔥
I'm from southern India but I learnt more from this video than what all my history books mentioned in school.
I hope they teach more about the Cholas!
Are u from cbsc?
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As a Tamil Muslim from Sri Lanka,
I am very happy to see a content like this. Every one uses talk about Aryan and mugal empires. You made us very proud
I’m glad to hear it!
Come back home bud, you belong to Santan Dharm
Kartikey Singh what Come here? Fuck off, he is still Tamil living in his own land Eelam ,, don’t be jerk
@@jeyaramsathees6128You are also being a jerk by saying him to fuck off.
@@jeyaramsathees6128 Respect Others This is what daddy N tamil mom teach U. I am also tamilian. Mind your words👈
This deserves a Netflix series
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Movie is coming don't worry
Ponniyin selvan is on the way but it does not about rajendra chola but his dad raja raja cholas
@Kzaxrtij Skather yes
Dont worry ,ponniyin selvan on the way
😍The Cholas! Own 60,000+ Elephants.
Sometimes enemy says , whether Chola army is coming or the Earthquake is.
Raja Rajan and Rajendiran this father son duo got succeeded in all their wars.
( One of the undefeatable marks in human history and even more kings are there in Tamil).
Worlds first Granite temple by Raja Raja Cholan aka Arulmozhi varman.
Thanks a lot my friend !💐💐💐
Being a thamizham we should correct these guys pronunciation. Its sozhan. Not cholan.
Later the elephants were rented to wedding ceremonies
@@TonyStark-kq8fy no bro... Its Cholan only !
@@இரனுசித்தண்செல்வரதன் one good thing about cholas they were not brutal and warlords they conquer people's minds by using their culture indeed a king
@@armaanpatialdogra3577 ❤️😍 Yeah bro...
Its very nice to see Cholas explained through graphical imagery. Quite informative and interesting. I request you to make more videos about various other Tamil Kings/Kingdoms. Thanks
Thanks!
Pandyas had trade with Roman Empires before 2000 years❤️
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Romans had trade with Han Dynasty so what's special
@@sadiqahmed4143 go home kid
@@sadiqahmed4143 Pandiya kings were trading with China as well, there's a Hindu temple in Fujian provice, South China, Pandiya kings traded with Greece, Rome and Egypt, ships from Alexandria travelled to ports in Pandiya kingdom, then those commodities were taken to China by Pandiya ships, it's a facinating subject to learn about, Pandiya kingdom imported horses from Arabia during those period because we did not have horses in Tamil nadu.
@@swift14727 thanks for the info I was looking for more to history
I suddenly find my Tamil roots interesting. Got to dig deeper.
If you got some time, you should learn about Manu Needhi Cholan also known as Ellalan. A tamil king under the banner of Cholan Empire, who ruled Sri Lanka.
Today I finally understand the meaning of the name Gangaikondacholapuram.. I used to be fascinated by this long city name in my history classes in high school
They were ancient superpower.. Greetings from Punjab.
Thanks bro from tamil nadu
Thank you bro 🙏
Not superpower but regional power like Russia today.
@@akhtaruzzamanjoy8524 like India today
Just imagine if *MARATHAS, KHALSA RAJ & CHOLAS* joined at one time. We would had ruled the whole world
Didn't know that my Tamil heritage was this grand. Thanks for enlightening me ❤
It's even bigger, Stuff that still has has been discovered to this day.
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@Kzaxrtij Skather LOL The one where everybody debates whether I'm truly Indian? Nice to see you again comrade 😂
@@_gossipgirlxoxo hey are you half tamil
@@umapolymer6341 100% Tamil 😂
Proud to be tamilan 🍻....(Badass mindset)😎🍻
Proud to be Indian.🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Ever heard about Maurya empire
We bust your sas
@@spaceexplorer5481 U Bieetch😂.. Check out on Google abt M.E ruled area
@@milan6782 proud tulu south indian
@@spaceexplorer5481 kundiga bit mama only 4 Indian kings called great in the world two tamil kings in that
I am a Tamizhan and I feel so Good that someone like Odd Compass was patient enough to acquire all local Information about the Tamil History and Translated it to English so that People all over the world can know about them! As a Tamizhan, even I got most of the Information from Novels which were written by tamil authors after deep Research and Studying the tamil history. I was never formally introducted to this history through a study material or by anyone else other than my own parents. Thank you so much for your work I appreciate it very much!
