Yes, Pala dynasty existed when Great Raja Raja Cholan, was commanding ruler of souther half of India.
When Rajendhra Cholan sent his troops to Ganges, it defeated Mahi Pala. And one of his generals Samanta Sena, settled in Bengal and started to rule it. This was the begining of Sena Dynasty. I guess, this is the start of good relationshi between Bengal and the great TamilNadu. Abaya Kulothunga Cholas, Guru, is belived to be a Bengali.
I was discussing, about this with my Bengali friend. He said the present days "Sen's" are from Sena lineage.So, Amartya Sen, may have got his Great Great Great....Grandfather a Tamil. Not to mention about the other popular personality.
Infact, I am now looking out for a tribe, who had thier insignia as a 'Monkey' and belived to be from a Monkey god or something. They must have been in Karnataka, once atleast. And centered near Hampi.
sila kurangugal ( ennai maadhiri) have not evolved nnu enakku theriyum.. but my aiyappaadu is "why have they remained not evolving"?.... adhukku dhaan yaaraavadhu badhil sollunga nnu kekkaren.....
According to Evolution theory, some species of monkey would have evolved into human beings and balance would not have evolved; they would have remained as it is. Remember, cockroaches were there even during Dinosaur days and they have not evolved into any other species.
(Edho en sitrarivukku ettiyadhai sollitten; yaarum saattaiya eduthuttu kilambidaadheenga)
I remember an old comic joke I had seen in Nat Geo mag. A monkey will be reading "Encyclopedia of the evolution of Man" I will think, "Can't understand, where we missed the right path" ;-))))
I am not sure whether cockroach have remained as it is; could be some would have evolved into some other species. (yaaravadhu diwakarukku reply pannunga.. illanna summaa voodu katta aarambichiduvaaru pola)
cockroaches have survived the ice ages i have read
not that they never evolved
some specimens from the dinosaur age include the armadillo, rhino, hipppo and the alligator
they have not evolved fast, thats all
change is the only thing permanent children of each succeeding generation are taller, have an higher iq ( can also write software and show banda like swetha!!!!!)
Natarajan, you are actually correct. You should see evolution process as a tree. THere are branches coming out of branches and the same way species evolve. While one species of chimps evolved into the HOMO family, the rest remained the same. Its actually fascinating to read about the search for the missing links.. AS for cockroaches, there are 3500 species known in world and so saying that cockroaches did not evolve is not correct. Whereas Coelacanth is one fish that hasn't evolved for a lot of time.
anyway, any readers of Jay Gould, Huxley, Darwin here?...
Dear Jagan Please dont compare Kalki to Balkumaran in historic fiction....I agree Bala is great writer but dont compare him with Kalki please...
I havent finished the fourth bagam of Uadayar yet but its probably the most dragging historic novel(or maybe i should call it social novel with historic names and background) I have ever read...
I was given PS when i was in the 4th std to read....those of you who have read PS will give your children at the same age....Can you give Udayar to your children???I wont it needs a A certificate...
Kalki used his imagination on a historic background and built a mega novel...I am afraid Bala hasnt achieved that...
secondly in a historic novel you want to reiterate the facts you are aware with your imagination...many a places you feel Bala is talking to you than his charectors thats a big difference to Kalkis potrayal of charectors each charector has its own niche and charectors....
Kalki is Kalki no comparision definitely not Udayar of Bala ( I am really not surprised the weekly withdrew its support for the serialisation)
with Kalki and sandilyan and akilan when one chapter finished you want to go to the next next week or turn pages then and there and where dissapointed that the nect week it was a different angle in the story line Bala doent create that thirst