Chitra Katha

Rajendra Chola IGangaikonda, Master of the Seas

In 1025 CE he sent the Chola fleet across the Bay of Bengal and struck Kadaram and the ports of Srivijaya, after his army had already reached the Ganga around 1021.

Reigned 1014–1044 CE (co-regent from 1012)

The full life

1Son of Rajaraja I; co-regent from 1012.Rajaraja Chola I · Rajendra Chola I

2Built Gangaikonda Cholapuram as the new Chola capital.Rajendra Chola I

3Naval expedition against Srivijaya, 1025.Rajendra Chola I

4Captured the Sinhala king Mahinda V.Rajendra Chola I · Mahinda V of Lanka

5Titles: Gangaikonda Chola, Kadaram Kondan.Rajendra Chola I · The people

6Died 1044; succeeded in turn by his sons Rajadhiraja I, Rajendra II and Virarajendra.Rajendra Chola I

Sources for these facts

Tiruvalangadu copper plates of Rajendra I
Meykirti of Rajendra I (South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II)
Karandai copper plates

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