{"slug": "chola-dynasty", "label": "Chola dynasty", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_dynasty", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151148", "qid": "Q151148", "description": "dynasty of southern India", "entries": 23, "years": 18, "span": [848, 1279], "span_label": ["848 CE", "1279 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 7}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "tamil-nadu", "label": "Tamil Nadu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sumatra", "label": "Sumatra", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "southeast-asia", "label": "Southeast Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sri-lanka", "label": "Sri Lanka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bengal", "label": "Bengal", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 848, "year_label": "848 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Medieval Cholas in Southern India start to rule (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129160#Asia", "title": "848", "revid": 1341129160, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Maravarman Rajasimha II, king of Pandya, begins to rule. He is constantly at war with Chola (his overlord) and becomes the last ruler of the first Pandyan Empire (India).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Asia", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 947, "year_label": "947 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Raja Raja Chola I, king of Chola Kingdom (d. 1014)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367671594#Births", "title": "947", "revid": 1367671594, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 955, "year_label": "955 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Parantaka I, ruler of Chola Kingdom (India)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512718#Deaths", "title": "955", "revid": 1341512718, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 957, "year_label": "957 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Arinjaya, king of the Chola Kingdom (India)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512729#Deaths", "title": "957", "revid": 1341512729, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 971, "year_label": "971 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Aditya Chola II, co-regent of the Chola dynasty (modern India), is murdered and succeeded by Uttama. Due to his immaturity, Arunmozhi Varman becomes the heir apparent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918921#Asia", "title": "971", "revid": 1364918921, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 971, "year_label": "971 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Rajendra Chola, Emperor of Chola Dynasty at its peak", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918921#Births", "title": "971", "revid": 1364918921, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 971, "year_label": "971 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aditya Chola II, prince and ruler of the Chola dynasty (India)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918921#Deaths", "title": "971", "revid": 1364918921, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 985, "year_label": "985 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Raja Raja Chola I (considered by many as the greatest emperor of the Chola Empire) becomes ruler of the Chola Dynasty. During his reign he expands his domains beyond South India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468346#Asia", "title": "985", "revid": 1364468346, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1003, "year_label": "1003 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Construction of the Brihadisvara Temple in Tamil Nadu (modern India), during the Chola Dynasty (Early Medieval period).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369535158#Art", "title": "1003", "revid": 1369535158, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 1010, "year_label": "1010 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The construction of 217 ft (66 m) tall Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur (a city now in Tamil Nadu, India) is completed during the Chola dynasty, and at about this time the wall painting Rajaraja I and His Teacher", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373015431#Architecture", "title": "1010", "revid": 1373015431, "section": "Events › By topic › Architecture"}}, {"year": 1010, "year_label": "1010 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "In the Chola dynasty of southern India, the first votes are celebrated by adding a ballot in an urn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373015431#Asia", "title": "1010", "revid": 1373015431, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1014, "year_label": "1014 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Rajendra Chola I, king of the Chola dynasty begins his reign. (India)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212610#Asia", "title": "1014", "revid": 1342212610, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1014, "year_label": "1014 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Raja Raja Chola I, king of the Chola dynasty. (India)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212610#Deaths", "title": "1014", "revid": 1342212610, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1017, "year_label": "1017 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Rajendra I, ruler of the Chola dynasty (in modern India), conquers Sri Lanka and annexes the island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212758#Asia", "title": "1017", "revid": 1342212758, "section": "Events › Asia"}}, {"year": 1021, "year_label": "1021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Rajendra Chola I extends his influence of the Chola Empire to the banks of the Ganges River (North India) and invades Bengal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212958#Asia", "title": "1021", "revid": 1342212958, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1025, "year_label": "1025 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Srivijaya, a Buddhist kingdom based in Sumatra, is attacked by Emperor Rajendra I of the Chola dynasty of southern India in a dispute over trading rights in Southeast Asia. It survives but declines in importance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367042525#Asia", "title": "1025", "revid": 1367042525, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1030, "year_label": "1030 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Chola Empire reaches its greatest extent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365590959#Asia", "title": "1030", "revid": 1365590959, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1044, "year_label": "1044 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rajendra Chola I, emperor of the Chola dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130068#Deaths", "title": "1044", "revid": 1350130068, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1070, "year_label": "1070 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Athirajendra Chola, Indian ruler of the Chola Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327891061#Deaths", "title": "1070", "revid": 1327891061, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1173, "year_label": "1173 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sinhalese king Parakramabahu I \"the Great\" gains a decisive victory by invading the Chola Empire as an ally of the Pandyas, capturing Tondi and Pasi regions.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300112960#South_India", "title": "1173", "revid": 1300112960, "section": "Events › By place › South India"}}, {"year": 1173, "year_label": "1173 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rajaraja II, Indian ruler of the Chola dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300112960#Deaths", "title": "1173", "revid": 1300112960, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1279, "year_label": "1279 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Chola dynasty of South India falls under the rule of Rajendra Chola III, due to attacks by the Hoysala Empire and Pandya kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487704#Asia", "title": "1279", "revid": 1362487704, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}