Chola Empire

Chola Empire

Tamil Empire (501 BC-200 AD, 848-1279)

Location: Southern India

Capital City: Thanjavur

Government type: Monarchy

Main languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam

Main religions: Hinduism

Chronology

501 BC: Early Chola Kingdom founded

200: Pallavas conquer Chola Kingdom

848: Kingdom re-founded by Vijayalaya Chola

1279: Chola remnants conquered by Pandyas

Currency

Stater (848-1279)

1 Stater/Massa = 1800 Kasu

Coins from the Chola Empire in the collection

•1 Massa, King Raja Raja I (985-1014) (copper)