Introduction
Son and successor of Rajaraja I; led the famous naval expedition against the Srivijaya empire in Southeast Asia and a northern campaign that reached the Ganges, taking the title Gangaikonda Chola ('bringer of the Ganges') and founding the new capital Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Family
- Father: Rajaraja I
- Spouse: Vanavan Mahadevi (married)
- Children: Ammangadevi, Rajadhiraja I, Rajendra II, Virarajendra
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.