Decline of the Chola Dynasty (1205)

Name: Decline of the Chola Dynasty (1205)
Start: 1205
End: 1216

Type Event Region South India Time 1205–1216

In the early 13th century, the Chola dynasty steadily lost territory and suzerainty under pressure from the Pandyas and Hoysalas, and central authori…

Timeline

1205–1210Chola heartland · Tamil NaduUnder Pandya and Hoysala pressure, the Chola dynasty lost effective control over Pandya Nadu, Chidambaram, and other areas, with local magnates and vassals defecting to rising powers.
1210–1216Madurai · Tamil NaduPandya forces continued pressing northward; the Chola royal house could no longer organize effective counterattacks, key cities like Thanjavur faced threats, and a millennium of Chola hegemony effectively ended.

Sources

A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar — Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. (1955)