Thanks!
This was very informative, this is definitely a time in history I knew nothing about. Well done!
Thanks, really appreciate it!
Well pls forward it none of the North Indians or Europeans, Chinese knew of it
The Forgeten Empire
This was not what I expected when I clicked on this video...wow! Amazing visuals and content that even as an Indian didn’t know! Highly underrated
None of the students from cbsc syllabus especially knows this and it'll go negative when you are from northern India!
i am Sri Lankan tamil and my caste is karaiyar , my community people used say that our ancestors were sea warriors in ancient time and after european colonial time we became fisherman and smugglers, the funny thing is i don't know swimming
Sea warriors? You mean pirates or navy
@@xyzanimation5490 hahaha
@@xyzanimation5490 disciplined Navy worked for Tamil kings not pirates like Somalian
@@tnanthu i was just asking weather they were pirate or navy
@@xyzanimation5490 Navy.
15:17 Sri Rajahmura Lumaya, known in his shortened name Sri Lumay, was the first Rajah and the founder of the Indianized Rajahnate of Cebu. According to the epic Aginid, Bayok sa atong Tawarik,a Bisayan epic story, Sri Lumay was a half-Tamil and half Malay minor prince of the Chola dynasty in Sumatra. Sri Lumay was the grandfather of Rajah Humabon.He may be called a semi-legendary figure, since no other written records mentions about Sri Lumay, other than in oral traditions in the Visayan epic story of Anginid.
According to Visayan folklore, Sri Lumay was a half-Tamil & half-Malay Chola King from somewhere in Sumatra, who settled in the Visayas, and had several sons. One of his sons was Sri Alho, who ruled a land known as Sialo which included the present-day towns of Carcar and Santander in the southern region of Cebu. Sri Ukob ruled a polity known as Nahalin in the north, which included the present-day towns of Consolación, Liloan, Compostela, Danao, Carmen and Bantayan. He died in battle, fighting with the Muslim Moro pirates known as magalos (literally "destroyers of peace") from Mindanao.The islands they were in were collectively known as Pulua Kang Dayang or Kangdaya (literally "[the islands] which belong to Daya").
India is so strategically located in the world, connecting Europe, Africa and West Asia to East Asia and Australia. No wonder there were so many attempts to invade and conquer this country. This strategic position is what we should have strengthened to dominate world trade after independence. Instead, we chose to look inward. What a lost opportunity. What a shame!
thanks to socialist agendas of Nehru that literally kept it's population and location under utilized.
This is a great comment bro. Actually if I think about it personally, I feel its partly because of the capital being shifted to Delhi which is far away from the southern states. Kolkata was a great choice of Capital city situated around the coastal part of central India. Also the impact of Islamophobia throughout India could've been prevented if we had Kolkata instead of Delhi. Or we should've come up with a new idea having four head states of the country, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Madras. All four with evenly distributed governing bodies.. Our country is big and hugely populated, having one governing body located at the top-end makes it concentrate more on the border issue alone, which is very important of course, but leaving the rest of the country weak interms of defence or maritime sovereignty.. Afterall that's Indian ocean we have below us, We could easily have a formidable maritime force, instead we're letting all the neighbouring smaller countries around us join hands with china to bully us.. Money is important but, proper strategy is the most important of all.. Throughout history we've seen smaller countries come out time and again to conquer the world and even succeed for the most part. We too have had successes through history in this regard, but in present we kinda look weak and are blindly following the western world.. Hmm sad... Taking some good habit from other countries is great, but literally following everything.? That's wrong.
Umm...what would they trade?First world had technologies to make this better than Indian factories are Brits left ruining the farm areas etc.
US was the one in place of India and Indian ocean was replaced by Atlantic ocean
@@lakshaynegi82 for starters, building ports to aid trade from MEA to SEA via sea would have put india in a formidable position and catapulted the economy of the port cities. This is exactly what Singapore ended up doing in the 1970s .
😩😩😩😩
Coolest fact for me was the Chola importation of Chinese and Arab ship builders. The world was really more globalized in the past than we often realize
The world was out of reach to the English and Europeans in the past except for the traditional silk road.
