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Rajaraja I

One of the greatest Chola emperors; built the Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur, conducted extensive naval campaigns (including against Sri Lanka and the Maldives), and reorganized the empire's revenue and administrative systems

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Relationships

Parents
Sundara Chola
Spouse
Lokamahadevi
Siblings
Kundavai · Aditya II
Children
Rajendra Chola I

Introduction

One of the greatest Chola emperors; built the Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur, conducted extensive naval campaigns (including against Sri Lanka and the Maldives), and reorganized the empire's revenue and administrative systems

Family

  • Father: Sundara Chola
  • Spouse: Lokamahadevi (married)
  • Children: Rajendra Chola I
  • Siblings: Aditya II, Kundavai

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. Thanjavur (Rajarajeswaram) temple inscriptions (primary text)
  3. Tiruvalangadu copper plates (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.