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| {{Infobox military conflict
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| | conflict = Battle of Takkolam
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| | date = 948–949
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| | place = [[Thakkolam|Takkolam]], [[Ranipet district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| | result = [[Rashtrakuta]] victory
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| | combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Chola Kingdom.png}} [[Chola dynasty|Chola empire]]<br>[[File:Flag of Chera dynasty.svg|22px]] [[Chera dynasty|Chera Perumals]]<ref name=":0" />
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| | combatant2 = [[Rashtrakuta Empire]]<br>[[Seuna (Yadava) dynasty]]<br>[[Western Ganga Dynasty]]
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| | commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Chola Kingdom.png}} [[Rajaditya Chola]]{{KIA}}<br>[[File:Flag of Chera dynasty.svg|22px]] [[Vellan Kumaran]] ([[Chera dynasty|Chera]]/[[Kerala]])<ref name=":0" />
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| | commander2 = [[Krishna III]]<br>[[Vaddiga I]]<br>[[Butuga II]]
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| | territory = [[Thakkolam|Takkolam]] and Surrounding areas annexed by [[Rashtrakutas]]
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| | partof = Krishna's Southern Expedition
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| The '''Battle of Takkolam''' (948–949) was a military engagement between a contingent of troops led by [[Rajaditya]], crown prince<ref>{{cite book|title= The Cambridge History of War: Volume 2, War and the Medieval|first= Anne |last= Curry|publisher= Cambdrige |year= 2020 |page= all|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Bm_-DwAAQBAJ&dq=cambridge+chalukyas&pg=PT517 }}</ref> and eldest son of the [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] king [[Parantaka I]] (907–955), and another led by the [[Rashtrakuta]] king [[Krishna III]] (939–967) at [[Takkolam]] in southern [[India]]. The battle resulted in the death of Rajaditya on the battlefield and the defeat of the Chola garrison at Takkolam.<ref name=":1">Ali, Daud. "The Death of a Friend: Companionship, Loyalty and Affiliation in Chola South India." ''Studies in History'', vol. 33, no. 1, Feb. 2017, pp. 36–60.</ref>
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| The battle is considered as the climax of the confrontation between the two imperials powers, the Rashtrakutas and the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Cholas]], for complete domination of south India.<ref name=":0">Narayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 100-101.</ref> The death of prince Rajaditya is unusually commemorated by the Cholas. The Chola version of the events can be found in Larger Leiden Grant<ref>''Epigraphia Indica'' 22 (1933–34), no. 34: vv. 19–21.</ref> (1006 AD) of [[Raja Raja Chola I|Rajaraja I]] and Tiruvalangadu Plates (1018 AD) of [[Rajendra Chola I|Rajendra Chola]].<ref>''South Indian Inscriptions'' 3 (1920), no. 205: v. 54.</ref><ref name=":1" /> An account of the battle, which differs in some details from the Chola version, is found in the Atakur inscription issued by [[Krishna III]] and prince [[Butuga II]] (a young underlord of Krishna III<ref name=":13">Ali, Daud. “The Death of a Friend: Companionship, Loyalty and Affiliation in Chola South India.” ''Studies in History'', vol. 33, no. 1, Feb. 2017, pp. 36–60.</ref>) of the [[Western Ganga dynasty|Western Ganga]] family.<ref>''Epigraphia Indica'' 6 (1900–01), no. 6c: 53–56.</ref><ref name=":13" /> The Sravana Belgola record of Ganga king Marasimha (963 - 975 AD) also claims victory of the king for his predecessor Bhutuga II.<ref>Narayanan, M. G. S. ''Perumāḷs of Kerala.'' Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 100-101 and 113-114.</ref>
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| == Background == | | == Background == |
| It seems that king Parantaka I anticipated a climatic battle with the Rashtrakutas and their allies in Tirumunaippati Nadu.<ref name=":1" /> | | It seems that king Parantaka I anticipated a climatic battle with the Rashtrakutas and their allies in Tirumunaippati Nadu.<ref name=":1" /> |