Never forget, "Damascus Steel" is actually Tamil Steel.
You forgot your medication again@@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff."
Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Chola don't attack Srivijaya. Srivijaya attack chola. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by a Song dynasty official to his emperor. "Chola kingdom is subject to Srivijaya. This is why we wrote to its ruler on course paper with an envelope of plain stuff."
Source: Song Shi. Page 489
Raja Raja Cholan,Rajendra cholan,Pandiya,Cheran is
My Tamil KINGS👑
Pallava King also Tamil King please don't forget it
isn't his name 'Raja Raj Chola' ?
Why are we fighting now 😂
It's already over
We should proud that these kings in India
And our education system did blunder mistake not telling this how our marine was good
Telling only sick stories of Akbar 😏
@@harishgupta8030 Yes , we should tell those stories to younger siblings and our kids
@@aadarshraghuwanshi7022 his real name is arulmoli varman. People called him by the name raja raja cholan.
An Englsh proverb goes this way LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, YES proud duo The great Raja Raja Chola and Rajendra chola
Europeans: We were the first and forefront in building Technology, Trade and Inter Ocean explorations
Ancient Indian Empires : Hold my Compass
, 🖕🖕🖕
@@nightcrawler1335 yeah that's what you will be finally left with
@@Vamshk 😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly. Europeans were advancing in Tech only after industrial revolution. Before that the best metallurgy and other tech advancements belonged to India and China. And India had most tech like wootz steel. Even during war with colonies in India many Europeans got down from their horses and switch their swords with swords from Indian soldiers. It’s the invention of gun and their treachery which made them invade India or else they wouldn’t stand a chance.
I'm Spanish, and I never said that. Spaniards never said that. But Spain was the first to go around the world. Some wish Zheng He did, but that's wishful thinking. What I want to know is why Arabs didn't circumnavigate Africa. Why stop at Madagascar and thereabout?
Such a shame we were never taught bout Chol dynasty in our school.
because from the period of 1947 Congress were ruled india and the Education minister was Always muslim almost 40 years. Thats why we learned Akbar the Great king.
Our kerala syllabus history teaches about cholas , pandyas and cheras
@@vijayjoe125 is that a fact or your assumption?
We were tho. And I'm from bihar of all places
@@maheshp6145 Read indian history. True. 40 years our indian education ministers were muslims
We tamilians are taught north indian and european history instead of ours. We dont know any major tamil history until we complete school and search it for ourself or study it in college. Hope videos like this revive our true identity.
The "bay of Bengal " was christened "chOzhamaNdalam" i.e. "chozA zone" which was corrupted and morphed into "coromandal" by the British. This is why the east coast of India is referred to as "Coromandel coast"
Chola Mandalam is the territory on land, not the bay of Bengal or Vangaalam.
Part of the Vikrama Chola Mandalam was Bangalore or Bengaluru, which was earlier called as Vengaluru. Choromandal coast could have originated from the Telugu speaking people who pronounced Tamil zla as ra. So the British observed what was available to them.
@@cholan95 British named it "Chola Sea"
@@ManoRanjith93 Cholas themselves referred to the bay as Chola Lake. Yes
@Hari haran read clearly what I have written. More over Vijaynagar kingdom ruled Tamil Nadu and it is during their times most Telugus and Brahmins came over to Tamil Nadu. Most of these people who came over pretend to be Tamils and there are multiple waves of migration from Telugu land. Consequently their influence on the culture and tradition they impart. Tamil Nadu and Srilanka were and are being controlled these people till this day. From your Movie actors to every single politician are of these people from Vijayanagr times. Even the political bastards who talk too much about Tamil and its history are all from the same background. The pretend to be Tamil to establish control over the territory.
Besides that most Telugus who came over to Tamil regions did not pronounce Tamil very well. Even though Telugu itself is distorted version of Tamil. They had difficulty with zha and pronounced as ra or da.
@Hari haran indo Aryan language originated in india. Tamil having a few sanskrit words does not make it of the origin of sanskrit. Sanakrit was created by the immigrants who came here, who took Tamil literature and translated it to a new language which was somewhere between what they spoke and Tamil. That is the origin of Sanskrit
I understand everything I am going to play this in my classroom,thx
Great! Hope your students enjoy the video.
