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Intro to the empire

Early cholas & medival cholas

Early cholas:
Origin:
Early mentions in sangam literacture
Proof is from the pillars of ashoka 273bc
faded into darkness after c. 300 CE

Medival cholas:
Origins:

Making use of the opportunity during a war between Pandyas and Pallavas,
Vijayalaya rose out of obscurity and captured Thanjavur in 848 CE.
vijayala Chola conquered Thanjavur from Elango Mutharaiyar who was the
final ruler of Mutharaiyar dynasty
While Vijayalaya Chola was a Pallava feudatory, the Muttaraiyan chief was a
Pandya feudatory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayalaya_Chola
Aditya I (c. 870 c. 907 CE), the son of Vijayalaya:

Aditya I aftr 903 CE attacked pallava kingdom and annexed it


Earned the epithet Tondainadu pavina Rajakesarivarman" (
) - "Rajakesarivarman who overran Tondainadu".
Succeded by Parantaka I
Friends with chera kingdom, his son married chera kings daughter
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html

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