The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c7.s8.t3.3

c7.s8.t3.3

According to Aiyangar this is the period of high water-mark of Hindu progress all round. Modern Hinduism assumed the shape in which we find it today. The indigenous literature as well as classical Sanskrit received considerable patronage. Religion had been re-adjusted to the requirements of the masses, and administration had come to be highly organised upon surprisingly modern lines. Revivalism in religion and reinvigoration were the order of the day. The story of one of the greatest monarchs of this period, Rājendra Chola (1013-1042), the son of Rājarāja the Great, who, according to the inscriptions, carried his arms successfully across Kaliṅgam, subdued Dakkana Lāṭam, Vāngāladeśam and the territory of Dharmapāla, fought battles on the Ganges and in Burma, and earned the proud surname of Gaṅgāikoṇḍa Chola, has been preserved in the Kanarese work, *Rājaśekhara-Vilāsam*. At the commencement of the 13th century the great Chola Empire was dismembered between the Yādavas of Deogiri, Kākātīyās of Orangal, Hoysālās of Dvārsamudra and other petty chieftains.