With proud
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Tamil Nadu❤️🙏
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Tamil Nadu is the best
@@dwijgurram5490 actually what you want to say ??? I don't want to see your link ! Actually what you want to say ???
தமிழன்
Tamil Nadu + Tamil eelam
Thanks. As a Tamil, I am proud of our maritime empire. (also I see that our ancestors had impressive bellies)
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Bro, I wish some Tamil/Maratha/Sikh king would have defeated the British East India Company in war !
🏹 CHERA
🐅 CHOLA
🐟 PANDYA
GREATEST RIVALS EACHOTHER.
AND ALSO THE GREAT PROTECTORS
OF THE SOUTHERN REGION
Pallava
Rashtrakuts
Not southern my frnd only for tamilnadu and Kerala
Karnataka and andra Pradesh had other empires
@@sachinnayaka32 🤣.. Tht time most of the karnataka andra lands are under tamil kings..
@@unknown98512 when? Karnataka was under Tamil kings u idiot ur cholas never crossed our raichur region just because they didn't have balls to cross mighty chalukyas army 🤣
And tell me at any point of time of ur one tamil king aquiring 50% of karnataka land
While i can give u 3 kannada kings name who aquired whole TN for 3timea
Tamil Trade Guilds were like the Iron Bank of Bravos! :P
Absolutely lol, what a great analogy
@vignesh Can you explain? I am interested. GOT reference
@@harrapanman621 The Tamil Trade Guilds had great influence in South East Asia and traded luxury goods, fragrant woods, weapons even gunpowder and several other goods that enriched the empire and made them prosperous beyond measure. They were the lifeblood of the Chola Empire. And since there were several Chola princes, if a contender to the Throne lost their support, it meant a rival may claim their resources and support. They had trade towns and ports under their control and had their own private armies to protect their own wealth.
Did not the Iron Bank by advancing loans and for recovering them support different kings. They also had their own army, mercenaries and city!
@@letsgomedievalindia wow great information thanks👍
I also thought the same while watching the video......
Very informative, interesting, and thoroughly-researched! Great job!
Thanks!
This was incredible. Finally a channel that speaks about desi history in a proud manner
Thanks - glad you’re enjoying the channel! Got another video coming soon 👍
Tamilnadu and Tamil people history has always been suppressed by all Central govt ruled so far. History of india starts down south, people will realise that sooner or later. But definitely time will tell the legacy of Tamizh's.
வாழ்க தமிழ். வளர்க பாரதம்.
I appreciate that there is someone explaining Indian history with FACTS and ANIMATION. Few people learn the details of Indian history and it doesn't help that there is a lot of politics around it.
Thank you, that means a lot to me -- I spend many weeks just researching the topic and making sure to go in-depth with the academic research, not just what's available online. I'm glad that the effort is appreciated!
@@OddCompass Keep up with it. India really needs a lesson in history based on FACTS and what is DOCUMENTED. Thanks making that effort.
@@OddCompass You Have done some stunning work ❤️.... These are only can be seen in Tamil Arts and culture related book...very scarce data....even our Indian Education System hasn't give some Light on our south History....this Vedio means a lot for me as a people from South
@@Sri_Krish1555 Thank you!
Deserves more views
One of the most interesting & powerful empires in India
What a great video! Even the tamil school curriculum doesn't explain the chola legacy this nicely. You have done an excellent work making this video. Keep it up!
"Gandians" - Indians did not invade anyone for 1000s of years.
Cholas - 🙏🙏🙏
Not only cholas, lalitaditya muktapida invaded and won half mongol , Afghanistan, iran, even some part of central asia.
Gandhi- Indians did not invade anyone
Cholas: This is past young man 😂
Hindutva followers always say this
Even when Mahatma Gandhi didn't go non violence, non cooperation and quit India movements
British would have left India because of their economic burden
I think so
@@basedtsar9440 I wish the Chola Navy was around when the British East India Company started fighting wars. Maratha+Chola >> British
My entire life I searched for interesting chapters of my own country's history. Where has this channel been so long?
