page_title: Gangaikonda Cholapuram
section_title: Roads and City gates
hierarchical_section_title: Gangaikonda Cholapuram / Roads and City gates
caption_attribution_description: English: Ancient Items Exacavation in Royal Palace in Gangai Konda Cholapuram. தமிழ்: கங்கைகொண்ட சோழபுரத்தின் அரண்மனையிலிருந்து அகழ்வாராய்ச்சி மூலம் கண்டெடுக்கப்பட்ட தொல்பொருட்கள்.
context_page_description: Kaṅgaigoṇḍa Sōḻaburam is a village located near to Jayankondam, Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It became the capital of the Chola dynasty in c. 1025 during the reign of Rajendra Chola I, and served as the Chola capital for around 250 years.
  The town is about approximately 125 kilometres northeast of Tiruchirapalli international airport. As of 2014, the ancient city exists as a heritage town in the Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The great temple of Brihadeeswarar Temple at this place is next only to the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur in its monumental nature and surpasses it in sculptural quality. It has been recognised as a World Heritage site by UNESCO
context_section_description: Besides the names of the palace and fort walls, the names of a few roads and streets are preserved in the epigraphs. The entryways named Thiruvasal, the eastern gate and the Vembugudi gate, evidently the south gate leading to the village Vembugudi situated in that direction are mentioned. Reference is also found to highways named after Rajaraja and Rajendra as Rajarajan Peruvali and Rajendran Peruvali. Other streets mentioned in epigraphs are the ten streets (Pattu teru), the gateway lane (Thiruvasal Narasam) and the Suddhamali lane. The inscription also refers to the highways, Kulottungacholan Thirumadil peruvali, Vilangudaiyan Peruvali and Kulaiyanai pona Peruvali (the highway through which a short elephant passed by).
caption: Excavated Ancient Stone Sculptures
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