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Rajaditya

d. 949 · 10th century · Also known as Rajaditya Chola

Rajaditya was a Chola crown prince, the eldest son of King Parantaka I, who commanded the Chola forces on the northern frontier of the kingdom. He was killed on his war elephant at the Battle of Takkolam in 949, where the Rashtrakuta emperor Krishna III and his Western Ganga ally Butuga II defeated the Chola army; Ganga records credit Butuga with his death.

Rajaditya
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