गंगईकोंडचोलपुरम

gangeekoandacholapuram udayarapalayam taluka, trichanapalli zila, madras mean sthit hai. prachin samay mean yah chol vansh ke pratapi raja rajendr chol (1014-1044 ee.) ki rajadhani rahi thi. 1955-1956 ke utkhanan mean puratatv vibhag ko is sthan par ek prachin durg ki bhitti ke avashesh prapt hue the.

• yahaan ke durg ki bhitti ki lanbaee 6000 phut uttar-dakshin aur 4500 phut poorv-pashchim ki or hai.
• durg ke andar 1700 phut lanba aur 1300 phut chau da rajaprasad tha.
• yahaan durg ke bahar uttar-poorv ke kone mean vrihadishvar ka prasiddh mandir tha. durg aur mandir ke bich mean 'karuvat' namak nadi bahati thi.
• vartaman mandir ka shikhar bhoomi se 174 phut ooancha hai. yah tanjaur ke prasiddh mandir ki shaili ke anuroop bana hai.
• mandir ke pas 'sianhatirth' namak ek koop hai, jise rajendr chol ne banavaya tha.
• yah nagar chol rajaoan ke shasan kal mean bahut unnat tatha samriddh tha.
• nagar ka nam sanbhavat: rajendr chol ne ganga nadi ke tatavarti pradesh ki vijay ke smarak ke roop mean 'gangeekoandacholapuram' rakha tha.

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