HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Rajindra Chola I
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Adhirajindra Chola
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Parantaka Chola I
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Rajaraja Chola I
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 993 AD, Raja Raja Chola sent a large Chola army which conquered the Anuradhapura Kingdom, in north Sri Lanka and added it to the sovereignty of the Chola Empire. The whole of the island was subsequently conquered and incorporated as a province of the vast Chola empire during the reign of Rajendra Chola.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rajaraja Chola 1 invaded Northern Sri Lanka in 993 AD.
Detailed explanation-3: -The reign of Chola rule in Srilanka started when Rajaraja I first conquered the northern half of Srilanka and then in 1018, Rajendra invaded the Ceylon in Srilanka and finally annexed the entire island. Complete answer: Rajaraja I was the father of Rajendra Chola.
Detailed explanation-4: -Notes: Elara was the earliest known Chola King and conquered Srilanka and ruled over it for 50 years .
Detailed explanation-5: -The period of Chola entrenchment in northern Sri Lanka lasted in total about three-quarters of a century, from roughly 993 CE (the date of Rajaraja’s first invasion) to 1070 CE, when Vijayabahu I recaptured the north and expelled the Chola forces restoring Sinhalese sovereignty.