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<p>[QUOTE="JayAg47, post: 4971932, member: 112342"]I'd say mine is this commemorative coin of Rajendra Chola.</p><p>Rajendra Chola, son of Raja Raja Chola, 1/8 Kahavanu (1014-1044 AD). 9mm, 0.45G. </p><p>While his father conquered all of South India and most of Sri Lanka, Rajendra not only finished the job started by his predecessor but also went as far as South East Asia, subjugating various kingdoms including the Sri Vijayan Empire to primarily control the trade with China!</p><p>While Cholas had so many countries conquered, they mostly took pride in having their neighbors Cheras and Pandyas under control. The bitter-sweet relation between these three Tamil kingdoms goes back all the way since 300BC when they all banded to prevent Ashoka from marching any south! [ATTACH=full]1194928[/ATTACH]</p><p>The coin commemorates Rajendra's conquer of the neighboring Cheras & Pandyas, it depicts Chola's royal emblem tiger in the middle, flanked by Pandya's Twin Fishes, and the Chera's bow (off-centered line behind the tiger) all under a single umbrella. Rev says Yudhamalla aka one who's strong in battle. [ATTACH=full]1194927[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rather than depicting the enemy symbol tiny compared to the tiger or degrading (like Roman coins featuring captives/mourning), it shows all three kingdoms being equalized in the eyes of the Cholas, in part because all three of them shared the same religion (Hinduism), and language (Tamil).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JayAg47, post: 4971932, member: 112342"]I'd say mine is this commemorative coin of Rajendra Chola. Rajendra Chola, son of Raja Raja Chola, 1/8 Kahavanu (1014-1044 AD). 9mm, 0.45G. While his father conquered all of South India and most of Sri Lanka, Rajendra not only finished the job started by his predecessor but also went as far as South East Asia, subjugating various kingdoms including the Sri Vijayan Empire to primarily control the trade with China! While Cholas had so many countries conquered, they mostly took pride in having their neighbors Cheras and Pandyas under control. The bitter-sweet relation between these three Tamil kingdoms goes back all the way since 300BC when they all banded to prevent Ashoka from marching any south! [ATTACH=full]1194928[/ATTACH] The coin commemorates Rajendra's conquer of the neighboring Cheras & Pandyas, it depicts Chola's royal emblem tiger in the middle, flanked by Pandya's Twin Fishes, and the Chera's bow (off-centered line behind the tiger) all under a single umbrella. Rev says Yudhamalla aka one who's strong in battle. [ATTACH=full]1194927[/ATTACH] Rather than depicting the enemy symbol tiny compared to the tiger or degrading (like Roman coins featuring captives/mourning), it shows all three kingdoms being equalized in the eyes of the Cholas, in part because all three of them shared the same religion (Hinduism), and language (Tamil).[/QUOTE]
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