Kulottunga's rule over the Chola Empire

Name: Kulottunga's rule over the Chola Empire
Start: 1080
End: 1089

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1080–1089

In the 1080s, Chola emperor Kulottunga I consolidated South Indian hegemony, integrating the Thanjavur core with vassal states such as Vengi and Pand…

Timeline

1080–1085Thanjavur · South IndiaKulottunga I made Thanjavur his capital, tidied up local administration, confirmed the tributary relationships of Vengi and Pandya, and through numerous temple inscriptions recorded land grants and tax arrangements, strengthening the empire's finances and religious authority.
1085–1089Eastern Deccan frontier · Deccan PlateauMilitary conflicts erupted between the Chola and the Western Chalukyas along the Vengi and eastern Karnataka frontiers; Kulottunga I personally campaigned or dispatched generals, and both sides vied for control of the eastern Deccan, with fighting continuing until the end of the decade.

Sources

Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar — K.A. Nilakanta Sastri (1955)
Chola dynasty - Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chola-dynasty