Narasimhavarman II built the Shore Temple which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Most Sangam literature dealt with themes of love and war.

The state borders of Tamil Nadu were redrawn linguistically by the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.

The sentence in the passage reads: "About 60 per cent of the total epigraphical inscriptions found by the ASI in India are from Tamil Nadu, and most of these are in the Tamil language."

Archaeologists from the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education excavated ancient stone tools in Attirampakkam near Chennai, suggesting the existence of a hominid population in Tamil Nadu around 1,000 years before homo sapiens arrived from Africa.

Answer: a) Chennai

Explanation: Chennai is the capital city of Tamil Nadu and is one of the largest cities in India.

Rajendra Chola's navy occupied coasts from Burma (now) to Vietnam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Sumatra, and Malaya in South East Asia, and the Pegu islands. However, they did not occupy Japan, as Japan is located far away from South East Asia.

The British established the Madras Presidency as an administrative province in South India.

The first three temples, Brihadeshvara Temple of Thanjavur, Brihadeshvara Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram, and Airavatesvara Temple of Darasuram, are titled Great Living Chola Temples among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Meenakshi Amman Temple at Madurai is a temple built during the Pandyan dynasty and is one of the best examples of Pandyan temple architecture.

The state borders of Tamil Nadu were redrawn linguistically by the States Reorganisation Act (1956).