CH 5 RULERS AND BUILDINGS

Because kings built temples to demonstrate their devotion to God and their power and wealth, it is not surprising that when they attacked one another’s kingdoms, they often targeted these buildings.

king Suryavarman IICurrent largest temples. Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia. It is the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres) which was built by a Khmer king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city.

Complete answer: These categories of structures included forts, palaces, garden residences, and tombs.

Solution: The rajas of mahajanapadas built forts in order to protect their capital city and their people from attacks by other rajas. It is also likely that they wanted to show how rich and powerful they were by building large, powerful and impressive walls around their cities.

The ‘rajas’ of ‘mahajanapadas’ built forts around their capital cities because probably the people were afraid of attacks from other kings and needed protection. It is also possible that some rajas wanted to show that they were rich and powerful by building large, tall and impressive walls around cities.

Solution: The rajas of mahajanapadas built forts in order to defend their capital city from attacks by other rajas. It is also probable that they wanted to show how rich and powerful they were by building large and powerful walls. The more practical reason could be that it was more easy to govern fortified cities.

There are three great Chola Temples of the 11th and 12th century, the Brihadisvara temples of Thanjavur, the Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram, and the Airavatesvara temple at Darasuram. It was built during the reign of the Chola emperor Rajaraja and designed by the famous architect Sama Varma between 1003 and 1010 AD.

Rajaraja I (947 CE – 1014 CE) born Arulmoli Varman often described as Rajaraja the Great was a Chola emperor who reigned from 985 CE to 1014 CE and was the most powerful king in south at his time chiefly remembered for reinstating the Chola power and ensuring its supremacy in South India and Indian …

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VijayalayaThe founder of the Chola Empire was Vijayalaya, who was first feudatory of the Pallavas of Kanchi. He captured Tanjore in 850 A.D. He established a temple of goddess Nishumbhasudini (Durga) there. Aditya I succeeded Vijayalaya.

They represent what people in the Past chose to celebrate and memorialise, they do not represent history. Indeed, teaching history is almost never the reason why they are erected. Instead, statues in public spaces since Antiquity have most typically been used to represent power and authority.