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Narthamalai
10.5100° N, 78.7600° E
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Narthamalai, a cluster of small hills, is 25 km from Trichy on the Trichy-Pudukottai highway in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Here can be seen some of the oldest rock cut cave temples, as well as the longest rock-cut edicts, similar to Asokan edicts and extremely rare in the south of India. The town houses Vijayalaya Choleeswaram built during the 9th century. The two rock-cut temples are classic examples of how temple architecture styles were fusing in different parts of the country.
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Muttaraiyar rule
7th–9th centuries
Aluruttimalai Jain Caves
8th century
Vijayalaya Chola reign
848–891 CE
Temple construction (inscription)
862 CE
Place-name in Chola period
11th century
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