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Chola dynasty (சோழர்)
The Chola dynasty (சோழர்) was a Tamil dynasty of southern India, founded at Tanjore around 850 CE, that ruled much of South India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.
Chola embassy to Song China
The Chola embassy to Song China was a diplomatic mission from the Chola kingdom that reached Kaifeng in 1015 and was received by Emperor Song Zhenzong.
Chola Empire (சோழப் பேரரசு)
Chola Empire (சோழப் பேரரசு), South Indian imperial state (848–1279) based in the Kaveri delta; under Rajaraja I and Rajendra I ruled south India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, raided Srivijaya in 1025, and built the Brihadisvara temples.
Chola expedition against Srivijaya
The Chola expedition against Srivijaya (ஸ்ரீவிஜய மீது சோழப் படையெடுப்பு) was a 1025 naval raid by Chola emperor Rajendra I that captured Kadaram and took its king prisoner.
Chola expedition to Srivijaya
The Chola expedition to Srivijaya was a naval raid launched in 1025 by Chola emperor Rajendra I against Srivijaya, capturing Kadaram and taking King Sangrama Vijayottungavarman prisoner.
Chola land survey and revenue assessment
The Chola land survey and revenue assessment (நில அளவை) measured, graded, and taxed cultivated land in medieval Tamilakam, perfected by Rajaraja I around 1000 CE.
Chola land survey and revenue system
The Chola land survey and revenue system was the cadastral survey and land-tax machinery of the Chola empire of Tamil South India, perfected under Rajaraja around 1000 CE.
Chola navy
The Chola navy (சோழக் கடற்படை) was the maritime force of the Chola empire of South India, used from Rajaraja I's reign onward against Lanka and Srivijaya.
Chola–Hoysala wars
The Chola–Hoysala wars were conflicts between the Chola and Hoysala dynasties of south India, beginning by 1006 and ending with the Chola dynasty overtaken by the revived Pandyas.
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance, commonly Chola Finance, is a Chennai-based Indian non-banking financial company founded in 1978 by the Murugappa Group and one of India's largest vehicle financiers.
Cholo
Cholo (feminine chola): a Spanish-American social and ethnic category. In colonial Peru and Bolivia it named mixed-descent people; in 20th-century Andean societies an urbanized Indigenous-background group (cholificación); in the US a Chicano street subculture.
Cholo (subculture)
Cholo (feminine chola) is a Mexican American subculture from Southern California barrio gangs, descended from 1930s-1950s pachuco zoot-suiters, marked by distinct dress, tattoos, lowriders, caló-influenced speech, and values of loyalty and territory; distinct from the Andean chola caste meaning.
Cholo Violago
Cholo Violago (Mark Cholo I. Violago, born 1984) is a Filipino politician, son of three-term San Rafael, Bulacan mayor Cipriano Violago Jr.; he was San Rafael's unopposed mayor from 2022 to 2025 and is the 3rd District of Bulacan representative in the 20th Congress.
Chondoist Chongu Party
Chondoist Chongu Party (천도교청우당), founded February 8, 1946, is North Korea's Chondoist satellite party of the ruling WPK, holding about 3 percent of Supreme People's Assembly seats within the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea.
Chong Chongguang
Chong Chongguang, also known as Lao Chongguang (劳崇光), was a Qing dynasty official from Shanhua, Hunan, who governed Guangxi and Guangdong during the Taiping rebellion.
Chong Chongqi
Chong Chongqi (崇绮), a Qing dynasty official and Arute clan member, became the first Mongol or Manchu to take first place in the 1864 jinshi exam.
Chong Moon Lee
Chong Moon Lee (이종문), born 1928, is a Korean-born American entrepreneur who founded Diamond Multimedia Systems, the top US producer of PC graphics accelerators by 1994, and later AmBex Venture Partners.
Chong Shidao
Chong Shidao (种师道), earlier named Chong Jianzhong, was a Song dynasty general and official who died in 1126 after commanding the capital's relief armies during the Jin invasion.
Chŏng Tojŏn (정도전)
Chŏng Tojŏn (정도전, Sambong, 1342–1398) was the Neo-Confucian scholar-official who designed Joseon's institutions, moved its capital to Seoul, led its anti-Buddhist turn, and was killed by Yi Bang-won in 1398.
Chongning school and examination reform
The Chongning school and examination reform (崇宁学校贡举法) was a Song dynasty policy that replaced civil service examinations with promotion through the state school system from 1104 until 1121.
Chongqing Development Investment
Chongqing Development Investment (重庆发展投资) is a wholly state-owned investment company in Chongqing, China, established in 2018, that finances major infrastructure, invests in energy, and manages municipal state assets.
Chongqing Xinxing Special Glass (重庆鑫景)
Chongqing Xinxing Special Glass (重庆鑫景) is a Chinese special glass maker founded in 2014 in Chongqing, producing Huawei's Kunlun cover glass and the sole windshield glass for the C919 airliner.
Chongryon
Chongryon (재일본조선인총련합회), the pro-North Korean General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, founded May 1955; runs ethnic schools, Korea University, and Choson Sinbo; distinct from South Korea-aligned Mindan.
Chongxing (宠幸)
Chongxing (宠幸), formally Shanghai Chongxing Pet Products Co., Ltd., is a Chinese pet-products company founded in Shanghai in 2004, best known for its Nourse (卫仕) pet nutrition brand.
Chongxing Pet (宠幸宠物)
Chongxing Pet (宠幸宠物) is a Shanghai-based Chinese pet-products company founded in 2004, known for its 卫仕 pet nutrition brand; it raised nearly RMB 900 million in 2021, with Tencent among its investors.
Chongxing Pet Products (上海宠幸)
Chongxing Pet Products (上海宠幸) is a Shanghai pet products company founded in 2004 by Lü Shaohua, whose Nourse (卫仕) nutrition brand drew Tencent-backed funding and became a subsidiary of Hong Kong's Chowsing Limited in 2022.
Chongyang Investment
Chongyang Investment (重阳投资), formally Shanghai Chongyang Investment Management, is a Shanghai private securities fund manager founded by Qiu Guogen in 2001, managing over RMB 30 billion by March 2025.
Chongyue
Chongyue (崇岳, 1132–1202), known as Songyuan, was a Southern Song Chan master of the Linji school who held eight abbacies, including Lingyin, and whose line transmitted Chan to Japan.
Chongzhen Emperor
Chongzhen Emperor (崇禎帝), Zhu Youjian, last Ming emperor (r. 1627–1644); purged eunuch Wei Zhongxian, faced drought, rebellion, and Manchu invasion, raised taxes in 1631, and hanged himself at Coal Hill in 1644.
Chongzhen Lishu (Chongzhen Treatises on Calendrical Astronomy)
Chongzhen Lishu (崇禎曆書) is a collection of treatises on calendrical astronomy compiled for the Ming court between 1631 and 1635 under Xu Guangqi, drawing mainly on Tycho Brahe's European astronomy.