Under this empire, the maṇigrāmam merchant guild was absorbed into the ainnūṟṟuvar (“eye-NOO-too-var”) guild, whose members helped this empire capture Sangrama Wijayatunggawarman. This empire established overlordship of Kedah under Kulōttunga (15[1])I, who sponsored bronze sculptures for his expansion of the Chidambaram Naṭarāja Temple. This empire’s defeat of the Sailendra dynasty in Palembang was chronicled in inscriptions (15[1])at the (*) Brihadīshvara Temple in this empire’s capital of Thanjāvūr. Under Rājēndra I and Rājarāja the Great, this medieval empire established control over the Bay of Bengal after repeatedly raiding Srivijaya and keeping the neighboring Chēra and Pāṇḍya dynasties at bay. (10[1])For 10 points, name this most powerful of the thalassocratic Tamiḻ empires. ■END■