01030nam a22001577a 4500999001900000008004100019100004100060245002400101260003200125300003500157520051400192773003200706906001700738942000700755952011000762  c533333d533333260514b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aReviewed by Kesavan Veluthat 960500  aHistory reimagined   aBiblio: A Review of Books    a30(7-8), Jul-Sep, 2025: p16-16  aLords of earth and sea: A history of the Chola empire by Anirudh Kanisetti, Juggernaut books, New Delhi, 2025, 343 pp. Rs. 899 (HB) ISBN 9789353455606. 


Keanisetti treats the story of the Cholas in the kavari Valley in the second half of the 9the century very differently. While available histories begin the story with Vijayalaya, he begins it with his grandson, Parantaka and in a dramatic way. Parantaka is described to have married, “left and right”, wives from rich, landed families. –Reprdouced   aBiblio: A Review of Books    aBOOK REVIEW   cAR  00102ddc40709408503aIIPAbIIPAd2026-05-14h30(7-8), Jul-Sep, 2025: p16-16pAR138845r2026-05-14yAR