Chola-Chalukya wars
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The Chola-Chalukya wars were a series of wars frought from 992 C.E. to 1120 C.E. between the Chola and the Chalukya kingdoms.
[edit] Chola conquests in the Chalukyan kingdom:
All the Chola-Chalukya battles took place in Southern (early battles) and Central (later battles) Chalukyan country and a few in Vengi which the Cholas dominated till the rise of Ganapati of Kakatiya kingdom .
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| Year of the battle (in C.E.) | Battle | Present location and district | Chalukyan commander | Chola commander | Results | |
| 992 C.E. | Rattepadi 7 1/2 | Chitradurga district | Sathyashraya | Rajaraja Chola | Chola annexes the region | |
| 1008 | Rattepadi 7 1/2 | Chitradurga, Bellary dt's | Sathyashraya | Prince Rajendra Chola "Vidyadharar" (Hottur stone inscription) | ||
| 1008 | Banavasi 12,000 | near Hampi-Bellary district | Sathyashraya | Rajendra Chola | ||
| 1008 | Raichur 2,000 | Raichur dt | Sathyashraya | Rajendra Chola | ||
| 1008 | Gulbarga 7,000 | Gulbarga dt | Sathyashraya | Rajendra Chola | ||
| 1008 | Manyakheth(Malgate) | -near Mahagaon-Bidar district | Sathyashraya | Rajendra Chola | "Rajendra with his nine lakh soldiers demolished Manyaketh "(Hoattur inscriptions) . Chola win all these battles and rule these areas over the next seven years . | |
| 1008 | Toanur on River Krishna | near Bijapur-Bijapur | Sathyashraya | Rajendra Chola | Chalukyan king killed in this remote battlefield; the Chalukyas move their capital, further away from the overwhelming Chola borders, to Kalyani (in Bidar dt) 48 km NE of the destroyed Manyaketh</ td> | |
| 1015 | Chalukya reclaim Raichur after the Chola army leave for Rajaraja Chola's funeral at Thanjavur. River Tungabhadra become almost a permanent border between the two kingdoms. | |||||
| 1019 | Balagaon | Bijapur dt | King Vikramaditya V and Prince Jayasimha | Chola Governor of Malprabha Region | Chalukya win | |
| 1019 | Belgaum | Belgaum dt | Vikramaditya V | Chola Governor of Malprabha Region | Chalukya kill the Chola governor | |
| 1020 | Musangi | Raichur dt | Vikramaditya V | King Rajendra Chola | Chola on a rampage over all of South Chalukya . Raichur annexed to Chola empire . | |
| 1042 | Gulbarga | Gulbarga dt | Someswara I , Princes Vikramaditya and Vijayaditya | Prince Rasathirasa Chola | Chalukya defeated and Gulbarga annexed . | |
| 1045 | Someswara I reclaims Gulbarga and Raichur when the Chola prince is away to visit his ailing father . | |||||
| 1046 | Gambili | Gambili, near Hospet -Bellary dt | Someswara I | Rasathirasa Chola | Chola again conquer Raichur . | |
| 1048 | Poondoor on Rver Krishna | Gulbarga dt | Someswara I | Rasathirasa Chola | Chola again conquer Gulbarga . | |
| 1048 | Mannathi on River Krishna | Gulburga dt | Someswara I | Rasathirasa Chola | ||
| 1048 | Kalyani | Bidar dt | Someswara I | Rasathirasa Chola | Chola conquer Kalyani. Chalukyas driven back to their Kunthala hinterland behind the eastern corner of Balaghat Range | |
| 1050 | Chalukyan Someswara I reclaims the lost up to Kalyani . | |||||
| 1054 | KoppaThirtham on River Malprabha | 30 km south-east of Kolhapur - Bijapur dt | Someswara I | Rasathirasa Chola | Someswara I advances in a bid to reclaim Gulbarga and Bijapur. Rasadhirasa, 54 years old, dies on his elephant ; Rajendra II leads Cholas to victory ; Chalukyan crown prince Jayasimha killed on the battlefield | |
| 1054 | Kolapur | Kolhapur -South Maharashtra | Someswara I | King Rajendra Chola II | 51 year old new Chola king conquers Kalyani and Kolhapur, which remain under Chola domination for the next three years . | |
| 1059 | Mudakoor on River Krishna | Mudakoor- Gulbarga dt | Someswara I invading Gulbarga, and is driven back | |||
