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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 I, who sponsored bronze sculptures for his expansion of the Chidambaram Naṭarāja Temple. This empire’s defeat of the Sailendra dynasty in Palembang (15[1])was chronicled (-5[1])in inscriptions at the (*) Brihadīshvara Temple in this empire’s capital of (-5[1])Thanjāvūr. (10[1])Under Rājēndra I (10[1])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. For 10 points, name this most powerful of the thalassocratic Tamiḻ empires. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Chōḻa empire [or Chōḻa Pērarasu or Iḍaikkāla Chōḻargaḷ]
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