Chola Dynasty

Chola Dynasty

The Chola dynasty is a very old southern India, mentioned in the Mahabharata, which gave its name to the Coromandel coast (from mandalam Chola, the Chola country) in Tamil Nadu. We know little about the early Cholas, whose tradition and literature have given us some names and approximate dates:

Capital Uraiyur
    * Veliyan Tittan, conqueror of Uraiyur (today near Tiruchirapalli), the first capital of Chola (50 BC. - 25 BC).
    * Porvaikko-Perunarkilli (25 av. J.-C.-1 BC).
    * Mudittalaiko Perunarkilli or-Ilan-set-Senni (1 av. J.-C.-25)
    * Karaikal I (1-25) have built a dam on the Cauvery
    * Velpahtadakkai-Perunarkilli (25-50)
    * Uruva PAHTAS-Ilan-id-Senni (50-75)
    * Karaikal II (75-100)
    * Sed-Senni Nalankilli-(100-125)
    * Kulamurrattu-tunciya Killivalavan-(125-150)
    * Rajasuyam-Vetta-Perunarkilli (150-175)
    * Ko-Cholan Cenkannan (175-200)

Chola age Coin

The rest is lost in the confusion. Then the Cholas are back on the scene in the ninth century.
Capital Thanjavur
    * Vijayalaya Chola (836-870) took Thanjavur and made it his capital.
    * Aditya Chola (870-907) pulls down the power of the Pallava and extends its domination to          Kanchipuram
    * Parantaka Chola I (907-953) hunting Pandya king Rajasimha II found refuge in Ceylon
    * Gandaradityavarman Chola (950-957)
    * Arinjaya Chola (956-957)
    * Parantaka Sundara Chola Rajendra II (957-970)
    * Uttam Madurantaka Chola (970-985)
    * Rajaraja Chola I (985-1014) resumed the policy of conquest after the troubled times of former kings. It destroys the fleet Chera near Trivandrum, conquers a part of Karnataka and northern Ceylon. It organizes the administration of his kingdom, began building the temple at Thanjavur Brihadesvara and promotes the cult of Shiva while being tolerant of other religions, especially Buddhism. In 1001, he made a great census of its territories.