Rajaraja I
r. 985-1014
Tamil ruler of the Chola Empire in southern India who conquered Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) and the Maldive Islands. Rajaraja enlarged and unified his realm, defeating a number of...
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Rajaraja I (reigned 985-1014) was possibly the greatest of the Cola kings of southern India. He made the Colas the paramount power in southern India, Sri Lanka, and the southern seas. A political and ...
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