Uttama (Chola dynasty)

Uttama
Parakesari Varman
Coin from the period of Uttama.
Chola Emperor
Reign973 CE – 987 CE
PredecessorParantaka II
SuccessorRajaraja I
Co-Regent of the Chola Empire
Reign971 CE – 980 CE
EmperorParantaka II
PredecessorAditya II
BornMadurantaka
Chola Empire
(modern day Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died987 CE
Thanjavur, Chola Empire (modern day Tamil Nadu, India)
QueenSorabbaiyar Tribhuvana Mahadevi,
Kaduvettigal Nandippottairaiyar
Siddhavadavan Suttiyar
Issue
  • Madhuranthaga Gandaradithan
DynastyChola
FatherGandaraditya
MotherSembiyan Mahadevi
ReligionHinduism

Uttama, also known as Madhurantaka, was a Chola Emperor who ruled from 970 CE to 985 CE in present-day Tamil Nadu, India. According to Tiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra Chola, Madhurantaka Uttama's reign is placed after Aditya II. The latter may have been a co-regent of Parantaka II and seems to have died before he could formally ascend the throne.[1] Uttama was the cousin of Parantaka II and was the son of the illustrious Sembiyan Mahadevi and Gandaraditya.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference raosahib was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Karen Pechilis Prentiss (2000). The Embodiment of Bhakti. Oxford University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0195128130.
  3. ^ Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar (1911). Ancient India: Collected Essays on the Literary and Political History of Southern India. Asian Educational Services. p. 103.