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KoParakesarivarman
Rajaraja II
KoParakesarivarman
Statue of Rajaraja II at Thanjavur Palace.
Chola Emperor
Reign
1143 – 1173
Predecessor
Kulothunga II
Successor
Rajadhiraja II
Co-Regent of the Chola Empire
Reign
1146 CE – 1150 CE
Emperor
Kulothunga II
Predecessor
Kulothunga II
Successor
Rajadhiraja II
Born
Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Chola Empire (modern day Jayankondam, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died
1173 Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Chola Empire (modern day Jayankondam, Tamil Nadu, India)
Rajaraja II was a Chola emperor who reigned from 1150 to 1173. He was made his heir apparent and Co-Regent in 1146 and so the inscriptions of Rajaraja II count his reign from 1146. Rajaraja's reign began to show signs of the coming end of the dynasty.
RajarajaII was a Chola emperor who reigned from 1150 to 1173. He was made his heir apparent and Co-Regent in 1146 and so the inscriptions of Rajaraja...
Rajaraja I (Middle Tamil: Rājarāja Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Rājarāja Śōḷa; 947 CE – 1014 CE), also known as Rajaraja the Great, was a Chola emperor who...
in Tirukoilur and was the eldest son of Parantaka Chola II. He was the elder brother of Rajaraja Chola I and Kundavai. He was called Virapandiyan Thalai...
Rajadhiraja Chola II (1166–1178 CE) reigned as the Chola emperor succeeding Rajaraja Chola II. Rajaraja Chola II chose Rajadhiraja II, a maternal grandson...
Parantaka II, Uttama Chola became the Chola emperor and was followed by Raja Raja Chola I, the greatest Chola monarch.[citation needed] Under Rajaraja I and...
Rajaraja Chola III succeeded Kulothunga Chola III on the Chola throne in July 1216 CE. Rajaraja came to the throne of a kingdom much reduced in size as...
South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This temple, built by Chola emperor RajarajaII in the 12th century CE is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the...
Cholan Ula. He was also called Tirunirruchola. Kulothunga II was succeeded by Rajaraja Chola II in 1150 CE. The extent of empire as inherited from his predecessor...
assassination of Aditya II, it seems that Uttama forced Parantaka II to make him the heir-apparent. Arulmozhivarman (or Rajaraja I), Parantaka II's second son did...
by Rajaraja I. Brihadisvara Temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram, built by Rajendra Chola I. Airavatesvara Temple at Kumbakonam, built by RajarajaII. The...
Rajaraja Narendra (r. 1022 – 1061 CE) was the Eastern Chalukya king of the Vengi kingdom in South India. Rajaraja Narendra established the city of Rajahmahendravaram...
reenactment play known as "Rajarajesvara nata-kam" about the conquests of Rajaraja I. A number of his relatives are known to us from a record of his from...
Vijayalaya Chola and continuing till Sundara Chola, the middle phase of Rajaraja Chola and Rajendra Chola when the achievements scaled heights never reached...
centuries between 907 and 1215 CE. Under Rajaraja I and his successors Rajendra I, Rajadhiraja I, Rajendra II, Virarajendra, and Kulothunga Chola I, the...
war ending with the death of Rajaraja Chola III. Rajendra's inscriptions laud him as the "cunning hero, who killed Rajaraja after making him wear the double...
interesting inscription from the outer precinct from the period of the king, RajarajaII Cholan indicates confiscation of lands from a custodian of a temple who...
Vikrama 1118–1135 Kulothunga II 1133–1150 RajarajaII 1146–1173 Rajadhiraja II 1166–1178 Kulothunga III 1178–1218 Rajaraja III 1216–1256 Rajendra III 1246–1279...
regnal year of the "Chalukya-Chola" king RajarajaII. It is possible that the inscription mentions RajarajaII's regnal years, simply because it was customary...
His father was king Rajaraja Narendra of the Eastern Chalukya dynasty who was the nephew of Rajendra and maternal grandson of Rajaraja I. According to historian...
poet to three Later Chola kings, namely Vikrama Chola, Kulotunga II and RajarajaII. He wrote poems in praise of these three kings. The poet's memorial...
Saka year 1094 (1172 CE) indicates gifts of gold coins to the temple by RajarajaII. Another inscription of Narasimha I from the 11th century indicates offer...
From an inscription found near Melpadi in north Tamil Nadu, we learn that Rajaraja Chola I erected a Siva temple called Arinjisvara as a tomb-shrine in memory...
after the Vengi king Rajaraja Narendra, who was closely related to the Chola clan through his mother Kundavai, a daughter of Rajaraja Chola, died in 1061...
AD) Rajaraja Narendra I Vishnuvardhana VIII (1018–1061 AD) Shaktivarman II (1061–1063 AD) Vijayaditya VII (1063–1068 AD, 1072–1075 AD) RajarajaII (1075–1079)...
Emperor who reigned from 1014 and 1044 CE. He was born in Thanjavur to Rajaraja I and his queen Vanathi and assumed royal power as co-regent with his father...
After Vijayalaya’s capture of Thanjavur, the Pandyan king Varagunavarman II (c. 862 – 885 CE) became a subordinate ally of the Pallava Nandivarman III...
his eldest son Parantaka Chola I. In 880 CE, Pandyan king Varagunavarman II invaded the Chola country to check the Pallava influence. But Varagunavarman...
Kings. While Someshvara-I did destabilise Vengi by temporarily displacing Rajaraja Narendra, this act also initially disturbed Chola connections with Kalinga...
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