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QWhat are the factors that led to the rise of trading towns and port cities in Medieval India.

Answer 1

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Administrative Centres and Towns

• The best example is Thanjavur.

• During the reign of Chola Dynasty (King Rajaraja Chola), its capital was Thanjavur.

• Architect Kunjaramallan Rajaraja Perunthachchan built Rajarajeshwara Temple.

• Besides the temple, there were palaces with mandapas or pavilions. where kings hold court here and issue order to subordinates.

• The Saliya weavers of Thanjavur and the nearby town of Uraiyur were busy producing cloth for flags to be used in the temple festival, fine cottons for the king and nobility and coarse cotton for the masses.

• Some distance away at Svamimalai, the sthapatis or sculptors were making exquisite bronze idols and tall, ornamental bell metal lamps.