Gandaraditya

Gandaraditha Chola
Rajakesari Varman, Merkey Ezhuntharulina Thevar
King of Tanjore
Reign955–956 CE
PredecessorParantaka I
SuccessorArinjaya
EmpressSembiyan Mahadevi
Viranarayaniyar[1]
IssueUttama Chola
DynastyChola
FatherParantaka I
ReligionHinduism

Gandaraditha Chola succeeded his father Parantaka I and became the Chola king about 955 CE. He was also a Tamil literary poet in the Thiruvisaippa Palandu.[2] He had a son named Madurantaka Chola also known as Uttama Chola, who became Chola emperor after his cousin Sundara Chola.

  1. ^ S. R. Balasubrahmanyam. Early Chola Temples: Parantaka I to Rajaraja I, A.D. 907-985. Orient Longman, 1971. p. 250.
  2. ^ Epigraphy, by Archaeological Survey of India. Southern Circle, page 11

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