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Landmark South Asia religious

Brihadeshvara Temple

1010 CE – still standing

UNESCO-listed Chola masterpiece in Thanjavur with a 66-meter vimana tower, one of the greatest achievements of Dravidian architecture

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Brihadisvara Temple on Wikipedia.

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  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1000 CE)
  2. Cholas (1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Chola state (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Pandya state (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Vijayanagara (1492 CE–1650 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Hindu kingdoms (1700 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Carnatic (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. British East India Company (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. British Raj (1880 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. India (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1010 CE and 2026 CE.

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