The Cholas ruled for more than 1,500 years, making them one of the longest-ruling families in human history
Love to all the tamil brothers and sisters from north eastern part of India, Assam ♥️🔥🙂
The entire Rise of the Chola empire would be super cool in an Assassin's Creed style game, especially with the maritime elements they love right now. I know it will never happen, but still, this would be so good, even with the Chola being the bad guys who controlled by the Tamil Guilds.
Any idea what the six continents mentioned in the 11th century inscription were referring to? Assuming they weren't including the Americas
That's quite interesting...makes me wonder how they conceived of the world geographically. I'm not sure, but if I had to hazard a guess, I'd assume they did not think of Asia as a singular continent. This is speculation, but perhaps the Arab world, East Africa, Europe, China, SE Asia, and the Indian subcontinent? Chola trade routes went to all those major regions.
india east asia west asia australian islands africa and europe
Oh my god its you ❤️
@@OddCompass we tamil people will learn things from animal's. We Trade worldwide because of sea turtle's.
We learn the path from sea turtles.. Sea turtle's are our sea friends in olden days...
@@OddCompass Ancient Tamils were also trading with Korean and Japanese nations!!
Thnq guys for highlight our Tamil kings escpacily cholla the great
Love from Tamilnadu
Very well presented indeed! I can safely say that even Indian school students today hardly learn about these (and many more) empires and their influence & legacy in shaping the modern world as we know it now. The empire of Ahom (centered around modern day Assam) is another example. Oh and another thing is that when you say these Southern Indian empires/ tribes ‘began’ around 300 BCE, it has to be noted that these are mere assumptions based on extant literature, mostly from foreign (Roman/ Greek) sources. Their true beginnings would be likely much earlier, and surely would make for extremely interesting reading as well.
Fascinating! Thanks for the additional thoughts 🙏🏽
For some reason, our textbooks have something similar to the following:
60% for Mughals
20% for British
A paragraph for the Sikhs
3 paragraphs for the Marathas
A chapter for all of South India
North East doesn't exist
Honorary mention of Bengal (mostly for Calcutta and revolutionaries)
Always admired Southern India and its people and culture. Great community and now developed a lot in terms of IT. Lots of love from a Punjabi Sikh. Wish Punjab also gets to that point now at least in terms of IT infrastructure.
Well, never forget we south indians always love our sikh brothers for what they have done for this great nation... And we really admire sikhs.. And there is a huge sikh community here in south india and we live here peacefully.
We earn 60k to 90 k from IT per month .
@@iinaboy1396 well pay varies from person to person. What matters the most is the upliftment of common people which having an industry like IT does.
@veezaiy there was no Sikh in Alexanders time
@@indverskvikingr6565 And Alexandre is Greek not, Roman....
Our books tells us only people who sleeping under Taj Mahal and red fort , that's ridiculous 😠😠😠
Have you ever read books? There's litreally pages of history on the merchant kingdoms of the south
@@daddydeadpool9871 wtf...... Merchant kingdoms 😔😔😔😔
@who are you1. arey piccha dhed😝 you know what ...! history in our books that approved by one family and one community that's the one half cooked
2. Maybe our historical books lost or burnt but if you ever visits the temples of India look at the walls those walls tells you the science , art , technology and lots of lots of stories of our ancestors.
3 . 2000 years of known history definitely not the our entire history , you know why cause homosapiens evolved 200000( 2 lak) years ago. So don't talk like a flat earther🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
@who are you ahhh ...! where are you from JNU or AMU , first tell me about this who do you like UPA or Communists, if you selects any one option from above trust me buddy go ****yourself
@@garud7560 yeah ? The cholas cheras and pandayas were in many ways kingdoms who were dominated by a merchant class , as they fell within an incredibly strategically important area of the spice trade , thus making them incredibly rich and powerful .
History books never mentioned the Chola, Pandiya, Pallava, Chera kings. Only concerned about the invaders in the North India rather than the native rulers of India. Shame on government.
I mean they didn't mention ahom empire, Gajapatis empire, Easter ganga empire, etc.
Its done by congress
@@kuttapi3255 true that🙏🏻
Whats the reason why this southern Indian empires are being swept under the rug? They are truly underrated for how great they were during their golden age. Do they have this Indian identity before Gandhi?
