1. Parantaka Chola I was a Chola emperor who ruled for forty-eight years, annexing Pandya by defeating Rajasimhan II and in the Deccan won the Battle of Vallala against Rashtrakutas which happened before 916 CE.
20 Facts About Parantaka I
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Parantaka I continued the expansion started by his father, and invaded the Pandya kingdom in 915.
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Parantaka I captured the Pandyan capital Madurai and assumed the title Madurain-konda.
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Parantaka I defeated the combined army at the battle of Vellore.
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The Pandya king fled into exile in Sri Lanka and Parantaka I completed his conquest of the entire Pandya country.
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Parantaka I spent many years in the newly conquered country reducing it to subjugation, and when he felt he had at last achieved his aim, he wanted to celebrate his victory by a coronation in Madurai in which he was to invest himself with the insignia of Pandyan monarchy.
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Towards the end of his reign, Parantaka I tried to capture them by invading Lanka.
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Parantaka I's armies had captured the Anuradhapura kingdom and pillaged the Country, returned with many booties.
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The eldest son was Parantaka I, born to a Chera wife; the youngest son was Kannara Devan, born to Rashtrakuta wife.
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At the height of his success, Parantaka I's dominions comprised almost the whole of the Tamil country right up to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
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Parantaka I is known to have defeated the kings of Deccan kingdoms by 912 CE and completed at least temporarily the conquests started by his father Aditya.
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Later in 949 CE, Rashtrakuta king Krishna III waged war against Cholas, so Parantaka I sent an army under his son Rajaditya but the Cholas were defeated and crown prince Rajaditya was killed in the battlefield while sitting on elephant.
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Parantaka I laid out the rules for the conduct of the village assemblies in an inscription.
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Parantaka I utilised the spoils of war to donate to numerous temple charities.
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Parantaka I is reported to have covered the Chidambaram Siva Temple with golden roof.
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Parantaka I had many wives, of whom no fewer than eleven appear in the inscriptions.
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Parantaka I was religious but secular and encouraged various faiths.
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Kotanta Rama, incidental with Rajaditya, was the eldest son of Parantaka I There is an inscription of him from Tiruvorriyur making a donation for some lamps during the 30th year of his father.
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Parantaka I had at least two daughters: Viramadevi and Anupama.
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Parantaka I bore numerous epithets such as Viranarayana, Virakirti, Vira-Chola, Vikrama-Chola, Irumadi-Sola, Devendran, Chakravartin, Panditavatsalan, Kunjaramallan and Surachulamani.