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    Vijalaya Chola defeated local rulers and established the Chola dynasty in Tamil Nadu, constructing temples. Aditya Chola expanded the kingdom by defeating the Pallavas. Parantaka I gifted temples and defeated the Pandyas but was later defeated by the Rashtrakutas, allowing the Pandyas to declare independence. Raja Raja I defeated the Cheras and Pandyas in naval battles. He sent his son Rajendra I to capture Sri Lanka, making the Chola Empire the most extensive it would become before its decline after Koluntunga I.

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    Vijalaya Chola defeated local rulers and established the Chola dynasty in Tamil Nadu, constructing temples. Aditya Chola expanded the kingdom by defeating the Pallavas. Parantaka I gifted temples and defeated the Pandyas but was later defeated by the Rashtrakutas, allowing the Pandyas to declare independence. Raja Raja I defeated the Cheras and Pandyas in naval battles. He sent his son Rajendra I to capture Sri Lanka, making the Chola Empire the most extensive it would become before its decline after Koluntunga I.

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    Vijalaya Chola defeated local rulers and established the Chola dynasty in Tamil Nadu, constructing temples. Aditya Chola expanded the kingdom by defeating the Pallavas. Parantaka I gifted temples and defeated the Pandyas but was later defeated by the Rashtrakutas, allowing the Pandyas to declare independence. Raja Raja I defeated the Cheras and Pandyas in naval battles. He sent his son Rajendra I to capture Sri Lanka, making the Chola Empire the most extensive it would become before its decline after Koluntunga I.

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    CHOLAS

    Started as Feudatories of Pallavas

    VIjalaya Chola defeated Muttaiyars and constructed a durga temple in tanjore


    Aditya Chola defeated Pallava king Aparajita and annexed Pallava territory

    Parantaka 1

    Gifted golden vimana to the Chidambaram temple

    Defeated Pandyas
    Was defeated by rashtrakuta king

    Pandyas declared themselves independent after this defeat

    40 years later, rashtrakuta in decline

    Raja raja 1

    defeated cheras in a naval attack

    Pandyas also defeated


    Rajendra was sent by Rajaraja to capture srilanka

    Chalukyas had replaced Rashtrakutas, challenging cholas


    RAJENDRA 1
    DECLINE FROM KOLUTTUNGA

    Perhaps he was not trained to be an imperial EMPEROR (Rajendras daughters son).


    Dravida- 7th – 16th cent

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