The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s3.34

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Rājendra-Choladeva I, surnamed Gaṅgai-konda, son and successor of Rājarāja, continued his father's ambitious career, with added vigour and even more conspicuous success. His fleet, crossing the Bay of Bengal, attacked and captured Kadāram (Kidāram), the ancient capital of the kingdom of Prome or Pegu, and also the seaports of Takkolam and Matama, or Martaban, on the same coast. The fall of these towns involved the temporary annexation of the whole kingdom of Pegu to the Chola empire.⁴ Two granite pillars still [Figure: THE GREAT TEMPLE AT TANJORE (*from outside the fort wall*)]