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Karikala (Tamil: Karikāla Chōḻaṉ), often referred to as Karikala the Great, was a Tamil Emperor of the Early Cholas of the Chola dynasty who ruled ancient Tamilakam (Modern day Tamil Nadu in Southern India) from Uraiyur.
The Chola dynasty [a] ... the Chola king, ... Map of the Chola Empire at its greatest extent under Emperor Rajendra I. c. 1030.
The Cholas were looked upon as descended from the Solar dynasty. The Puranas speak of a Chola king, a supposed contemporary of the sage Agastya, whose devotion brought the river Kavery into existence. The story of king Manu Needhi Cholan tells of how he sentenced his son to death for having accidentally killed a calf.
Virarajendra Chola (1063–1070) Athirajendra Chola (1067–1070) Kulottunga Chola I (1071–1122) Vikkrama Chola (1118–1135) Kulottunga Chola II (1133–1150) Rajaraja Chola II (1146–1163) Rajadiraja Chola II (1163–1178) Kulottunga Chola III (1178–1218) Rajaraja Chola III (1216–1246) Rajendra Chola III (1246–1279), last of the ...
Song dynasty reports record an embassy from Chulian (Chola) reached the Chinese court in 1077, [116] [117] and that the king of the Chulian at the time, Kulothunga I, was called Ti-hua-kia-lo. This embassy was a trading venture and was highly profitable to the Chola visitors, who returned with copper coins in exchange for articles of tribute ...
He became the king of Rohana after the 11–12 years of Chola rule in Rohana. Taking advantage of uprisings in the Pandya and Chera kingdoms,which seems to have no effect in this conflict, 2 Sinhala dandanayakas by the names of Budha and Kiththi massacred the Chola garrisons (on behalf of Kassapa IV) in a 6 month long battle at Palatupana in ...
Ilamchetchenni (Iḷamcēṭceṉṉi; IPA: [iɭəmt͡ɕeːt͡ɕːsen̪ːi]) was an early Tamil king of the Chola dynasty during the Sangam period. He was a great warrior and ruled the Chola kingdom with Uraiyur as the capital. He married a Velir princess from Alundur and their child was Karikala Chola. [1]
Rajadhiraja Chola I (994 CE - 1052 CE) was a Chola emperor, as the successor of his father, Rajendra I.He was the only Chola emperor who was killed while leading his army in war, and although he had a short reign, he helped his father conquer several territories as well as to maintain the Chola authority over most of Sri Lanka, Eastern Chalukya and Kalinga, among others.