A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c22.13

c22.13

Chenchus, 57 Cheng Ho, Chinese general, 28, 324 Chenna Basava, Kannada author, 389 Chennakeśava temple at Belūr, 464 Chennabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit author, 342 Chennas Nambūtiri, Sanskrit author, 351 Cheramān Perumāḷ (Chera king), 156, 359, 414, 428 Cherapādāh, 6 Cheras (Rulers), 112-19, 122-3, 149, 151, 155-6, 168, 192, 207, 209-10, 313, 359, 362, 414, 428 Cheruśśēri Nambūtiri, Malayālam author, 408, 409 Chezarla (Buddhist monuments), 436, 437 Chidambaram, 204-8, 267, 414, 416 — (Chola monuments), 460-1, 474 Chidambara Rēvaṇa Siddar, Tamil author, 382 China, 26, 27, 77, 215, 255, 322-3 China Timma, 280 Chinna Bomma, Nāyak of Vellore, 341 Chinnadevi, 270 Chintalapūḍi Ellaya, Telugu poet, 404 Chitaldrug, 84 Chitpavan brahmins, 58 Chitramāya, 148-9 Chitsukha, Sanskrit author, 344 Choḍa Tikka, 206 Chola coins, 20 Chola history, Literary evidence for, 23 —, administrative system, 194-6 —, justice in, 196-7 —, monarchy in, 192-3 —, people in, 197-8 —, royal household in, 193-4 —, rural autonomy in, 197 Chola rulers, 5-7, 16-18, 23, 92, 119-23, 130, 132, 137, 166-89, 191-3, 203-8, 213, 309, 313-14, 323, 331-2, 346, 366-8, 370, 395, 397, 418, 426, 452-5, 459 Christian Topography, 26 Christovao de Figueiredo, 272 Chronicles of Paes and Nuniz, 32 Chutus, 3, 95-8 Coinage, types of, 19-20 Colchi, 135 Colebrooke, 348 Comari, 135 Conti, Nicolo, 31, 429 Coromandel Coast, changes in, 40 —, description of, 47-8 Cosmas, foreign traveller, 26-7, 429 Cūḍāmaṇi vihāra, 174