Chola Empire's Sanskrit Court Poets and the Rajendra Inscription

Episode 68 explores the Chola Empire's tradition of Sanskrit court poetry, focusing on the celebrated court poet Kavi Chakravarti and his panegyric inscriptions for Rajendra Chola I. We discuss the Tiruvalangadu plates, which record Rajendra's northern expedition to the Ganges, the Battle of Koppam, and the poet's use of ornate kavya style to legitimize Chola power. The episode examines how Sanskrit served as a cosmopolitan language alongside Tamil in Chola courts, the rivalry with Chalukya poets, and the historical value of these poetic records for reconstructing military campaigns and royal ideology. #CholaEmpire #SanskritPoetry #RajendraChola #KaviChakravarti #TiruvalangaduPlates #GangesExpedition #BattleOfKoppam #Chalukya #SouthIndia #IndianHistory #MedievalIndia #Epigraphy #Kavya #CourtPoets #IndianOceanTrade #TamilNadu #SanskritLiterature #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo