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Kulottunga III

Chola king who campaigned against the Pandyas and Hoysalas; among the last Cholas to exercise substantial imperial authority

Relationships

Children
Rajaraja III

Introduction

Chola king who campaigned against the Pandyas and Hoysalas; among the last Cholas to exercise substantial imperial authority

Family

  • Children: Rajaraja III

Historical Notes

Note: A specific claim naming him as a direct son of Rajaraja II has been reviewed and not adopted here, since most accounts place Rajadhiraja II's reign between them; his exact parentage is left unrecorded rather than guessed.


This article records a figure from the medieval Chola and Pandya dynasties of Tamilakam (9th-14th century CE), reconstructed primarily from temple and copper-plate inscriptions rather than a single continuous chronicle. Where a genealogical claim could not be confirmed against reliable inscriptional or scholarly sources, it has been left unrecorded rather than guessed, as noted in the individual entries.

Sources

  1. The Colas (scholarly)
  2. Chola and Pandya dynastic inscriptions (primary text)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.