Parantaka Chola I(907–955) ruled the Chola kingdom in southern India
for forty-eight years, annexing Pandya. The best part of his reign was marked
by increasing success and prosperity. Parantaka continuing the expansion
started by his father, invaded the Pandya kingdom in 910. He captured the
Pandyan capital Madurai and assumed the title Madurain-konda (Capturer of
Madurai).
Parantaka I
was an ambitious ruler and engaged himself in wars of conquest from the
beginning of his reign. He conquered Madurai from the Pandya ruler Rajasimha
II. He assumed the title of Maduraikonda (captor of Madurai).
Vijayalaya
was the founder of the Imperial Chola dynasty which was the beginning of one of
the most splendid Empires in Indian history. Vijayalaya, possibly a feudatory
of the Pallava dynasty, took an opportunity arising out of a conflict between
the Pandya dynasty and Pallava dynasty in c. 850, captured Thanjavur from Muttarayar,
and established the imperial line of the medieval Chola Dynasty. Thanjavur
became the capital of the Imperial Chola Dynasty.
Who was the last Pallava ruler defeated by the Chola ruler Aditya?
The Pallava’s
rule continued upto the ninth century A.D. However their authority during the
ninth century was no longer that of a major power. The last of the Pallavas,
Aparajita Varma was defeated by Aditya Chola I by the early tenth century A.D.