The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s3.43
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c35.s3.43
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Rājādhirāja, eldest son of Rājendra, who had been his father's colleague since 1018, succeeded him in A. D. 1035, and continued the never-ending fight with all the neighbouring powers.¹ He fell in the fierce struggle with the Chalukya army at the battle of Koppam (*ante*, p. 448) in A. D. 1052 or 1053, which determined that the Tungabhadrā river should be the frontier between the rival Chola and Chalukya empires. Notwithstanding the death of Rājādhirāja, the fortunes of the day were retrieved by his brother Rājendra Parakesarivarman, who was crowned on the battle-field as his successor.