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{{Infobox royalty
| title = KoParakesarivarman, Narapati
| image = rajaraja3 territories2.png
| alt = Rajendra Chola 3
| caption = ''Chola territories c. 1246 CE''
| reign = 1246–1279 CE
| predecessor = [[Rajaraja Chola III]]
| successor = [[Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I]] as Pandya Emperor
| spouse = Cholakulamadeviyar
| spouse-type = Queen
| issue = Semapillai Arasagandarama
| house = [[Cholas]]
| father =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = 1279 CE
| death_place =
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| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| dynasty = [[Chola]]
}}
{{Chola history}}

'''Rajendra Chola III''' came to the [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] throne in 1246 CE. Rajendra began to take effective control over the administration, and epigraphs of Rajendra Chola III indicate there was civil war ending with the death of Rajaraja Chola III.<ref>{{cite book|title=South India and Her Muhammadan Invaders|author=Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar|publisher=Asian Educational Services, 1991|page=38}}</ref> Rajendra's inscriptions laud him as the "cunning hero, who killed Rajaraja after making him wear the double crown for three years".<ref>{{cite book|title=South India and Her Muhammadan Invaders|author=Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar|publisher=Asian Educational Services, 1991|page=37}}</ref>

== Northern expeditions ==
Rajendra Chola III took bold steps to revive the Chola fortunes. He led successful expeditions to the north as attested by his epigraphs found as far as Cuddappah.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Sri Venkatesvara Oriental Institute, Volumes 5-7|author=Sri Venkatesvara Oriental Institute|page=64}}</ref>

== Initial success against the Pandyas ==
The king also defeated two Pandya princes, one of whom was Maravarman Sundara Pandya II, and briefly made the Pandyas submit to the Chola overlordship. The Hoysalas, under Vira Someswara, sided with the Pandyas and repulsed the Cholas.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|author=Sailendra Nath Sen|publisher=New Age International, 1999|page=487}}</ref>

== Hostility with the Hoysalas ==
The Hoysalas played a divisive role in the politics of the Tamil country during this period. Exploiting the lack of unity among the Tamil kingdoms, they supported one Tamil kingdom against the other to prevent both the Cholas and Pandyas from rising to their full potential. During the period of Rajaraja III, the Hoysalas sided with the Cholas and defeated the Kadava chieftain Kopperunjinga and the Pandyas and established a presence in the Tamil country.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|author=Sailendra Nath Sen|publisher=New Age International, 1999|page=487}}</ref>

== War with Jatavarman Sundara Pandya ==
[[Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I|Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I]] ascended the [[Pandyas|Pandya]] throne in 1251. In the ensuing wars for supremacy, he emerged as the most victorious ruler and the Pandya kingdom reached its zenith in the 13th century during his reign. Jatavarman Sundara Pandya first put an end to Hoysala interference by expelling them from the Kaveri delta and subsequently killed their king Vira Someswara in 1262 AD near Srirangam. He then defeated Kopperunjinga, the Kadava chieftain, and turned him into a vassal. He then defeated Rajendra III and made him acknowledge the Pandya suzerainty. The Pandya then turned his attention to the north and annexed Kanchi by killing the Telugu chief Vijaya Gandagopala. He then marched up to Nellore and celebrated his victories there by doing the ''virabisheka''(anointment of heroes) after defeating the Kakatiya ruler, Ganapati. Meanwhile, his lieutenant Vira Pandya defeated the king of Lanka and obtained the submission of the island nation.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization|author=Sailendra Nath Sen|publisher=New Age International, 1999|page=459}}</ref>

==Aftermath the Pandya war ==
There are no confirmed reports of Rajendra Chola III having been killed in the battle so he lived in obscurity in [[Pazhayarai]] up to 1279, after which there are no inscriptions found of the Cholas. This war marks the end of Cholas reign in Tamil Nadu and the Chola territories were completely absorbed by the Pandyan empire.

==Fate of Cholas==
After the war, the remaining Chola royal bloods were reduced to the state of being chieftains by the Pandyan forces as a retribution for the enslaving the Pandyans for three centuries in their capital city Madurai. Many Chola royal bloodlines who were officials and chieftains still ruled a small part of land till the [[British rule in India]] whereby they participated in their fight for independence against the British rule. There is mention of a Chola chief called Veerasekhara Chola in the early 16th century (1520 AD) who defeated the Pandyas and occupied Madurai. The [[Pandya]]s who were vassals of the [[Vijayanagar Empire]] wasted no time and appealed to [[Krishnadevaraya]]. The latter then sent his general Nagama Nayak who defeated the Chola but then usurped the throne of Madurai instead of restoring the Pandyas.<ref>{{cite book|title=Life and Achievements of Sri Krishnadevaraya|author=R. Gopal, Karnataka (India). Directorate of Archaeology & Museums|publisher=Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka, 2010|page=127}}</ref>

== Notes ==
* Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. (1935). ''The CōĻas'', University of Madras, Madras (Reprinted 1984).
* Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. (1955). ''A History of South India'', OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).

==References==
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