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Event religious South Asia

Brihadeeswara Temple

1010 CE

Chola dynasty masterpiece in Thanjavur with a 216-foot granite tower — the tallest of its kind when built.

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Standing in 1010 CE

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Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE Abu Simbel Landmark · Middle East 1264 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

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1001 CE Ghaznavid Conquests of India 1009 CE Fitna of al-Andalus 1010 CE Chola Conquests 1010 CE Sveti Tskhoveli Cathedral 1010 CE Brihadeshvara Temple 1017 CE Chola Invasion of Srivijaya