Rajaraja I

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Chola emperor Hindu ruler Indian monarch

Rajaraja I was a powerful 10th–11th century South Indian king who greatly expanded the Chola Empire and commissioned monumental temples like the Brihadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rajaraja Chola I	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chola emperor ⓘ Hindu ruler ⓘ Indian monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Chola art and architecture ⓘ medieval Chola naval power ⓘ
birthPlace	Thanjavur region NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Thanjavur NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Kundavai Pirattiyar NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajendra I NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	inscriptions across the Chola realm ⓘ
conqueredRegion	Gangapadi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kongu Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ Malai Nadu (western coastal regions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nolambapadi NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Sri Lanka ⓘ parts of Kerala ⓘ parts of Vengi ⓘ
deathPlace	Thanjavur NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty	Chola dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	c. 10th–11th century CE ⓘ
father	Parantaka II NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Rajaraja Chola I NERFINISHED ⓘ
introduced	detailed revenue survey and land assessment ⓘ
knownFor	administrative reorganization of the Chola state ⓘ extensive temple inscriptions ⓘ major expansion of the Chola Empire ⓘ naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean ⓘ patronage of Shaivism ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
launchedNavalCampaign	against Sri Lanka ⓘ
launchedNavalCampaign	in the Arabian Sea ⓘ
mother	Vanavan Mahadevi NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronized	Buddhist establishments in Sri Lanka ⓘ Shaiva temples ⓘ
predecessor	Uttama Chola NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled	South India NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 1014 CE ⓘ
reignStart	c. 985 CE ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
spouse	Trailokya Mahadevi NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanathi NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Rajendra I NERFINISHED ⓘ
templeCommissioned	Brihadeeswarar Temple, Thanjavur NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajarajeswaram (Brihadeeswarar Temple) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siva temple at Korrangudi ⓘ Siva temple at Thiruvaiyaru NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Mummudi Chola NERFINISHED ⓘ Rajarajeswara NERFINISHED ⓘ Sivapada Sekhara NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brihadeeswarar Temple → associatedWith → Rajaraja I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rajaraja Chola I

Brihadeeswarar Temple → builtBy → Rajaraja I ⓘ

Great Living Chola Temples → builtUnder → Rajaraja I ⓘ

Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 → commander → Rajaraja I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rajaraja Chola I

Chola dynasty → notableRuler → Rajaraja I ⓘ