Parantaka I

Parantaka I
Parakesari Varman, Maduraium Eelamum Konda Parakesarivarman, Veera Cholan, Irumudi Cholan
Chola Empire under Parantaka Chola I in 915 CE
Chola Emperor
Reign907 CE - 955 CE
PredecessorAditya I
SuccessorGandaraditya
BornVeera Narayanan
873 CE
Tiruvottiyur, Chola Empire
(Modern day Chennai Tamil Nadu, India)
Died955 CE (aged 82)
Tiruvottiyur, Chola Empire
(Modern day Chennai Tamil Nadu, India)
Consorts11 Total[1]
Including:
Ko "Kizhan Adigal"
Iravi Nili
Solamadeviyar
IssueRajaditya
Gandaraditya
Uttamasili
Arinjaya
Viramadevi
Anupama.
DynastyChola
FatherAditya I
MotherTribhuvanamadeviyar
ReligionHinduism

Parantaka Chola I (Tamil: பராந்தக சோழன் I; 873 CE–955 CE) 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.[2][3] The best part of his reign was marked by increasing success and prosperity.

  1. ^ S. R. Balasubrahmanyam. Volume 1 of Early Chola Art, S. R. Balasubrahmanyam. Asia publ. house, 1966. p. 165.
  2. ^ K.A., Nilakanta Sastri (1955). A History of South India from Prehistoric to the Fall of Vijayanagar. Oxford University Press. pp. Page=168.
  3. ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 46–49. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.