Vast amounts of valuable treasure, horses, and elephants fell into Chola hands. More Chola victories followed, with the Western Chalukya capital, Kalyanapuram, falling into Chola hands in 1045.

Actor Vijay's TVK party faces civil cases over flag design, including a dispute with BSP over elephant symbols.

It was during the research for his MPhil project when SAV Elanchezian first documented a sculpture with the engravings of a spider and an elephant in the Naganatha Swamy temple in Kumbakonam.

The rise and ebb of the Cholas is the story of Kanisetti's book. His treatment covers many other aspects beyond the military and political to give us more rounded and granular perspectives.

Rajendra-I transformed the Cholas into a major sea power in southeast Asia by building a large fleet of ships and establishing settlements and trade missions wherever they went.