| 1063 | Gulbarga | Gulbarga dt | Prince Vikramaditya | King VeeraRajendra Chola | Chola king visits Gulburga after putting down revolts in Gangapadi - in Raichur and Bellary dt's. Chalukya prince invade Gulburga, but is routed .) | |
| 1064 | Kollur on River Krishna | West Kurnool dt | Prince Vikramaditya invades on Vengi blocked and driven back by Narendra II and VeeraRajendra Chola . The Chalukya had invaded using the confusion over king RajaNarendra I's sudden demise . | |||
| 1064 | Koodal Sangama on River Krishna meeting the PanchGanga tributaries | near Kidnapur - Bijapur dt | King Someswara I | VeeraRajendra Chola | Chalukyan army destroyed completely . | |
| 1066 - | on River Krishna, near Gulbarga | Gulbarga dt | Someswara I | VeeraRajendra Chola | Chalukyan attempt to conquer Gulbarga thwarted . | |
| 1067 | Karandhai, north of Kalyani | Karanji River valley -Bidar dt | Chalukyan generals and Kadamba prince | VeeraRajendra Chola | King Someswara I does not turn up for the battle . Enraged Cholas devastate the towns of Kalyani and Karanji . Later it is learnt that Someswara had drowned himself in the River Manjira 15 km northeast of Kalyani . | |
| 1067 | Meanwhile, Prince Vikramaditya invades and conquers Vengi and also Chakrakottam (in Bastar dt, MadhyaPradesh ) | |||||
| 1068 | Vijayawada | Krishna dt | the first and the only Later East Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI | VeeraRajendra,58 yrs | ||
| 1068 | Chakrakottam | Bastar dt (Madhya Pradesh) | Vikramaditya VI | VeraRajendra | Chalukya is defeated and driven back to his Kalyani. VeeraRajendra Chola crowns Vijayaditya VII as the new Vengi king . | |
| 1068 | After Someswara I's death Vikramaditya's elder brother Someswara II takes to the Chalukyan throne. Vikramaditya and the princes of Kadamba, Nulamba and Gangapadi make truce with VeeraRajendra , and ask for his help to dethrone Someswara II, the tyrant . Chola agrees to help . | |||||
| 1070 | Kuththi | Anantapur dt | Someswara II | VeeraRajendra Chola and Vikramaditya | ||
| 1070 | Gambili | near Hospet-Bellary dt | Someswara II | VeeraRajendra Chola | ||
| 1070 | Raichur | Raichur dt | Someswara II | VeeraRajendra Chola | VeeraRajendra wins all battles and crowns Vikramaditya as Chalukyan king | |
| 1075 | Nangili | Kolar dt | Vikramaditya VI | Kulotunga I | ||
| 1075 | Mańali | Tumkur dt | Vikramaditya VI | Kulotunga I | ||
| 1075 | Halatthi | ChitraDurga | Vikramaditya VI | Kulotunga I | ||
| 1076 | Navila | Bellary dt. | Vikramaditya VI | Kulotunga I | ||
| 1076 | --on Tungabhadra River | Raichur dt. | Vikramaditya VI | Kulotunga I | Kulotunga wins all battles , and reclaim up to Raichur. Vikramaditya move north into the cNorth Chalukyan territorry of Someswara II, drives him away, and crowns himself king again . | |
| 1088 | Chalukya reclaim Raichur and Bellary back . | |||||
| 1098 | Chola conquer Bellary (Gambili ) back | |||||
| 1118 | Vikramaditya captures Vengi and Gangapadi after Kulothunga had granted autonomous power to Telugu Chola prince Kanikoen makana Bhima Chola, over these areas | |||||
| 1120 | Vijayawada | Krishna district | Vikramaditya VI | Vikrama Chola | Vikrama Chola reclaims the Vengi kingdom . In the mid 12th century and mid 13th century , the Chalukyas and the Cholas, respectively diminish in power, while the Hoysalas, Kakatiyas and tha Later Pandyas encroached upon them |
[edit] References
- "Tennaattu Porkalangal" by Ka. Appaturaiyaar
- "VeeraSozhiyam"
- "Kalingattu Parani" by Jayankondaar
- [1] our Karnataka
- [2] wiki-Chalukya
- [3] Indian inscriptions, Archaeological Society of India
- "Prabandha Chintamani" of Merutunga
- Vijnanesvara's " Mitakshara"
- Kirthi Verma's "Govaidya "
- "Ajitapurana and Sahasabhimavijaya" of Ranna
- Bilhana's "Vikramankadeva Charitha"
