Rajaraja I: Difference between revisions

By 1004 CE, the Gangavadi province was conquered by Rajaraja.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Making of Southern Karnataka: Society, Polity and Culture in the Early Medieval Period|author=Malini Adiga|publisher=Orient BlackSwan, 2006|page=239}}</ref> The Changalvas who ruled over the western part of the Gangavadi province and the Kongalvas who ruled over Kodagu were turned into vassals.<ref name=manya>{{cite book|title=History of Indian Administration: Medieval period|author=Baij Nath Puri|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1975|page=51}}</ref> The Chola general Panchavan Maraya who defeated the Changalvas in the battle of Ponnasoge and distinguished himself in this affair was rewarded with Arkalgud Yelusuvira-7000 territory and the title ''Kshatriyasikhamani''.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the Western Gangas, Volume 1|author=Ali, B. Sheik|publisher=Prasārānga, University of Mysore, 1976|page=160}}</ref> The Kongalvas, for the heroism of Manya, were rewarded with the estate of Malambi (Coorg) and the title ''Kshatriyasikhamani''.<ref name=manya /> Vengi kingdom was ruled by Jata Choda Bhima of the [[Eastern Chalukyas]] dynasty.<ref name="ReferenceA">Ancient Indian History and Civilization by Sailendra Nath Sen p.398</ref> Jata Choda Bhima was defeated by Rajaraja and Saktivarman was placed on the throne of Vengi as a viceroy of the Chola Dynasty.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="Nellore District p.38">Gazetteer of the Nellore District: Brought Up to 1938 by Government of Madras Staff, Government of Madras p.38</ref> After the withdrawal of the Chola army, Bhima captured [[Kanchipuram|Kanchi]] in 1001 CE. Rajaraja expelled and killed the Andhra king called Bhima before re-establishing Saktivarman I on the throne of Vengi again.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLwKAQAAIAAJ&q=raja+raja+chola+kalinga|title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The age of imperial Kanauj|author=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar|publisher=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar|year=1951|page=154}}</ref> Rajaraja gave his daughter Kundavai in marriage to his next viceroy of Vengi Vimaladitya which brought about the union of the Chola Dynasty and the [[Eastern Chalukya Kingdom]] and which also ensured that the descendants of Rajaraja would rule the Eastern Chalukya kingdom in the future.<ref name="Nellore District p.38" />Inscriptions of Rajaraja I state that he defeated Satyasraya in pitched battles and from cut of the treasures that he captured from him the temple at Tanjore was enriched. The earliest mention of the Chola conquest of Rattapadi Seven and a half lakh country is found in the records dated in Rajaraja’s seventeenth year,’ corresponding to 1002-03 A. D. A record from Mélpadi in wanidwash Taluk of North Arcot district begins with the introduction ‘“Dirwmagal pola’, and mentions Rattapadi as having been conquered by Rajarajal. The date of the record, which has been read as 9th year, is however not free from doubt. The Tiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra Chola, state that Rajaraja I defeated Satyasraya who “fled to avoid misery from the attack of his (i. e. Arunmolivarman’s) ocean-like army, (still) misery found a (permanent) abode in him.The Karandai plates give more details about Rajaraja’s war. It is said that Rajaraja’s elephants Wrought havoc on the banks of the Tungabhadra while the king himself sitting on his horse tried to check the advancing Chalukya army single handed and that KeSava, the Chalukya general was taken prisoner.Satyasraya appears to have gone to the battle with his brother as also dadandyaka Kesavarasa, In the encounter that took place, Dasavarma seems to have been killed and dandanayaka Kesava was taken prisoner. This event must have taken place before 1002-03 A.D