Not even chalukya,kadamba and hoysala .... Shitty system
I'm surprised that a channel which create this high quality content isn't more known
I really appreciate you for doing this. I live in tamilnadu, down south of India . I'm currently doing my 12th grade now and I'm a history student (humanities) . In despite of having Indian history as our whole syllabus for this academic year south Indian history barely plays 10% of it . I left out to be wondered about the negotiation of South Indian history regardless of having such a strong and long lasting ruling period .so for an example chola dynasty ruled over 1500 YEARS ( one the long lasted dynasties in the world history) and I barely have a page about them in my syllabus but I have a chapter about Magadha and Mauryas and their ruling period is just over 200 YEARS!
Honestly I live in Delhi and I agree with you. But Northies are taught only about Mughals and Delhi Sultanate in history, not even Indian kingdoms from post Ashoka to Delhi Sultanate. And barely any mention of South Indian kingdoms and no mention of northeast kingdoms.
Proud to say that I'm from ancient Tamilakam kerala once part of the chola dynasty. And our ancestors were Tamil's. ❤🐅🙏💪 Poda hindi 😡🖕
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@@adithyaajith1751 odu myre kandam vazhi ennu alle nanba. Nanba adhya poyi malayalikalude charithram onnu padikku ennittu enne theri vili aniya 🤣🤣😂😂🙏🙏🙏
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@@adithyaajith1751 njan ba history annu athokondu eniku charithram ariyam. Thangal thudarnnum therivilicholu
"Indian history" has a not-so-slight tendency to focus solely on the big players of the north and the west, completely ignoring rest of the country. In the central board's school curriculum, the mauryan empire, gupta empire, delhi sultanate, mughal empire all got entire chapters dedicated to them, discussing the achievements and actions of individual rulers, but the cholas and pallavas got clubbed into one chapter with Harshavardhan, and even in that the latter was the main focus.
@Kuya Jay Ah yes coz I'm totally using my real name and picture and this is totally not a fan account. My dp is literally Suga from BTS 😭😭
@@violetta698 and only learned about mughals and little bit bout Rani Laxmi bai doesn't know about other at all although I'm an Indian 😂😂😂😂 our school never want us to learn bout these part of our history 😰😰🥴
Also, it's not even the West. The Sikhs get a paragraph. One paragraph. The Ahoms get a word in a sentence.
@@AbhijayAgarwal You're right, tbh it's mainly the big empires centering the northern plains
@@violetta698 Bro, Gurjara Pratihara Empire, The Sisodia rulers of Mewar, Chalukyas, Chauhans and Karkotas only have few lines about themselves in the books. They protected the country from being Islamised for at least 600 years. The Battle of Rajasthan(738AD), Rajput allied forces of Mewar and Gurjara Pratihara(5000 soldiers) led by Bappa Rawal fought the Umayyad Caliphate forces(30,000 soldiers) and won. With that defeat the Arabs did not dare to move an inch towards India for a good 300 years due to the losses. And guess what? Not a single mention of Maharaja Bappa Rawal in NCERT.
I would love to see more history like this from India.
Happy to provide (I'm doing videos on Indian history, and more broadly, Asian history -- including East and Southeast)! Enjoy the channel :)
I was never taught about this legendary martime war between the Chola and Srivijaya. They did it during monsoon. Goosebumps. Looks like they're erased from History for the crime of being Hindus.
Awesome video! I hate how South/Southeast Asian history is hardly ever mentioned (despite being just as interesting and complex) as European/ American history in the US.
Thanks - I agree! I wish more of Asian history was taught in the American curriculum.
Thank you for this. It makes me a little sad that I need to learn about my heritage like this. But it makes me happy that I did.
That's the problem with countries as diverse as India. When you have so much going on in so many different places, designing a syllabus that can do justice to all of it is hard. The thought that all this might one day be forgotten makes me a little uneasy. But for now, I'm glad that it lives on through you and your viewers. Once again, thanks.
Kudos to all that effort ppl!! A quality representation of a quality Kingdom❤🔥 RajaRaja Cholan and Rajendra Cholan..The conquerors🔥🔥
Thanks!
