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The Chola invasion of Kalinga in 1110 CE was the second and more famous of the two campaigns against the kingdom of Kalinga undertaken during the reign of Kulothunga I.The forces led by the Pallava chief, Karunakara Tondaiman, achieved an easy victory over the army of Kalinga forcing its king, Anantavarman Chodaganga to flee.
The first Chola invasion of Kalinga by Kulothunga Chola I in 1097 was intended to avenge the invasion of Vengi by the forces of Kalinga. [1] The war resulted in the subjugation of Kalinga and its reduction to the position of a tributary state of the Chola Empire .
Kulottunga Chola I (/ k ʊ ˈ l oʊ t ʊ ŋ ɡ ə /; Middle Tamil: Kulōttuṅka Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Kulottuṅgā Cōḷa; 1025–1122) also spelt Kulothunga (lit. ' The Exalter of His Clan '), born Rajendra Chalukya (Telugu: Rājēndra Cāḷukyuḍu), was a Chola Emperor who reigned from 1070 to 1122 succeeding his cousin Athirajendra Chola. [6]
The Chola victory over the Pala king Mahipala I is considered to be the climax of the expedition. In 1019 CE, Rajendra's forces marched through Kalinga towards the river Ganga. In Kalinga the Chola forces defeated Indraratha the ruler of the Somavamsi dynasty. The Chola army eventually reached the Pala kingdom of Bengal where they defeated ...
Chola aristocrats invested war-loot into a wave of new temples, which sourced fine goods from a truly global economy linking the farthest shores of Europe and Asia. Copper and tin for their ...
Conquest of the Kalinga: Chola victory. Cholas annexed region of Kalinga; 1020 CE Battle of Maski: Chola victory. Cholas raid and demolish Malkheda, then annexed the Raichur district from the Western Chalukya Empire. 1023 CE Conquest of the Ganges: Chola victory. Cholas annexed Vangadesam (Bengal) and Odda (Odisha) 1021 CE Chola conquest of ...
Chola invasion of Kalinga may refer to these invasions, by the Imperial Cholas of southern India, of Kalinga in eastern India: Chola invasion of Kalinga (1097)
Karunakara Tondaiman was a general of Chola Emperor Kulottunga I. [1] He is renowned for leading the Chola invasion of Kalinga during the reign of Kulottunga I [2] [3] and is the hero of Jayamkondar's poem Kalinkkattuparani [4] [5] In the Parani poem he is referred to as the lord of Vandai.