⚔ Battle
Battle of Takkolam
949 CE – present · 📍 Takkolam
Krishna III defeats the Cholas.
What it led to: The Rashtrakutas defeated the Cholas and occupied Tondaimandalam.
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Tripartite StruggleBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 1
- Pallava Dynasty 275 CE – 897 CEExisted at the same time (144 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Dantidurga 735 CE – 756 CERuled it
- Krishna I 756 CE – 774 CERuled it
- Dhruva Dharavarsha 780 CE – 793 CERuled it
- Govinda III 793 CE – 814 CERuled it
- Amoghavarsha I 814 CE – 878 CERuled it
- Krishna III 939 CE – 967 CERuled it
⚔ Events 5
- Dantidurga founds Rashtrakuta power c. 753 CEHappened in it
- Kailasa temple, Ellora begun c. 757 CEHappened in it
- Amoghavarsha's Kavirajamarga c. 850 CEHappened in it
- Indra III sacks Kannauj c. 916 CEHappened in it
- Battle of Takkolam 949 CEHappened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Ellora Caves c. 600 CEA place of this polity
📄 Research 3
- How feudal was Indian feudalism? R. S. Sharma · 1985Research on this topic
- Political Processes and Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India: Problems o… B. D. Chattopadhyaya · 1985Research on this topic
- The Cosmopolitan Vernacular Sheldon Pollock · 1998Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- A History of South India K. A. Nilakanta SastriRecommended reading
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading