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Chola Nadu is an ancient region spanning on the current state of Tamil Nadu and union territory of Puducherry in southern India. It encompasses the lower reaches of the Kaveri River and its delta, and formed the cultural homeland and political base of the Chola Dynasty which ruled large parts of India and Sri Lanka between the 9th and 13th ...
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is divided into 38 districts. Districts are the major administrative divisions of a state and are further sub-divided into smaller taluks. During the British Raj, 12 districts of the erstwhile Madras Presidency had their boundaries within the present-day Tamil Nadu.
The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes , [ 8 ] the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, [ 9 ] area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre.
It was captured by the Medieval Chola king Aditya I (ruled c. 871–907 CE), who defeated the armies of the Pallava ruler Aparajitavarman (880–897) in about 890. [11] and claimed all of Tondai Nadu as Chola territory. [12] During the reign of Uttama Chola most of Tondaimandalam had been recovered from the Rashtrakutas. [13]
The list of states and union territories of the Republic of India by area is ordered from largest to smallest. India consists of 28 states and 8 union territories, including the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Rajasthan being largest in land area. [1] [2] [3]
The mandalam was the largest of the Chola territorial divisions and was divided into smaller units named nāḍu). Each nadu functioned as an agrarian production unit and comprised around ten villages and possibly one or two towns ( nagaram ).
Nagapattinam is derived from Nagar, referring to people, and pattinam referring to town. In Tamil Pattinam and paakkam depicts coastal towns. [2] [3] The town was also called Cholakula Vallipattinam during the Chola period, when it was one of the important ports.