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Rajaraja Narendra

r. 1022–1061 · 11th century

Rajaraja Narendra was a king of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi in Andhra, closely allied by marriage with the Chola dynasty. He ruled from Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), and under his patronage the poet Nannaya began the Telugu Mahabharata, the founding work of Telugu literature.

Rajaraja Narendra
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Eastern Chalukyas

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