Angkor-Wat Hindu Temple is the largest temple ever built it's one Gigantic Hindu monument inside & outside India thanks to Cholas, it's also the biggest tourists attraction in Cambodia last several decades
But, also there are many other Hindu Temples all around SE Asia & I believe these are definitely in Java, Sumatra, Bally,+ a ruin in Cebu, but also few in Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thai, etc (correct me if any wrong or better do specify. Where in what country etc info if u know/seen etc)
I read of + seen of few clips & vlogs of above few Temples, but I also personally seen + visited few existing Temples in Malaysia & Singapore but I'm certain almost all of this last two nations are newer within the last many decades built by the newer South & North Indian expats living there, as British brought most as immigrants/ labours etc since late 1700 to mid 1900 period.
But the very big mountain Murugan Temple near KL, Malaysia, is it also newer or very old Chola's time( some oldest ones affected by Islam arrival, to Malay, Sumatra etc, right ?
Why people never understand ..it is not a hindu temple . It is shavist temple
Cholas, pandhyas, cheras never followed sanatan dharma
Angkor Wat was built by the Khmer Empire, not the Chola Empire. The people were ethnically Khmer, the same ethnic group that makes up 90 percent of Cambodia's population today. The inscriptions at Angkor are written in a language called _Old Khmer,_ which is part of the _Austroasiatic language family_ just like modern Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon (by contrast, Tamil is part of the Dravidian language family). Further yet, 11th century inscriptions tell us the people of Angkor called themselves "Sruk Khmer" which literally translates to "Khmer country."
Yes, the Khmer alphabet is DERIVED from the Pallava script of India, but the Khmer alphabet is NOT the Pallava script itself. Calling Khmer inscriptions as "Tamil" just because the Khmer alphabet is derived from the Pallava script of India would be as wrong as calling English inscriptions as "Italian" just because the English alphabet is derived from the Latin script of Italy.
And yes, Khmer kings had Indian names such as Suryavarman and Jayavarman, which come from Sanskrit. That's because ethnic Khmers ADOPTED Sanskrit names associated with Indian religions like Buddhism and Hinduism, the same way Indonesians and Pakistanis adopt Arabic names associated with Islam such as Abdul and Muhammad even though Indonesians and Pakistanis are not ethnically Arab. Similarly, Europeans adopt Hebrew/Semitic names associated with Christianity such as John, James, David, Adam, Isaac, and Michael, but that doesn't mean they're ethnically Hebrew.
Jayavarman is also an Indian/Sanskrit name, but his ancient statue clearly has Khmer or Eastern Asian features. In fact, Khmer people TODAY have Sanskrit names such as Soriya/Sorya, Devi, Chan, and Bopha/Buppha, but that doesn't mean modern Khmer people are Indian.
The point I'm making is that Angkor was a Khmer civilization, not Tamil or Chola. Scholars call this civilization the "Khmer Empire" for a reason, and it's because the people were Khmer, wrote Khmer, spoke Khmer, and called themselves Khmer in their own inscriptions.
Of course, the Chola Empire and the Khmer Empire were allies and had good relations. But it's important to point out that the Khmer Empire drew influence from India to create its own civilization with its own people, language, and culture distinct from India. Even Khmer architecture developed a unique style that can only be found in Cambodia/Southeast Asia, the same way German/Gothic architecture became its own unique style even though it drew influences from Romanesque architecture.
@@jcdenton1635I highly agree &I would further add that( which I mildly suspected for sometime & that now I know for very sure) there's an added twist of Tamil Nadu's another famous long dynasty 'the Pallavas' too, seem to have a very high influence on Khmer/ Cambodians (& Viet's too) for some good long spell( including usage of Varman names for many of their kings( SooriyaVarman etc).
Thank youuu so much for this video❤️ The cholas were also exceptional in architecture. If you come to Tamil Nadu, be sure to visit the temples they had build. Dharasuram, Brihadeeshwara temple and Gangaikonda Cholapuram are sure to leave you spellbound.
Such detailed content. This much is not even taught in history books in Tamil Nadu... Great work!
Now thats what i call the : South East India Company!
Lol, indeed!
lmfao
Haha good one
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Love to Raja Raja Chola from Kerala❤❤🇮🇳🇮🇳