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Question
Name the two languages promoted by the Cholas.
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Solution
The two languages promoted by the Cholas were Sanskrit and Tamil. Poems and plays were also written in Tamil by leading poets and dramatists. The works of Tamil writers were collected in eleven volumes which are known as ‘Tirumurais’.
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