Topic started by v (@ 203.94.222.46) on Tue Jun 22 11:48:21 EDT 2004.
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Cholas were people of tamil race.Basically chola period can be divided into two.One before christ upto 7th century AD.second from 8th century till 11th century-The Golden age of cholas.
The Language spoken by them were tamil and later they switched over to prakrit.
They had a sway might be upto vindhyas During early centuries of christian era.During 7-11th century they had sway over entire india.Based on the languages patronised by them they seem to have mixed with aryans in the late centuries of the first millineum.
Many dialects were spoken in the eastern side that were dravidian in orgin.Cholas of Sangam age were more orginal tamils but they spread and settled in entire eastern front and again they established their empire in later part of 7th century.

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• From: m (@ 61.11.78.15) on: Fri Jul 2 09:28:22 EDT 2004
  
  "Chore" in Hindi means Thief
  Kallar means Thief
  Choza came from Chore
  Meaning place full of Kallar
  
  
• From: v (@ 202.159.224.181) on: Fri Jul 9 01:14:50 EDT 2004
  
  later cholas were Tamil from pallar caste. chola title claimed different castes at different time.
  
  the earlier cholas emperor karikal cholan belongs to vellala from Uraiyur and later cholas were pallars.
  
  later cholas married kodumbalur vellala sons and daughters. rajendra cholans daughter angamma devi married east chalukyan prince. later chalukyas turned up kulotthunga cholan claimed drowning chola empire.
  
  
• From: Parthiban (@ ppp-219.65.104.113.chn.vsnl.net.in) on: Wed Jul 21 00:11:57 EDT 2004
  
  Try reading 'Vengayin maindan' historical novel by Akilan its about chola dynasty
  
  
• From: Nedunchezhiyan (@ cache-dtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com) on: Mon Aug 2 15:12:59 EDT 2004
  
  oy, are u making jokes? Chozha came from Chore? I'm sorry but you are making no sense. You see, there is a confusion of the words Chozha, Chera, Pandy. Maybe few people know that. Your hindi is 95% sanskirit and ur sanskirit can be traced back to coming from Thamizh. As far as I know the Thamizhans who occupied Mohenjadaro and Harappa and oher cities in now day so called 'Northern India came and settled with the Thamizhans in TN and formed three dynasties. Now i'll have to ask AP MASILMANI about these words. Thank you.
  
  
• From: Nedunchezhiyan (@ cache-dtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com) on: Mon Aug 2 15:14:25 EDT 2004
  
  OH and btw the letter 'zha' ONLY belong to Thamizh language...so you better learn to pronounce it first, before saying it came from the word 'Chore' and I'm sure Thamizhans wouldn't have named their dynasty after something like 'thief' trust me Thamihans are smarter than you think.
  
  
• From: Nedunchezhiyan (@ cache-mtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com) on: Thu Aug 5 14:47:02 EDT 2004
  
  http://forumhub.com/tlit/8379.22.07.56.html
  
  Go read what Thiru. AP Masilmany said.
  
  
• From: mu.manoj kumar (@ 61.95.178.18) on: Fri Aug 27 06:14:45 EDT 2004
  
  who said tamil word chola originated from sanskrit
  i agree with neduncheziyan that "zha" is in only in tamil. we ought to be proud to be tamilians.
  dont indulge in such kind of activites by saying that chozha means chore. i also dont like the practice of saying mantras in sanskrit in temples in tamilnadu. in what way tamil is inferior to it.
  
  
• From: Nedunchezhiyan (@ cache-mtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com) on: Mon Aug 30 23:10:26 EDT 2004
  
  well said kumar, unfortunatley...the brahmins seem to be Sanskirit patriotic..where as even the Thamizh Scholars and Politicans act along with them and obey them. We should put an end to it. I mean someone who get paid by you and who depends on you and who lives in your ancestors land, in your country where your language should be respected and preserved as number one in everything....but the Temples, Churches and the Mosqs where you go to pray...the country(it's a state now ..) the shops, the Education..the media..Everything is Sanskiritized or Englishmized or Arabianized! I mean are we seeing Thamizhans giving up to foreigners in their own land? Spitting on their mother Thamizh face to learn corrupted languages? Or are we still slaves and brainwashed?
  
  
• From: arasi (@ 218.111.202.113) on: Tue Sep 7 04:38:55 EDT 2004
  
  agree with the gentlemen - manoj and nedunchezhiyan- that zha is found only in tamil (and malayalam - but then this an off-shoot of tamil also). but then sometimes i cringe when thamizhans themselves do not pronounce "zha" properly. eg mazhai -malai, pazham-palam, vazhi - vali(in malayalam vali means fart - the loud one)
  
  

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